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Ocean, Meet Boy

As we moved from Japan to Nova Scotia, we found ourselves in Hawaii, a place that is a world entirely without category for our kids.

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Another Black Mark

“No, Mama, no! I going draw on the couch!” When "Burmese Lessons" author Karen Connelly loses her cool in a battle of wills with her three-year-old, she learns valuable lessons about mindful parenting.

Wise Heart: A profile of Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield's brilliant synthesis of deep Buddhist practice and modern psychological insight has made him one of the most influential spiritual teachers of our time.

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After the Plane Crash

Allan Lokos marvels at the despair, the joy, and the healing process that he and his wife experienced after surviving a horrific airplane crash.

The Kornfield brothers: Twin brother Irv, Jack, Kenneth, Laurence.

Meet a Teacher: Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield gets personal with the Lion's Roar readership.

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Yoga from the Inside Out

For Christmas a few years ago, my partner, Teja, gave me a round yoga mat about six feet in diameter. When I spread it out and began to practice—by the twinkle of the Christmas tree lights—I was amazed at the way my asanas transformed.

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Watch: “Hector” (aka Simon Pegg) goes to Tibet

If a good-natured, fun-loving film is your cuppa tea, you know Simon Pegg; think Hot Fuzz, Paul, Shaun of the Dead, and so on. Pegg’s latest star turn is in the title role of Hector and the Search for Happiness, in which he plays a psychiatrist who’s trotting the globe in search of, yes, happiness.…

Journeys: Putting on My Oxygen Mask

When faced with caring for her aging mother, Ann Potter struggles to practice both compassion for others and compassion for herself. 

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Buddhist psychotherapist and “RAIN” champion Tara Brach

Western psychology and Buddhism—together they offer us a complete diagnosis of the human condition. Andrea Miller talks to psychotherapist Tara Brach, who works to combine these two disciplines into a powerful path to love and fulfillment.

A Punk Looks at Fifty

I recently turned 50. Happy birthday to me! It’s an annoying age: you’re not old enough to be considered wise but you are old enough to be considered old.