Written by René Fay

“There is nothing about us fundamentally that precludes us from a meditation practice. Anything and everything about us as human beings can be worked with in our practice.”

Written by Noel Coakley

“Practicing mindfulness meditation is like practicing the perspective of the mirror-like mind. Rather than getting caught up in any given reflection occurring in the mirror...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“Mindfulness meditation practice is about paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment without judgment or bias, not forcing ourselves to achieve some id...

Written by David Nichtern

“Just as we take our reality within the night dream to be completely real, during the “daydream” we take our projections to be real. We rarely have a good look at the qua...

Written by René Fay

“When I started meditating, I had been able-bodied, but things had changed. I was still figuring out my relationship to this new situation while I deepened my practice. What ha...

Written by Jen Liu

“When constructing a building, airtight precision and predictability are exactly what we want. But when growing a garden — which inner work more closely resembles — patience, ad...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“In Buddhism, humility is an essential virtue, and we need it in order to self-reflect with honesty so that we can learn, grow, and progress along our path. At the sam...

Written by Noel Coakley

“Identifying motivation is like our internal posture. We set up the body posture to support practice. Then, reminding ourselves of our intention, we set up our mind for pra...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“Thoughts are like passing clouds and emotions are like the weather. Some days we may experience dark skies with rainfall, other days we may experience heavy clouds th...