WE ALL CARRY A HIDDEN YOGI

It was this time of year in 2005, right before the holiday break, when I did something I didn’t think was even on my radar screen: I took a yoga class. This was not the very first time I’d done so; back in the early seventies, I took a few yoga classes in California, but […]

WISE WORDS FROM JACK KORNFIELD ABOUT COMPASSION

When I lived in Marin county, CA, I was a regular at Jack Kornfield’s Monday night meditation sessions at Spirit Rock. Hundreds of us  would sit for about an hour in silent mindful meditation in a big hall set amidst the beautiful rolling hills of West Marin. The meditation was  followed by one of Jack’s […]