The Sitting Project, along with Dharma Junkies in NYC is organizing two public sits, one in Denver on Sunday June 7th, 2015 and one Saturday November 7th, 2015 in New York City. If you want to know why meditation in public is awesome, in addition to often being a profound personal experience and a great … [Read more…]
The word “mindfulness” is peeking its head around many corners of western society, creeping into the conversations of business leaders, pro athletes, life coaches and the cognoscenti. No longer the exclusive domain of Buddhist teachers, this great little article from the New York Times discusses the origin of the term mindfulness from its late 19th … [Read more…]
While mindfulness practice can be done just about anytime or anywhere, the bulk of most people’s meditation practice is usually done at home. Often when people begin to meditate they have preconceptions about what meditation “should” be– quiet, solitary, peaceful, relaxing. But while the practice can be all those things, it is also about not … [Read more…]
My view was that meditation was only for hippies and freaks and people who live in a yurt, and are deeply into aroma therapy and ultimate frisbee and Cat Stevens and John Tesh and use little finger cymbals [symbols?] and use the word ‘namaste’ un-ironically Dan Harris from ABC News underwent a panic attack in … [Read more…]