We are all basically good. Our true nature is radiant, open and full of possibilities. But we forget. Layers and layers of conceptual thinking, stories, preconceptions, judgements and identities cover up our true nature of self. We cling onto the person whom we think we are, or whom we think we

Get a nice journal, a nice pen. Then we can start. Mindfulness practice is about training our mind to be stable. It is very simple. Whenever the mind wavers, gently come back to the practice. Sometimes our mind wavers a lot, sometimes less. Just do it without rating or judgment. We can practice mi

Being a mother of young children, one of my daily challenges is when my children need my help, I would need to put away whatever is in my hands and assist them. I cannot be self-absorbed. And I need to feel ok when my chain of thoughts are broken - many times a day - and feel fine about it. I heard

"Aimless wandering" is what yogis and yoginis have been doing for centuries. It is a practice of mindfulness combining awareness. It is very simple: get out of the house and start wandering in nature without a plan or destination. During the whole process, we focus on our sensory perceptions: sight

One of the key elements for meditation is: we don’t meditate because we want to be "spiritual." We don’t need to achieve anything and we don’t need to become a certain kind of person. The notion is, we already are perfect and good. We already have a full set of equipment, right here. We just need t

I never knew how to pray. When I was young, I used to just call friends up and talked. But the conversations were usually mindless and self-serviced. Recently I started to talk to myself, my very true self. I don’t have to worry about anything but to be utterly truthful and vulnerable. But I also

Rhythms, breaths, days and nights, seasons, wake and sleep, cycles of emotions, life and death... We are connected with each other in the natural rhythms of life. We are inherently balanced. Life energy is chaotic and unpredictable at times. Our habits are like the structure, the form that we crea

When we really want to react from our old habitual patterns, take a pause. We all have our triggers and they all look different. A cat might trigger me exactly the same way as a spider would trigger you. And a cat might comfort you in the same way what cotton candy would do to me. Behind those tr

Breathing is the pulsing of the universe. Expansion and contraction, is the basic language of our mind. We take in and give out. We absorb and express. We listen and talk. We breathe in and breathe out. The practice is very simple. Listen attentively to your own pulse, its rising, its falling. Med