Thoughts & Notes

Listen in as we chat about methods and techniques to master the elusive art of concentration. or

I am so excited to be working with my dear friend and Buddhist teacher, Scott Tusa. Ordained by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, h...

Join me for Essentials of Mindfulness Meditation! 6 weeks, beginning February 20, 2018 This is InsightLA’s popular Basics of Mindfulness ...

Sometimes the hardest thing about the practice is doing the practice! For me, this has continued to evolve. We explore tips and technique...

Join Beth Sternlieb, Gullu Singh and I April 2 – April 8, 2018 at Royal Way Spiritual Retreat Center for InsightLA’s True Refuge retreat....

Here is a moment from our beautiful Joshua Tree weeklong retreat I co-hosted earlier this month with Beth Mulligan and Hugh O’Neill of Mi...

In this talk, we explore the foundations of a solid practice, specific techniques and resource tools to relieve the stress and anxiety of...

The mind cannot be stable without ethics. This is the foundation and it is the end of the path. The stability of mind and inner quiet all...

Let’s look at the pithy instructions for meditation in the Tibetan tradition. In this talk we look at the mind in movement, at rest, in r...

We often resist impermanence but without it there would be no growth, no forward movement, no life.  Everything would be static. We need ...

Spring comes with its flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with breezes, winter with snow; when useless things don’t stick in the mind, ...

I have never been that good at math but I realized fairly early on studying meditation that getting to the core of things was a matter of...

“I should not have said that.” “I should not have done that.” “I can’t wait to get that.” “I hope that doesn’t happen.” “I hope that does...

I was teaching a group of beginner meditation students and told them that we were going to do a 3-hour meditation. I was not serious, but...

There is a great paradox in spiritual work. It is the paradox between seeking and being. First, lets look eclecticism since this is commo...

Can we bring our practice to work with us? In some work environments, the more stressed someone is and the busier they are, the higher up...

Sometimes while ending my meditation at the beach I will slowly begin to open my eyes only to find that there is nothing there. The mind ...

After a particularly difficult run the other day I was looking in the refrigerator and I was thinking about eating something less than he...