“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…” – Theodore Roosevelt That’s one way of looking at things. The less popular theory, especially in the U.S., is do less to achieve more. Neither is 100% right or wrong. Strike a balance. Be effortless in meditation and swiftly […]
Mindfulness… Then What?
A client of mine, who is a doctor, recounted a story where a patient of his came back to his hospital weeks after he had been seen. His patient was irate, feeling my client hadn’t “put the dots together” and therefore didn’t prevent his heart attack. My client, with decades of experience under his […]
The Journey of Meditation
Meditation is a practice. Nobody can meditate perfectly. In our world of instant gratification, we are conditioned to look for immediate results. If the results don’t show up immediately, then it’s easy to decide that it’s not worth it. However, meditation is the antithesis (and also the remedy) to this approach. Sunshine and Roses It […]
How I Started Teaching Meditation (And How You Can Too)
I remember the moment I decided to start helping other people learn how to meditate. It was about 17 years ago, right after a retreat with Shinzen Young. (Read on to the bottom to learn about a special meditation teacher training opportunity) I had been training with him for around 3 years and as we […]
3 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Relationship
Do you ever struggle to connect or communicate with your partner? I mean, who doesn’t? But what a lot of people don’t know is that brain science shows that practicing mindfulness can help you in this area of life. You see, mindfulness is much more than meditation. It’s more like a fundamental approach to life. Mindfulness […]