On practice  How “letting go” helps us get things done
by Sunada
In meditation, we’re told to drop everything and let go. But, Sunada says, that doesn’t mean becoming passive and ineffectual. We don’t let go of everything — just the stuff that gets in our way. Click here to read more »   Finding our values
by Vishvapani
At the end of his Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes, Vishvapani asks, how does mindfulness practice touch on your underlying values — things you really care about that can continue to motivate you over the years? Since this is a challenging question, he offers a simple exercise to help you connect with your core values. Click here to read more »  Be happy so that others may be happy
by Bodhipaksa
You know that others’ emotions affect us, but you may not have realized, just how “infectious” our emotions are. The effect of one person’s emotions — whether negative or positive — can be measured as they ripple outward through our friendships and contacts. The implication of this is that if we want others to be happy, we should work hard to be happy ourselves! Click here to read more »
 Six ways to sustain benevolence in ourselves and in our relationships, nations, and world
by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Benevolence is a fancy word that means something simple: good intentions toward living beings, including oneself. This goodwill is present in warmth, friendliness, compassion, ordinary decency, fair play, kindness, altruism, generosity, and love. Here are six ways to strengthen your benevolent tendencies. Click here to read more »  Five steps to opening the heart to peace
by Saddhamala
Just as the practice of physical yoga releases tension in the body, there are five steps, taken from yoga’s meditative side, that release blocks to the flow of the heart and release unconditional love. When we love, we are free from the restrictions of ill will, and can live with an open heart. Click here to read more »  Five ways to increase your joy
by Bodhipaksa
Joy should be our natural state of being. Unfortunately, though, we’ve been brought up in a society that emphasizes wanting things and having things as the primary path to happiness. Wanting things actually destroys joy, while having things brings only a short-term burst of pleasure that fades quickly. True happiness, Bodhipaksa says, comes from our attitude toward things, not from things themselves. Click here to read more »  Making the practice your own
by Tejananda
When you first learn to meditate, it’s appropriate and helpful to take on structured practices. There are plenty of such practices available, such as mindfulness of breathing, lovingkindness meditation, etc. But as we gain more experience we may have to find new approaches. Click here to read more »
 Do all you can, with what you have, in the time you have, in the place where you are
by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
We all need to give. We can hold back our contributions to the world, including love, just as much as we can muzzle or repress sorrow or anger. But contribution needs to flow; it stagnates if it doesn’t. Click here to read more »
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