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And I know for certain that when I look into another human being, whether they have eyes to see or not, I can behold them.

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Loneliness is not a thing to be conquered. It’s a thing to make friends with—then you’ll be with your best friend wherever you go—your sweet red heart. I just attended the Nutcracker, with family ...

What Am I Doing & Why? This is a continuation of the exploration – Part 1: Samadhipadah is here, and the Introduction to this enterprise is here. Please feel free to join in the discussion! This ...

Everyone around us struggles in marriage. But you wouldn’t know it because most people feel bad about their struggle, so they hide it. I have yet to meet a couple who were not challenged to some ...

I grew up surrounded by Buddha statues. My mother started a silk business in Thailand when I was a child and would bring back secret gifts of antique Buddhas that she placed in glass curios and ...

Mindfulness isn’t about perfection. Mindfulness is about practice. It’s not hypocritical to meditate…but lose one’s temper, discover yet another dark corner of ignorance in oneself, or see how we’re ...

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In the past year, I’ve touched more than 50 naked people. Don’t worry though—the fancy parts were covered—I’m a massage therapy student. They have you start on friends and family, other students and ...

“But… how can you say she was being objectified if she agreed to do the photo shoot?” my friend asked. I’d just expressed my distaste with a nude yoga photo ...

I often think of yoga as a practice which moves beyond the boundaries of the spoken word. I did my first teacher training in Cologne, Germany—at a time that I didn’t speak more than a handful of ...