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Stop Giving Away Your Power
· Insights Into Practices · A Poem, by William Stafford · A favorite quote this week · What I’m reading · Half Day Retreat · Weekend Retreat Power, and the right use of power is a favorite topic of mine; both from my past experience as...
Do Not See With Ordinary Eyes. Do Not Think With Ordinary Mind
Cultivating Healthy Relationships and Radical Well Being · Insights Into Practices · My Favorite Quote this week, by Rachel Naomi Remen · What I’m watching · Half Day Retreat · Weekend Retreat This phrase, “Do not see with ordinary eyes and do...
Letting Go of Expectations
“When you do this practice, you cannot easily become angry.” - Shunryu Suzuki · Insights Into Practices · A Poem, by William Stafford · What I’m watching · Half Day Retreat · Weekend Retreat In 1922, a prominent Paris newspaper asked its...
Enjoy Your Life
"The evanescence of things is the reason why you enjoy your life." Shunryu Suzuki In this issue: · Insights Into Practices · A Poem, by Diane di Prima · What I’m reading · Half Day Retreat · Weekend Retreat When I turned 60, I felt compelled...
The Practice of Effort and Effortlessness
Letting Go Of Anything Extra In this issue: · Insights Into Practices · A Poem, by Naomi Shihab Nye · Half Day Retreat · Weekend Retreat The Practice of Effort and Effortlessness One of my favorite stories about effort and effortlessness is about a...
The Problem: Ignoring Problems
A Solution, Kaizan: The Power of Small and Regular Improvements In this issue: · Insights Into Practices · Kaizan · A Poem · Weekend Workshop at Green Gulch Farm, November 1 - 3 “Don’t stop the line.” For many years this was an agreement, almost...