three bananas

Gluten-Free Vegan Banana Cake with Vanilla Sauce

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June 27, 2013

Cake 2 cups Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour Mix * 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 3/4 tsp.…

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Cynthia runs past Dodgers stadium

The Lady Who Runs

June 21, 2013

By Cynthia MacKay Cynthia MacKay will be leading a retreat at SMC from August 30-September 2 based on Sakyong…

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Ronald Alexander Book

Free Your Genius From Myth

June 20, 2013

  It has been said of Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath, John Nash, Franz Kafka, Rothko, Jackson…

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Why Samadhi?

June 19, 2013

by Erica Kaufman We like to think of ourselves as living in independent time, separate from each other and…

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open pavilion

Way Seeking Mind: A Meditation and Yoga Retreat for Women

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June 17, 2013

by Katharine Kaufman I offer a women’s retreat twice a year, on the hottest, longest days in the middle…

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happy drummers

Meditation with Rhythm

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June 7, 2013

by Christine Stevens Ever since I heard world-famous sound healing expert Jill Purce say, "The purpose of sound is…

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hikers stopped in the woods

Waking Up to the Wild on Shambhala Mountain

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June 5, 2013

by Kay Peterson While leading a mindful hiking retreat through the mountains last weekend, I was reminded of a…

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miner pulling donkey

The Art of Creative Transformation for Happiness

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June 5, 2013

by Dr. Ronald Alexander I believe that within all of us lies dormant the potential for tremendous transformation that…

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tent and rainbow

More than Meditation: The Totality of Dathün

June 5, 2013

by Will Brown "We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply…

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Allen Ginsberg and Trungpa Rinpoche

Happy birthday, Allen Ginsberg!

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May 31, 2013

"I met Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa, on  a street corner in New York with my father, by accident."   From…

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What I know to be true

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May 31, 2013

By Sue Frederick What I know to be true is this: Our pain is on purpose. Our joy is the…

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Annabelle in her trailer

Invoking Space and Spirit into Staff Homes

May 28, 2013

by Annabelle Sangye Yoo, Donor Relations Coordinator   I already knew that I would be moving into the Trailer…

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