If you struggle with addiction issues, you’re far from alone. Most people recovering from addiction need some help along the...
Mindful and soulful practices make a difference There are moments when I catch myself watching the belief structures of my...
A flower in a field full of flowers will blossom, and regardless of how beautiful the flowers around it are,...
While meditation is known to make you feel relaxed and at peace with the world, did you know that your...
Interplay among mindfulness, art and nature Mindfulness is a state of gentle awareness. It’s observation, attentiveness and tuning inward. It’s...
Meditating Imagine Just imagine Sitting under a tall pipal On a vast stretch of prairies Where you’re transformed, transforming Your...
I grew up among sickness and death. My father was a veterinary surgeon, and I’d accompany him on farm visits...
Before I started graduate school, I took a temporary job at a call centre to hold me over until it...
The following has been excerpted from The Ken Commandments: My Search for God in Hollywood, in which E! News journalist...
If you’d told me a year ago that I’d spend a week at a Buddhist retreat in Ireland, I would’ve...
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]The following has been excerpted from Practical Zen: Meditation and Beyond,...
I read a story years ago that opened my eyes. Or maybe it closed them. You see, this is a...
T his year, I left Barcelona looking for alternative ways of getting closer to experiencing life as a cowboy. Or...
In our Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack Surguy is offering professional advice to The Mindful Word readers for...
1. The point in a circle is the universal symbol for the nature of human consciousness. 2. The point represents the...
Reality mirrors our conscious thoughts and feelings A s an observer, you only witness the world through your own eyes....
Just three more, two; ahh, my calves are burning; only one more step, finally! A sense of excitement and relief...
When I decided to go to Southeast Asia, one thing I wanted to do was join a monastery and learn...
C högyam Trungpa taught that part of embodying the path of the Shambhala Warrior, of mindful living in action and...
“The artist is a seer, a becomer,” wrote the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist Félix Guattari in their 1996...
As a child, one of my greatest secrets was my post-bedtime routine. I’d strain my ears listening for the click...
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]The following has been excerpted from Mindfulness & the Art of...
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack Surguy...
Resistance Outside an Ashram Thoughts lay heavy on the flat leaf, the yogi lets the fog of morning meander into...
