yoga and buddhism

Abandoning the wrong factors of the path

"One tries to abandon wrong view & to enter into right view: This is one's right effort...

"One tries to abandon wrong resolve & to enter into right resolve: This is one's right effort...

"One tries to abandon wrong speech & to enter into right speech: This is one's right effort...

"One tries to abandon wrong... See more

While insight creates awareness, and awareness highlights choice, it is

practice that creates capacity

For us to be able to create a world in which we already belong, we have to practice belonging.

We can not afford to wait to live in our full sovereignty until we are given the permission to. Historically, folks living at the margins have always... See more

Lots of times you can’t remember to do the other practices, you may not remember, “oh, these are my values, or this is what I want to be paying attention to, or this is how I want to act,” because you get caught up in your emotional reactivity. But in my experience, almost everybody can develop a ground of awareness through awareness of the body in... See more

if you’re actually going to take dharma into daily life, awareness of the body is the single most useful thing you can have, because the body is always there. Lots of times you can’t remember to do the other practices, you may not remember, “oh, these are my values, or this is what I want to be paying attention to, or this is how I want to act,”... See more

We are but animals in soft, responsive bodies, and when our habitat is threatened it shows. Tight shoulders, sleepless nights, clenched jaws, shallow breaths, and sudden fight-or-flight spirals are all natural responses. Before we can reimagine the world, we must learn to inhabit ourselves with patience and compassion.

This may be the more obvious suffering that comes with old age, sickness, or death, but it also includes the more subtle forms, such as the agitation that arises as we try to maintain a certain posture and watch our breath for even a few minutes. The truth of suffering pops up right before our eyes in the very practice we hoped would lead to the... See more