Leaning Into Stillness: Winter’s Call To Wonder
The cool, wet weather has arrived here in town. This, and the many tasks of a modern life, kept me from spending as much time[…]
Seeing Through The Mirage
Throughout my many years of meditation practice, I’ve discovered that the simple yet profound concept of curiosity has brought some of the most transformative changes[…]
Planet Practice: Love, Resilience & Engaged Hope
It is no secret that this past summer produced the warmest temperatures on Earth in recorded history. Though this season’s wildfires in the North Bay[…]
Supporting Ease in Difficult Times
As we continue to adapt to this difficult time on the planet, we are being asked to create new ways of living and being— to[…]
Liberation Through Love
It is this way that we must train ourselves: by liberation of the self through love. We will develop love, we will practice it, we[…]
Sitting With Sylvia
We’ve all experienced some pretty powerful emotions since Tuesday evening and I wanted to share the experience I had at Spirit Rock on Wednesday… Having[…]
Why Practice?
Since January, the Napa Valley Insight Meditation community has spent many a Tuesday evening exploring the teachings of the Noble Eightfold Path– the Buddha’s map[…]
Cultivating Our Capacity for Kindness
I began my meditation practice in earnest about 11 years ago. I was originally motivated to practice because of a desire to overcome anxiety and[…]
The Tale of the Bodhisattva Fly
by Jeff Schwamberger I have to confess I’ve always been utterly baffled by the Buddha’s teaching on the Five Skandhas—the so-called “aggregates” that trick us[…]