Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention

Nuns practicing Kung Fu in Nepal. Photograph by Saumya Khandelwal/New York Times

Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention

Honoring the women who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion and the Dharma [caption id=attachment_121219 align=aligncenter width=1024] Nuns practicing Kung Fu in Nepal. Photograph by Saumya Khandelwal/New York Times[/caption] For National ... Read more

Author: Sharon Salzberg

Inner Wyoming

One time when my colleague Joseph Goldstein and I were visiting a friend in Houston, we all went out to a restaurant to order takeout. As we were waiting for the food to be prepared, Joseph struck up a conversation with the young man working behind th... Read more

AP Photo buddhist woman praying hands beads

Gender Equity in Buddhism

Honoring the women who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion and the Dharma [caption id=attachment_120573 align=aligncenter width=1000] Thubten Nyima, a fully ordained Buddhist nun, holds beads during a chant at Sravasti Abbey, Thursday, Nov. 18, ... Read more

Author: Robin Hart Cohen

Unlocking the Wisdom of the Body

At 12 years old I became a professional dancer, and for the past 25 years I have been a personal trainer. My entire professional life has focused on the body. However, I had not recognized my body as a source of wisdom until I began my mindfulness of ... Read more

Author: Lisette Palley, LMFT, OTR/L

Mindfulness for the Neurodiverse Community

The term Neurodiversity was originally coined by the autism community and acknowledges that individuals have different ways of thinking, learning, and processing information** A number of years ago I was preparing to teach a meditation class when I ... Read more

Author: Trudy Goodman, PhD

This Body

The first foundation of mindfulness is the body, the ground of our existence. The Buddha wanted us to feel “the body in the body, the breath in the breath.” He urged us to get to know the body from within the actual felt experience of being this body,... Read more

Author: Barbara Weiler, MA

Many Thanks to The Morning Community Sit

Three years ago this March, while people were confined and fearful due to the looming uncertainties of Covid, Beth Sternlieb began a daily community mediation group. Meant to last only a few weeks until things got back to normal, this gatherin... Read more

Author: Spring Washam

Healing Your Ancestral Lineage

The topics of ancestors, family trees, and our lineage are not ones that westerners understand very well. We weren’t brought up to think about our place in a living lineage or how the land where our ancestors lived for generations is a part of our ene... Read more

Author: Joslyn Hitter

Living in Harmony

I have a secret to share with you: the Buddha’s teachings on sila or “ethical conduct” are actually my favorite teachings. If for some reason I was never able to formally practice meditation again, I might actually be okay, because I would still be ab... Read more

Author: JD Lloyd, MFA

Learning to Let Go

A central aspect of mindfulness practice is learning to let go of expectations of how things should be or musings on how they should have been and rest in the experience of what is in the present moment. Practicing in this way without judging ... Read more