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As we woke up early this morning to the smell of thick smoke from fires in the San Francisco Bay Area, we were reminded how fragile our existence is. A house is there one moment, and engulfed in flames the next. The assumptions we built our lives on change, without warning. Suddenly, we need to reorganize ourselves to meet challenges we hoped never to encounter.
Read MoreIt’s overwhelming, trying to keep up with everything: getting work done on deadline; finding the time to get groceries; replying to at least most of the emails that hit your inbox…let alone having an appropriate response to all the craziness going on in the world.
Read MoreIt’s amazing how many factors there are in shaping how you’re feeling. The food you eat, the people you interact with, whether the train was late or the traffic was light. Pretty much everything you come into contact with has the potential to lighten - or darken - your mood.
Read MoreThe whirl of September is palpable. The last-ditch efforts for companies to hit their annual goals. The first-ditch efforts for students embarking on new programs. The multi-ditch efforts for all of us to do what we said we’d do at the beginning of the year, before 2017 is over.
Read MoreSometimes the world around us creates the space we need to relax, whether we’re looking for it or not. Like this week, for instance.
Read MoreWhen we get really good at something, we tend to keep on doing it, whether or not it serves us.
Read MoreIt’s amazing how strong our impulse is to fix other people. It’s so clear what your partner or your friend or your coworker needs to do, or how they need to change, especially when your life is deeply entwined with theirs! Meditation is secretly a training ground for dealing with exactly those situations.
Read MoreOne of the most common and immediate effects of practicing meditation is a growing sense of well-being. Your general attitude in life shifts out of a stressful, reactionary place, and into a calmer, more responsive place. Of course, you still have plenty of stress going on in your life, and moments of reactivity; but overall, the place you keep returning to is more relaxed and open.
Read MoreMeditation has a strange effect: by taking time to remove yourself from the hustle and bustle, you somehow become more deeply alive to life.
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