For thirty years now, I’ve been going on retreat several times a year, often for weeks at a time. From my small room in a Benedictine hermitage high up above the California coastline, the sea scintillates all around, a still blue plate impossible to refute. The hills...
Whistler has a well-deserved reputation for winter adventure, but Canada’s premier mountain resort might just be even better after the snow melts The post Is This North America’s Best Summer Getaway? appeared first on Yoga Journal.
Vesak represents many things to Buddhists: celebration, refuge, community, and more. For my temple, Vesak means the kids get to show off their knowledge! I’ve always known that there’s something special about my Sri Lankan Buddhist temple, Dharma Vijaya Buddhist...
“When something isn’t right for you, it has a way of letting you know. Not in one big announcement, but in a thousand small nudges.” ~Martha Beck I was sitting at the kitchen table with my coffee one morning when a thought slipped in that I hadn’t let myself think...
It had been almost twelve months since I’d last seen her, and many years since we had lived in the same place. After I’d moved away for college, I hadn’t spent many long periods of time with Má. The summer I graduated, I’d gone to Plum Village in France for a summer...
It's less complicated than you think. The post How to Come Into Half Moon Pose (With Less Effort!) appeared first on Yoga Journal.
‘Get to the point of realising, without doubt, that negative motivations have negative reactions’ Everyday Buddhism
Welcome to May! May is also known as Mental Health Awareness Month 😇💖 For this special month, I wish to focus on being more consistent with my habit of journalling. Previously, for everything that was on my mind, I used to journal in my diaries. I find myself...
Across cultures, similarities about the concept of a motherly goddess emerge. The post What Does “Divine Mother” Actually Mean? appeared first on Yoga Journal.
‘If I had set out for enlightenment, then I would wish to fully know it. But I do not strive after enlightenment, because enlightenment is just the same thing as this Manjusri, the Crown Prince.’ Prajnaparamita