by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta, Articles, Change and Uncertainty, Disappointment & Loss, Love And Relationships
Living with Disappointment If you choose to consciously accept life’s disappointments, you will discover meaning in your suffering. Sometimes things really don’t work out very well. It’s true, isn’t it? You come to yoga class in desperate need... 
by Marco | Nov 21, 2020 | Articles, Love And Relationships, Paramis, Self-Soothing Practices, Trauma and Psychological Wounds
Opening to Love Practicing loving-kindness and compassion allows you to be at peace in the midst of suffering. Every Sunday evening the Turtle Island Yoga Studio in San Rafael, California, is transformed into a vipassana meditation hall. A large silk painting of the... 
by Marco | Nov 20, 2020 | Articles, Love And Relationships
Setting Personal Boundaries Developing and maintaining healthy boundaries is vital to your psychological growth and spiritual liberation. Sophie, a professional woman in her mid-30s and a member of my weekly mindfulness meditation class, repeatedly feels taken... 
by Marco | Nov 20, 2020 | Articles, Love And Relationships
The Yoga of Relationship Cultivating mindfulness can help you face the inevitable difficulties and disappointments that arise in relationship with equanimity, compassion, and loving-kindness. I sat silently as the woman self-consciously settled herself onto the couch... 
by Marco | Nov 18, 2020 | Articles, Love And Relationships
The Challenges & Rewards of Commitment In order to move beyond your fear of commitment—whether it’s to your spiritual practice, a relationship, or your career—you must first evaluate what is worthy of your commitment. For many of us “commitment” is a charged... 
by Marco | Oct 1, 2020 | Articles, Difficult Emotions, Featured Teachings 1, Love And Relationships, Self-Soothing Practices, Trauma and Psychological Wounds
Healing Your Mother (or Father) Wound If you have unresolved feelings about your mother (or father), making them part of your mindfulness practice can transform what has been a hindrance in your life into a teacher. If you choose to follow the path of meditation, you...