About 10 years ago, my whole world turned upside down. All the stable ground under my feet disappeared overnight. Like that magician deftly whipping a sheet out from under the china set. But this time, imagine instead that the table itself disappears. Freefall… The contemporary spiritual ashram and community where I worked, lived, and practiced […]
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Is this in your self-care tool box?
There are 5 things that we all need to carry in our self-care tool box. This was one powerful lesson that came out of the death doula training I recently took. The general idea is this. If we’re going to provide the kind of loving presence and balanced attention that’s required at the bedside of […]
The Three Miracles of Meditation
Part 1: The Art of Conscious Contentment I teach a form of meditation that I call The Art of Conscious Contentment and that practice offers a powerful path to spiritual awakening. In this essay you’ll see how practicing meditation in this way leads you through three miraculous insights into an open, receptive, and expansive state […]
OM103 – Filmmaker Sanjay Rawal On Meditation, Running, and Self Transcendence
In this episode, filmmaker Sanjay Rawal and I explore our shared experience with Sri Chimnoy (my first spiritual teacher) and discover–to our shared surprise–that we joined Sri Chimnoy’s community around the same time and attended some of the same events. We explore the inspiring work of Sri Chimnoy and his extraordinary and hugely influential teacher, […]
OM101 – Jeff Carreira on Finding Equanimity Amid Uncertainty
In this episode, I interview my former mentor and spiritual teacher Jeff Carreira. Jeff and I lived, worked, and practiced in an intentional spiritual community together for 13 years in Western Massachusetts. Jeff was not only a spiritual mentor to me during that time, but he was also my boss. Jeff was the Director of […]
