Best tools and resources for practicing mindfulness in everyday life.
You tell yourself that nothing is going to distract you from your work. Suddenly, you feel an urge to pick up your phone. Check the news. A few reels. That’s it. Before you know it, an hour’s gone. And you made zero progress on that task you wanted to complete. Your favorite apps are designed … Read more
Loss eventually touches everyone, arriving without warning or permission, especially when it comes in the form of losing someone dear. While people cope in different ways, my immediate response was to disappear behind compulsive productivity. I convinced myself that if I could reinforce its walls and keep every hour carefully occupied, the grief would remain … Read more
Our next community meeting is scheduled for July 12, 2026. It will start at 9 a.m. PST and will last for 30-45 minutes. During our time together, we’ll discuss contemporary Buddhist teachers. Think of it as an opportunity to meet new people and share your experiences. All our meetings are casual and unstructured to facilitate … Read more
Why do we treat our lives like a race with no finish line? We live in a world that constantly whispers that we need to do more. We stack our schedules, accumulate more tasks, and push ourselves to the absolute brink, all under the illusion that stopping equals failing. It is an exhausting way … Read more
We were sitting across from each other at our usual corner table, the afternoon sun cutting a sharp diagonal line between us. My friend—let’s call him John—someone whose intellect I admire and whose presence usually grounds me, was listening as I retraced a story about my week. Right in the middle of a sentence, I … Read more