Mindfulness Resources
Consolidated list of mindfulness resources
A Blessing For The Journey
Let us vow to bear witness to the wholeness of life,
realizing the completeness of each and every thing.
Embracing our differences,
I shall know myself as you,
and you as myself.
May we serve each other
for all our days,
here, there, and everywhere.
A Lesson On Financial Integrity From A Costa Rican Cabbie
Money is at the core of so many of our choices, fears, and…breaches in integrity.
After learning some of Pascual's joys and sorrows, I felt a growing connection. I decided to broach the income topic — I asked if he'd ever found himself in a situation where he could earn money by doing something that left him feeling uneasy. A modest smile appeared on his face…
Surrender
I'm increasingly realizing that it only takes complete willingness to step into, and stay, in the void. And then just like that, once I've fully surrendered and let go of what happens next, I'm only there for a heartbeat, before I'm reborn into something, somewhere even more beautiful and magical than I could have dreamt.
Don’t Go Back To Sleep
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
doesn’t make any sense.
Practical Mindfulness 🙃
An everyday tip
Waking Up Is Scary
Waking up is scary. The ego likes being in charge. As I awaken, I increasingly realize it's not. And that's hard. So, I don't force it. I practice being with the fear, as I gaze across the abyss, into the sublime. And I thank this precious armor for keeping me safe, for protecting me from what's still too magnificent for me to fully behold.
It’s Okay If The Holidays Are Tough
It’s okay if the holidays are tough. Here's a practice I did today that may help 💙
Thanissara On Going Beyond The Walls Of Mind
In our third event, we explore the Heart Sutra, and specifically investigate dissolving the seeds of violence that arise from the creation of the “other” via separative consciousness. When we let go of this over reliance on the cognitive frame, we can find deep peace. We believe this shift allows the systemic change we so desperately need in the world, today.
Tired Of A Busy Mind?
Trying really hard to change, like to become happy or peaceful, attaches the mind to a state, like unhappiness or chaos, and ensures the latter. All you need to do is practice noticing and allowing what feels pleasant and unpleasant. Over time, the body-heart-mind will automatically release the hot handles of the frying pans...
Thanissara On Healing Ourselves And Our World
Our second event focuses on personal and collective healing to let go of internal narratives and patterns that no longer serve so we can be clearer conduits for the intelligence of nature. Empowered to respond from a place of greater freedom, unhindered by internalized conditioning that undermines the fullness of our energy, we can more fully embody our authentic energy to meet these times.
Thanissara On Building Resilience And Making A Difference
This event is offered to company leaders to strengthen resilience and orient towards making a difference by drawing from a unique synthesis of the primary branches of Buddhism and informed by Western therapeutic processes. This approach, cultivated by Thanissara and Kittisaro, provides a context for the practice of meditation and contemplative inquiry enabling a heart-centered life of service.
Your Power To Change The World
“You may think it's not your responsibility to drive (climate) change. You may not think that you have the power to make this happen. Both of those statements are wrong.” — Simon Stiell, Head of UN Climate Change
Seven Years Of Practice
Today marks 7 years of formal daily meditation practice for me. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined myself where I am today. I'm beyond grateful for each and every moment 🙏🏻.
Along the way, there have been over 100 days of retreat, a 2-year meditation teacher training, a yearlong somatic coaching training, a yoga teacher training, countless journeys 🌿, finding Ikigai thru mindful leadership coaching, living in the woods for 2 years, letting go of alcohol and caffeine, transitioning to a whole food plant based diet, sleeping more, and 4 hours every morning dedicated to peace...I estimate some 2,000 hours of practice since 2016 that have revived in me what my grandfather helped me begin cultivating at an early age, thru gazing at the water.
My practice is now, in addition to plenty of things on the inside, bringing this constantly changing new me and what I have learned into community and the world.
Deep gratitude to all of the practitioners who have kept Buddhist meditation alive and shared it for millinea 🙇🏼. And to all of you who have supported me along the way 💙.
"Peace in myself, peace in the world." — Thay
Father’s Day Tribute To My Granpa
My Granpa used to spend hours every afternoon gazing over the water from his rocking chair.
Deeply admiring his wise, calming presence, I began trying to emulate him as a young boy.
5 Years (California) Sober + Healthy Eating!
Today is a special day for me 🤗
5 years (California) sober + of healthy eating 🍲!
Love
Love by Alexander Milov
Tears Of The Earth
I've never before felt so strongly the impermanence of this blip in the cosmos that is our human existence.
In Honor Of My Grandmother This Mother’s Day
In yoga, there is an invitation to offer practice to a loved one, who is perhaps unable. I offer my practice to you, Nanix. You've always taken the time to pause and offer me your caring attention, no matter what's going on.
How My Dog Has Taught Me To Love
Dear Barkley, thank you for showing me how to love...
- In greeting me with affection and joy, no matter what
- In being gentle with me
- In taking the space you need and always coming back
- In meditating patiently with me
- In knowing when I'm sad and coming close
- In the way you tilt your head when you look at me
- In your patience as I slowly learn to receive your love and then show you mine
- In allowing me to hold my head close to yours
- In defaulting to always show your love to all, and then standing kindly firm only when necessary
- In reminding me how to play
- In kindly teaching me to put you first on walks, telling me what you need
- In waking me when there's an emergency