Grab that Sound
The relationship we want to have with our thoughts while meditating is like the one we have with sounds. This is my favorite guidance from Hyon Gak Sunim, the Zen...
Hacking Your Incessant Brain Loops
Για να διαβάσετε στα Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ. Before class the other day, one of our beautiful students was telling me he was having a hard time keeping his mind quiet,...
Χακάροντας τους Ατελείωτους Νοητικούς Κύκλους της Καθημερινότητας
To read this in English please press here. Πριν από το μάθημα τις προάλλες, ένας από τους αγαπημένους μας μαθητές μού έλεγε ότι δυσκολευόταν να κρατήσει το μυαλό του ήσυχο,...
Throwing Away the World?
I love this poem. Especially the lines, “Is the world throwing me away? Am I throwing away the world?” It reflects so powerfully, the way walking a spiritual path with...
Μindfulness is a Superpower (και στα Ελληνικά)!
Mindfulness is the ability to know what’s happening in your head at any given moment without getting carried away by it. (Look below for Greek) This is a short and...
Seize your mind! Or it will seize your body.
There is ample evidence that when we imagine something happening to our body – especially if it concerns the senses – the body actually reacts. How awake are you to...
So why fuss with meditation?
So why meditate? To train yourself, body and mind, to be STILL. Why be still? So you can LISTEN. Rumi says, “What you seek is seeking you”. This is not...
The two wolves of attention
This is one of my favorite stories, although I use a different version. I often say it to my therapy clients and students, and I try and also have it...
