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Distributing The Weight

I WAS MOVED BY our conversation last night. I understand how you feel the presence of suffering always in the background, juxtaposed against the peaceful times and moments of abundance we chance upon. I’ve felt this too and have come to sense that we all take turns in these places, and that it does no good for everyone to be suffering at once. When blessed to be well, we balance the world by being conduits of light for the time being, as long as we stay touchable.

Get Unstuck

We live in stories—all of us, all of the time. This is a story about breaking through writer’s block and the start of a focused, passionate, and productive period.

Make Room for All Your Feelings ​​​​​​​

An Interview With Mark Epstein

What To Do When Your Practice Gives You A Shove!

The invitation can upend your life in ways you never expected—and create great joy.How will you respond?

The Company We Keep

HERE ARE VOICES from the S&H staff that you don’t usually hear—involving a process called Stillpoint we’ve been using to build our company.

What's In An Affirmation

Cardiologist Mimi Guarneri, Md, Goes to the Heart of Words and Breath.

How To Reinvest In Your Love Fund

Recognize That the Deficit Often Comes From an Inability to Receive.

Being Honorable

For Me, That Meant Resigning From the State Department and Now Resisting Our New President’s Vision of America.

Getting Up The Nerve To Tell Your Story

And what to do if you write yourself wrong

To Shed Your Extra Cushioning, Shed Your Extra Cushioning

Once only the rich had shoes and chairs and excess fat.

7 Traits Of Positive Audacity

Audacity, by Its Nature, Breeds Polarized Responses. Here’s How You Can Judge Whether Your Next Audacious Act Will Be a Catalyst for Good.

Listening To Polyamory

As more relationships open, I wanted to learn if this can be a spiritual practice for Growing Love.

Peace Lessons From A War Horse

Could you teach a peace-loving and exquisitely sensitive animal to carry you across a battlefield into enemy fire? What would that teach you? a true story…

The Zen of Gratitude

Why Is More and More Always Better if It Can Never Be Enough? And Other Great Questions From David Loy.

24 Hours of Tea

A tea for any time of day and anything that ails you.

Wise Selfishness Rather Than Foolish Selfishness

A conversation with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu on the realization that nothing beautiful comes without some suffering.

Are Dietary Supplements Really Necessary?

Most of us eat too much, and many of us eat healthy, so… Why take extra anything?

Why It's Better To Eat A Cow Than A Hen Or A Sow

The “Dismal Science” Of Economics Looks At Reducing Cruelty.

6 Lessons From The Sea

After a couple of decades of surfing and traveling, and writing about surfing and traveling, these are six lessons that I use every day.

Slowing the Flow of Storm Water

How to be a more conscientious custodian of the water that runs through our lives.

What's Wrong with Being a Disembodied Mind?

Author and teacher RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO has been called “one of the best bridges of Eastern and Western wisdom.” His newest book is Embracing the Divine Feminine.

Learning to Bloom Where I Am Planted

How I turned from the question of what I wanted from life to what life wants from me

Do Animals Have More Soul Than We Do?

Not Only Do Animals Live, They Have Lives—with “undiluted Purity and Clarity…”

Should I Feel Guilty About Being Happy?

Author and teacher RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO has been called “one of the best bridges of Eastern and Western wisdom.” His newest book is The World Wisdom Bible.

What Really Happens When We Meditate

An interview with Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson about their new book, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

Becoming Trans-Personal

Shifting away from an attachment to the material aspects of personhood can help transform suffering into healing.

Awakening To The Kalachakra

How Easy It Is to Completely Miss the Inner Wisdom of Our Ancient Wisdom Traditions.