Category: Working with Emotions
Ask the Teachers: How can I engage with emotions in a way that turns me towards the Dharma?
The teachers are asked how to engage emotional provocations and self-centeredness in ways that turn us toward dharma practice and life.
Announcing “Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions,” the 2016 Lion’s Roar Retreat
We’re delighted to announce our annual community retreat, "Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions," with Karen Maezen Miller, Josh Korda, and Anyen Rinpoche.
The Most Frequently Asked Question
Does spiritual practice mean we can never get angry? No, says Sylvia Boorstein, it’s all how you work with it.
Bringing mindfulness to loneliness
Toni Bernhard has an mindfulness exercise for bringing compassion to feelings of loneliness.
Three questions to ask yourself to foster emotional awareness
In this teaching by Ken Jones, the Buddhist teacher and poet gives practical guidance on how to we can develop a positive response to our misfortunes.
How to Mind Your Feelings
While we can’t control when we feel anger or fear—or how strongly—we can gain some control over what we do while in their grip.
Josh Korda and Koshin Paley Ellison discuss spiritual bypassing
Josh Korda and Koshin Paley Ellison explore the problem of spiritual bypassing.
RAIN Cools the Flames of Anger
Emily Horn teaches us how to recognize, accept, investigate, and not identify with our anger.
Empty Graves & Empty Boats
At her grandfather’s grave, Rachel Neumann’s anger erupted, but who was there to yell at in those long-buried remains?
Why Is America So Angry?
When the guy driving the late-model Volvo with a “War Is Not the Answer” bumper sticker gave me the finger, I knew America had taken a wrong turn.