Best tools and resources for practicing mindfulness in everyday life.
“Just observe your thoughts,” they say. But aren’t you already observing your thoughts by thinking about them? This is a great point! The internet abounds with advice that can be confusing for beginners in meditation. For example, you might’ve also heard someone say that you should let your thoughts come and go. It can sound … Read more
In Stillness Speaks, Eckhart Tolle writes that one of the most powerful spiritual practices is to meditate deeply on the mortality of physical forms, including your own. This is called “die before you die.” Of course you know you’re going to die but that remains a mere future possibility until death enters your life through … Read more
If you’ve learned how to see a tree, you no longer want it to be merely a “tree;” you simply want it to “be.” That is seeing; that is being; that is life. In this way, you develop a tender kinship with trees, recalibrating your sense of what’s real, of what’s most important in your … Read more
Every day you wake up and fall into your usual routine. But deep down you want to curl up in bed and stay there all day long, walled up from life. It’s very tempting to forget all your worries and pretend like you don’t have a job you need to go to, the bills you … Read more