In this sharing, we explore a practice suggested by the poet and writer Colette Lafia regarding the importance of play. As she names, play has particularly qualities that we can forget or get pushed aside as we age, qualities that are very important for deepening our relationship with all.

This meditation explores opening and relaxing into a beautiful space that awareness is always offering.

This sharing is based on a great story regarding a thief and his encounter with a Buddhist master.

Mindfulness has this beautiful potential of bringing our body, mind and heart together in harmony with whatever is here right now.

It is so important for us to know our country’s history and celebrate the movements we have made in the direction of healing and wholeness.

It is also so important to know where there is still so much more work to do and make a commitment as best as we are able to name the need for this work.

Note:  one correction– more than one third of the 8 Fold Path involves ethical principles.  Wise Speech, Wise Livelihood and Wise Action are the three ethical or Sila factors of the 8 Fold Path.

In this meditation, we explore letting go into a connectivity with the Earth which gives rooting and uplift both.

This sharing examines the useful similarities of learning to train and dog and a human mind both– all about mindfulness and mammal biology.

This meditation explores the 3 beautiful steps offered by Sayadaw U Tejaniya for all of moments of practice, and therefore, life.

This week’s sharing is based on a short story with the teaching, “Thank you, I am grateful for everything.” What are ways of relating to this teaching that are useful for you? What are ways that are not useful for you?

Finding an attunement to a moment of practice– no matter what we are feeling in our internal world– that is useful for our freedom and “thank you” begins to naturally arise.