The Complete Package: Meditation and Yoga

Yoga for the body and Buddhist meditation for the mind – it could the complete package. They offer insights and experiences that complement each other well.

Overworked & Overwhelmed

There are burdens we can’t put down, says Furyu Nancy Schroeder. That fact is the true heart of our human life.

How to Drink a Mindful Cup of Tea

A cup of tea or coffee is a nice break. Drinking it mindfully is a real break. Joseph Emet teaches us this five-step practice.

Buddhas on the bottom of the ocean.

Rest In the River

A teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh on allowing ourselves to rest like a stone thrown into a river. On the bottom of the river, it allows the water to pass by.

Statue of the bodhisattva Shadakshari Lokeshvara.

One Simple Practice That Changes Everything

Right intention is the key to living the life we want and to traversing the Buddha’s eightfold path, says Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein.

Let It Slide

Tens of times a day, Diana Winston's two-year-old daughter helps her practice letting go.

This Moment is Perfect

There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.

Letting Go of What It All Means

Searching for hidden messages and significance in life's encounters provides us with an illusion of control that Josh Korda says we need to release.

Ruth Ozeki Trauma Transformation Art Writing

Nothing Is Wasted

If you use your difficulties to create art, says Ruth Ozeki, it will give them meaning.

Just to Be Alive Is Enough

There is no greater gift than to be grateful for our lives, says the late Zen teacher Blanche Hartman, and gratitude leads naturally to generosity, because we want to share this gift with others.