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Healthy Selfishness 

Excerpt from the international bestseller You Were Not Born To Suffer by Blake D. Bauer A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first. ~The Talmud  The perspective you’ve offered on selfishness versus selflessness is a nuanced one. It prompts us to reconsider these concepts not as binaries but […]

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Permission to Exhale

By: Brooke Binstock  As I sit to write this post, I pause to feel the wind on my skin. I look around and see people sitting at picnic benches drinking iced coffee and connecting. It is a Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. It has been an intense time in the world and as an empath, […]

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The Luminous Bardo of Dharmata: an interview with Andrew Holecek

“Armed with these teachings, death becomes a once in a lifetime opportunity.” What a game changer this is! All the trepidation and anxiety about death, born from not-knowing and ignorance, is replaced with anticipation. We can have control over a situation that typically has control over us. In his program, Andrew hacks into these incredibly […]

Overcoming Resistance to Your Spiritual Practice

Sara Avant Stover Sara Avant Stover, presenter of Drala Mountain Center’s Filling Your Well: A Women’s Yoga, Meditation & Nature Retreat, is a teacher of feminine spirituality, bestselling author, and Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner. After a cancer scare in her early twenties, Sara moved to Thailand, embarked on a decade-long healing and spiritual […]

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Compassion in Action

What does Compassion in Action look like?  How does it feel?  Is it something that we can experience in everyday life?  David Chernikoff helps us to understand the practice of compassion and compassionate exchange in his most recent dharma talk, Compassion in Action. Learn more about: How we can open our hearts in the moment, […]

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The Heart of Mindfulness   

by: Jon Aaron  For our retreat coming up in June, we were inspired to call it “The Heart of Mindfulness,” which has a nice double meaning.  This retreat is all about the big ideas behind most of the mindfulness stuff you hear about today, like stress reduction programs and meditation apps. These ideas have been […]

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May We All Be Well.  Especially Educators.

by: Andra Brill, Ph.D. The past few years have indeed been a challenging time for educators, students, and parents alike, with the concept of a “normal” school year being completely redefined. It’s crucial now, more than ever, to prioritize rest and self-care as the academic year winds down. The constant vigilance and adjustments required during the […]

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Dream Yoga as Preparation for the Bardos

by: Andrew Holecek If you are well trained, your first after-death experience will be the luminous bardo of dharmata. If you’re unfamiliar with the subtle states of mind revealed in this bardo, it will flash by in an instant, or be completely missed. Those who have practiced the meditations that facilitate recognition will reap the […]