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By Marcella Friel //// Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a five-part series on Women, Food, and Forgiveness by mindful eating and body image coach Marcella Friel. Her 5-day retreat, Women, Food, and Forgiveness, opens April 19, 2017. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” — Mahatma […]
By Katharine Kaufman By clearly seeing the extremes of experience, you learn to scout the middle way. ~Judith Lief Lion’s Roar Nov. 9, 2016 Flakes, thick and float. Giddy, I take pictures with my phone as I drive. ~ Sally got loose but didn’t go far. Norman fought a tabby I’ve never seen. A […]
By Sara Avant Stover // In September 2001 I spent three weeks in Nepal. One misty morning after a hearty breakfast of tsampa (a traditional Tibetan porridge made from roasted barley flour) in the village inn, my guides, friend, and I continued our trek, which we were already a few days into, along the Annapurna Circuit. […]
By Blake D. Bauer ~~~ As I watch my father dying, the meaning of life is very clear to me. Sadly, he will never enjoy his favorite meal again, drink fresh clean water, make love, create to his full capacity, walk freely, breathe fully, or experience many of the other gifts that come with being […]
By Marcella Friel // Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a five-part series on Women, Food, and Forgiveness by mindful eating and body image coach Marcella Friel. Her retreat Women, Food, and Forgiveness opens April 19, 2017. “It’s only when we alter our eating habits out of love and respect for ourselves that […]
Acharya Dan Hessey leads Winter Dathun at SMC, Dec. 10 Jan. 7 — click here to learn more https://youtu.be/OTez3J3dxkw In this 15 minute video from our recent Science of Meditation event, Acharya Hessey guides us in settling our minds, and then relaxing further into a state of natural wakefulness. Meditate For A Week Or […]
By Thomas Roberts // These days you hear a great deal about meditation. This kind of meditation, that kind of meditation; all sorts of books describing what it is and what it can do for you. Often meditation is associated with a particular religion or spiritual practice. Let’s clear something up right at the start. […]
In the midst of this dark and dizzying presidential election, a sense of peace and loving-kindness may not always seem so available. It may seem like a vague memory. It may require a muscular sort of will for us to cut our fixation on the dramatic narratives and abide for a moment in the heart. […]
By Kara Dansky ~~~ I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about racism, at least on a certain level. Growing up as a child, I was taught to believe that racism is wrong, and that skin color doesn’t matter. I thought everyone believed this, and so I was taken aback when I had […]
By Katharine Kaufman ~~~ Yesterday morning while picking at something on my shirt, fingers around my empty teacup loosened. Cup crashed down, shattered all over the kitchen floor. It happened, I said out loud, and then a pause while my brain got it and then the tears. This cup held my morning jasmine green since […]
By Blake D. Bauer ~~~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. – Buddha After years of desperately searching for happiness, purpose and true love, I started to ask myself: If the most liberating perspective is to view ourselves as God […]
Hello world, I wrote this poem last fall as a rumination on death and life, impermanence and transition. Now as I prepare to leave SMC for new journeys, it seems fitting to share. gathering up the courage to say goodbye to good friends gathering up the pink in the clouds as it swells into […]