Meditation wasn’t designed to heal psychological wounds, explains Debra Flics. She cautions not to see it as a replacement for psychotherapy.
Practice Is the Right Medicine
This, says Jan Chozen Bays, is the healing power of practice: we release our fear, transform our unskillfulness, and discover our kindest selves.
Body and Me
Body was 375 pounds. Ira Sukrungruang bares his soul about their complicated relationship.
Alone Together
How do we take the sting out of loneliness? Toni Bernhard suggests friendliness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity.
Buddha: The Great Physician
The Buddha is compared to a doctor because he treated the suffering that ails all of us. His diagnosis and cure, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, is called the four noble truths.
Lessons of Covid-19
Kristina Pearson shares the lessons of impermenance, acceptance, and wise hope she’s learned while recoving from Covid-19.
Choosing to be Healthy
“Lifestyle habits can hopefully be viewed in a more positive context than the nagging “shoulds” that we wrestle with daily.”
Before He Melts Away
His son has been cancer free for six years now, but for James Hanmer the meaning of Frosty the Snowman has changed forever.
Strangers No More
Dharma teacher Shahara Lauren E. Godfrey, passed away on December 1. In this piece from early 2019, she shares a story about the power of kindness.
How to Wash Your Hands — Mindfully
The simple act of washing your hands helps you to take care of yourself and the world around you. Trudy Goodman shares her instructions.