Yes, because he loves you with the innocent moment-to-moment joy 50,000 years of human-canine cohabitation have created. When he poops on the carpet he thinks, “Poop happens, now let’s go for a walk.” While you clean up, he runs to the door and makes his [...]
We all have a big problem. We breathe improperly, and it's driving us crazy. But nobody ever taught us how to breathe so that we give our brains the right oxygen nourishment. Things as natural as breathing are not part of U.S. pubic school curriculum. [...]
One advantage to being a mindfulness teacher is the explosion of scientific evidence about how good meditation is for your brain. The ancient pundits who taught the same techniques I teach today didn’t have clinics full of scientists promoting them, but today I can sight [...]
Alcoholics Anonymous helped me achieve sobriety 27 years ago, and the healing still sticks. Since June 11, 1992, I’ve heard countless criticisms, like the Penn & Teller “Bullshit” series sketch, claim AA lacks statistical credibility. I could care less since it helped me get my [...]
When the world feels like too heavy, I retreat to concentration on my breath. I feel it as clearly as I can. Cool breath in, warm breath out. Then I rest in the still point between breaths. Breaths arise and pass away, each is gone [...]
