by Meredith Walters | Feb 28, 2012 | Blog
There’s a saying: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” I was recently reminded that we can either perpetuate pain–be it physical, emotional, or spiritual–or we can stop resisting it and receive its gifts. The difference lies...
by Meredith Walters | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday I was approaching the peak of the second highest hill in San Francisco getting ready to run up the final staircase to the top when suddenly, inexplicably, I shot myself in the foot. Okay, I didn’t literally shoot myself in the foot. I wasn’t carrying a gun,...
by Meredith Walters | Feb 14, 2012 | Blog
There’s a Buddhist phrase “Mind Monkey” that is used to describe the restlessness and capriciousness of our brains, the way they often refuse to quiet down and jump from one subject to the next with little care or intention. Lucky me, I have not just one Mind Monkey...
by Meredith Walters | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
More and more people are hearing about the positive effects of meditation on their physical and mental health and are trying it on for size. I’ve talked to quite a few folks who are new to the practice, and I often hear some variation of the following comment:...
by Meredith Walters | Jan 31, 2012 | Blog
To put it nicely, our culture values speed; to put it more bluntly, it seems to be addicted to it. Much of our technological innovation is focused on how to let us talk, move, compute, communicate, design, innovate, decide, share, build, and execute everything...
