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How can we deepen an inner sense of freedom?
In Buddhism, ethics are very important. We have something called the Five Precepts—ethical guidelines for how we can live our life to be a good, safe person in th... Read more
Mind the Gap
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A very famous thing we like to do in mindfulness practice is to not scratch your itches, or to not move during meditation. Not because it’s wrong to move—it’s not. The invitation is: Can you no... Read more
How to Find a Better Balance
What is equanimity, and how can we invite more of it into our lives? Equanimity is being willing and able to accept things as they are in this moment—whether they’re challenging, boring, exciting, disappointing, painful, or exactly what we want. Equan... Read more
Retreat – The Sacred Reset
One year into the pandemic, things are really falling apart now. No matter in which spaces I show up, there it is. Yes, there is the vaccine and some hope but so many of us feel so brittle and stretched thin. Be it because we have to pick up extra wor... Read more
Holding both, holding all
This week we celebrated Trudy’s 75th birthday online. With a 1000+ people from all over the world, including her long time friends Tara Brach, George Mumford, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Sandra Oh, Dan Siegel and Caroline Welch,... Read more
Mindfulness in times of COVID-19
Media channels around the world are calling now for more mindfulness for avoiding the risk of infection with COVID-19.
The great news is that this is exactly one of the things mindfulness practice teaches: To become aware of automatic patterns, to s... Read more