Speaker: Ambika Samarthya-Howard. Ambika shares her journey of balancing a devotional Buddhist path with her life as a filmmaker, activist, and working mother. She introduces the concept of holding it lightly as an antidote to overwhelm, focusing on maintaining connection rather than forcing a sense of letting go. By integrating study, practice, and service into family life, she demonstrates that spiritual growth and daily obligations are not separate but part of a unified whole. She encourages practitioners to embrace spontaneity and the pace of ease, viewing lifes inherent challenges as natural parts of an obstacle course rather than burdens.