The University of California Center for Climate, Health, and Equity invites young adults and students nationwide to join a virtual 10-day “Stress Break” led by expert mindfulness teachers. Hosted by the UC Climate Resilience Initiative, the program features...

“Allow yourself to be bored a little. In our world full of distractions, create some space for nothingness.” ~Unknown My roommate sat in the kitchen, eating his late home-cooked dinner, and commented with a half-mocking smile, “Ah, you’re still living.” The words hung...

‘The sage Jittoku said in one of his gathas: ‘If you wish to know what is meant by the “non- originated,” do not let any threads hang in your mind.’ Zen Master Hakuin

“This is not where your story ends. It’s simply where it takes a turn you didn’t expect.” ~Cheryl Strayed He had the courage to say what I couldn’t. “It’s not working anymore.” It didn’t make any sense that we were breaking up. We loved each other so much. We had been...

‘We establish loving-kindness with ourselves by not creating burdens out of what we have done in the past.’ Ajahn Sumedho

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe It was a quiet evening at Boat Quay. The sun was setting, casting warm golden hues over the water, and the air smelled faintly of salt and street food. I was sitting on the riverbank with a close...

‘Bodhi has always existed; No need to preserve it. Vexation has never existed, No need to eliminate it.’ Niutou Farong

“Not all who wander are lost.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien Sometimes as humans we lose sight of our profound inner resourcefulness—the wellspring of creativity and strength that has kept humanity reinventing itself over and over again. It happens to everyone. We get lost in...