How to Practice Hugging Meditation

In my hermitage I have planted beautiful trees. When I do walking meditation, I often stop and hug one of the trees, breathing in and out. It’s very nourishing. The tree gives me strength, and it always seems to me that the tree responds to my hugging and breathing. A...

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The Truth about Acting

No More Yellowface By Noel Alumit I went to college in the 1980s majoring in acting. Just as I was about to graduate, word of a new Broadway bound musical was making news. It was the latest project from Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, the creators of Les...

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Meet a Teacher: Jonathan Relucio

Mihiri Tillakaratne: Tell us about your journey toward trauma-informed yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices. Jonathan Relucio: I can’t separate my work in trauma-informed yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practice from my personal life journey. I come from a...

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Wake Up!

For years, much of my experience with Buddhism was colored by the persistent belief that Americans are too hard on ourselves and that our most salient quality is that we ignore or violate healthy boundaries in pursuit of our own egoistic goals. I heard many Buddhist...

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