by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta, Articles, Depression, Difficult Emotions, Self-Soothing Practices
Freedom from Fear Being mindful of your fear allows it to become your teacher and gives purpose to what is otherwise meaningless suffering. Living in a fear-based culture inevitably affects your state of mind and the decisions you make. As a citizen you may become... 
by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Articles, Depression, Newsletter Archive, Self-Soothing Practices
Managing Fatigue with Mindfulness Most of us dislike being fatigued and aren’t fully open to experiencing it. however, when we practice vipassana, we use mindfulness to see the dukkha (suffering) in all of our experiences; therefore, we can treat fatigue as one more... 
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, Self-Soothing Practices
Reconcilable Differences When you feel at odds with others, practicing this reconciliation meditation can help you accept their differences and find harmony within. MY MIND FILLS WITH ANGER each time I hear him speak,” one of my students reports of his response... 
by Marco | Nov 20, 2020 | Articles, Newsletter Archive, Self-Soothing Practices, Trauma and Psychological Wounds
Self-Soothing during Difficult Times Through the skillful application of mindfulness, we can learn to self-soothe whenever life knocks us off balance. We’ve all experienced how unsettling and uncertain life can be. Through the skillful application of mindfulness we... 
by Marco | Nov 20, 2020 | Articles, Change and Uncertainty, Self-Soothing Practices
Starting Over If you want to make lasting change in your life, practice starting over. As a meditation teacher, I’m often solicited for advice by students who are seeking to change their lives in some way. They may want to alter an aspect of their behavior or... 