The popular website, Tiny Buddha, just published an article of mine. It’s about how intense feelings of shame can dissolve into peace by means of mindful attention. It’s mostly about self-compassion and heart. I don’t emphasize the mindfulness aspect. But you’ll find it if you read closely. It’s a story about how I couldn’t stop obsessing…… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Mindfulness
Guided Meditations on Insight Timer App
Two of my guided meditations are now available in the popular Insight Timer meditation app, which has more than two million users worldwide. I’m happy to say that at this time more than 1,000 meditators have listened to the meditations, which can be seen on my meditation teacher page. I’m even happier to say that users have…… Continue Reading
New Resources
I’ve just published a new Class Resources page. There you’ll find items useful to anyone who practices mindfulness. In other words, it’s not just for students in my classes. I’m making it available to everyone. Free. No registration. No strings. Included are guided meditations (stream or download), formal and informal practice logs, and poetry. Look…… Continue Reading
Mindfulness Class at Dusenberry-River Library
I will be offering a free six-week Mindfulness in the Library class beginning Monday, May 8, 2017, at the Dusenberry-River branch of the Pima County Public Library, 5605 E. River Rd., Ste. 105 Tucson AZ 85750. That’s near the northeast corner of Craycroft and River. Each one-hour session will begin on Monday morning at 11:00. Classes…… Continue Reading
May All Beings Be Free
A few days after I recorded the lovingkindness meditation in my previous blog post, this remarkable video came to my attention. I’d seen it before, and loved it, but I found it had become even more meaningful to me in the intervening years. Why? Because the story dramatizes so effectively the last part of the…… Continue Reading
Introducing Free Mindfulness Training
I’m happy to introduce my first free online training course, a five-part weekly email series called An Introduction to Mindfulness. In five easy lessons, you’ll learn the practical basics of mindfulness. You’ll begin practicing mindfulness meditation effectively within a few minutes after receiving the first lesson. There’s no cost and no obligation. You can unsubscribe…… Continue Reading
What do we respond to?
Life is responsiveness, they say. To live is to respond. But what do we actually respond to? Sometimes it’s an awesome sunset, the caress of a loved one, an inspiring poem, or beautiful music. Those are peak moments of pure responsiveness. The Problem But for most of us, most of our waking hours, we primarily respond to our…… Continue Reading
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My new mindfulness book, The Relaxation Solution, was published in June, 2022.
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