A Wonderfully Rich Practice By Bud Reiter-Lavery Few of the local Sangha members have young children. I have two neighbors with children under the age of three who used to do formal sitting meditation alone or in groups, but haven’t done so since the birth of their children. Similarly, I…
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Bells in the Heart of London
By Josie Ng Brother Phap Linh drawing calligraphy during London Mindfulness Hub’s first year; photo by Lisa Laeber What happens when we invite a bell into a hall filled with chatty Londoners lounging on couches and sitting with their laptops? Nobody else stops. Barely anyone glances our way or pauses…
Wake Up Spirit
By Brian Kimmel photo by Robert Harrison What is Wake Up Spirit? The intention to “wake up” beyond our usual notions of ourselves and our environment, to enter deeply into meditation and move out into the world, to celebrate and share our gifts with collective awareness, inclusion, and fun. It…
Cultivating Balance
Reflections from a Retreat with Law Professionals By Leslie Rawls, Jeanne Anselmo, and Valerie Brown photo by Nicole Dunn What do you get when you bring together sixty lawyers for a weekend mindfulness retreat? LAW – Love in Action With compassion. Our June 2012 law retreat, “Cultivating Balance,” arose from…
Being Home
By Susan O’Leary Ours is an old house in the heart of a midwestern American city. This is where we daily breathe (not always in mindfulness), where we daily walk, where we daily sit. This is where our practice starts in the morning and ends at night. We do not…
Building Zen
Discovering Right Livelihood in Construction By Ed Earl Ed, the monastics, and the nunnery’s construction team photo by Arnel Garcia I had the honor of serving as the project manager for the recent construction of the four building nunnery complex at Deer Park Monastery. This unique experience transformed my career…
Steps of Peace
Dharma Teacher Uli Pfeifer-Schaupp shares his practice in a former German concentration camp.
A Good Practitioner
“A good practitioner always knows how to generate a feeling...
Lamp in the Mountains
An Interview with Eileen Kiera By Tracey Pickup Eileen Kiera I first met Dharmacarya Eileen Kiera (True Lamp) at Deer Park Monastery when she was giving a Dharma talk. I found myself drawn in by her simple and illuminating presence and the intimate way that she spoke about the natural…
Thanksgiving
By Cathy Nason I wonder if he’ll see me after coming all this way. How could I have allowed two whole years to pass without even a card, a phone call? This home seems better than the last. The women at the reception desk are warm and attractive. They call…