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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): 7/29/20
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)Free Orientation: Wednesday July 29, 2020 | 6:30 – 9:00 pm EST(required if you intend to register for the class)Course Sessions: Wednesdays, August 5 – September 23, 2020 | 6:30 – 9:00 pm ESTPractice Day: Saturday, September 12, 2020 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EST What Read more…
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united colors
“J. Crew up in here one more time & we gon’ United Colors of Benetton all on your ass.“ That’s how I dream. I understand what my mind was trying to say, lol, bad metaphor though– I never could afford one of those Benetton sweaters. That marketing though! What a Read more…
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embodiment
I’m thinking about embodiment. I don’t often go into astrology here because it’s not everybody’s thing, but today’s Taurus new moon is joining up with Uranus as it’s squaring Saturn. That’s talking about a profoundly deep movement toward liberation & previously unimagined possibilities while confronting restriction, rules, limits, pressure, with Read more…
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stress reduction
Here we are. I hope everyone is feeling as safe and cared for as possible in these unprecedented times. Amid all the uncertainty and emotional extremes, I want to offer some of the practices that have been supportive to me, hoping they may be useful for others as well. To Read more…
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boundaries: new date
The NYC Transformative Justice Hub’s upcoming event, How to Communicate Your Boundaries has been postponed to April 11th. It will be held at 60 Washington Square South NYU Kimmel Center Room 802 from 12-2pm, wheelchair accessible. Details are available on the NYCTJ Hub website.
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communicate boundaries
On Saturday March 28th, the NYC Transformative Justice Hub will be offering a workshop on How to Communicate Your Boundaries from 12-2 pm. I’m excited to be holding space again with friends to support the event: meditation & mindful movement will be on offer as well as supportive teas and Read more…
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devotions: everyday ecstasy
Mary Oliver is quoted regularly in mindfulness and yoga circles. Probably because her lines are so beautiful and they’re also very true. One of them is “attention is the beginning of devotion” from her essay “Upstream.” (An article in the Atlantic, reflecting on that essay is here.) I could spend Read more…
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there is a path_wisdom
It is said that all the Buddha ever talked about was suffering and the end of suffering. In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha laid out the diagnosis, the prognosis & the prescription to end suffering: there is a path. I don’t want to leave folks hanging, let’s get right Read more…
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letting go
I’ve been sitting with the intention to write up a dharma talk. It’s my homework. For weeks now I’ve been talking ideas over with friends, listening to other people’s dharma talks and writing unending notes, getting nowhere. Not nowhere exactly. I got nowhere writing the kind of talk I thought Read more…