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Three times a week, a small community gathers together to meditate. These acts of mindfulness help the world. The more we practice seeing clearly during meditation, the more we can move through the world seeing clearly, with wisdom and compassion. Echoing that embodied helpfulness, this community also make a financial contribution to support people and organizations stopping climate change. Community members make donations, ranging from $5 to $20/month. We pool that money t

Reclaiming our attention is a radical act that lets us control our own time and our connections. Our time and our connections determine the quality of our lives.

May 1st is Beltane, the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. We are at peak spring! And I imagine there are lots of things marking your calendar this spring – maybe some fun, some stressful, some everywhere in between. I hope it feels like the right mix for you! My own spring calendar has also had a little bit of everything – but the biggest, by far, has been heart surgery for my husband, Jack, a few weeks ago. Jack is doing so (so!) great. Thank you

These two (2) Mindfulness of Emotions practices can help us be better listeners. By building self-awareness, we can better understand the "baggage" and perspectives that we're bringing into a conversation. This self-awareness can help us be better at listening to understand, rather than listening to soothe our own ego or justify our own POV. Both meditations use the RAIN (recognize, allow, investigate, nurture/non-identify) framework. 16-minute Mindfulness of Emotion Go to 1

Did you know that everyone, around the world, sees the moon in the same phase? 🌗🌖🌕 How about this - the first time people used the moon as a calendar? 35,000 years ago! The moon connects across time and space. Mor Keshet encourages a practice of “interbeing” — intentionally observing our interconnection to other beings, human and non-human – as a way to feel supported and build resilience. Example: think about how plants emit the oxygen we inhale and consume the CO2 we

Thank you. Really: thank YOU for meditating! It's not always easy or convenient. There are 100 other things you could do -- and probably feel like you should do. I personally appreciate you being here (really, really!) and also I do believe that self-care is community care. The more rooted we are in our own basic goodness, the more we can move through the world in alignment with our own values. The more we are able to see clearly -- and release our habitual reactions -- the m

MEDITATION 1 FROM FRIDAY, 1/16/26 “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - Martin Luther King, Jr, from a Letter from Birmingham, Alabama jail, April 16, 1963 The idea of mutuality is inline with the Buddhist concept of interdependence -- that we are not as separate as we think we are. In fact, we are all deeply connected. Because we are "tied in a single garment of de

One Small Stone is rooted in 3 beliefs: We all make a difference... “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you... You have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall …because we are all interconnected. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Mindfulness is key to making a hea

One Small Stone - this community, YOU - have donated over $4,500 to helping halt climate change and to propelling climate solutions...

"One of the best things you can do to prepare for a disaster is to bring your neighbor a basket of muffins, because you have to get to know them before the storm." - Dr. Samantha Montano "It turns out that communities are the most important force that allows humans to weather great storms, literally and metaphorically." - Christine E. Nieves Rodriguez "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn I don't know about you, but life feels a little

Danusha Laméris' poem "Nothing Wants to Suffer" is a beautiful introduction to the Loving-Kindness practice. Loving-Kindess is a...

As Rebecca Solnit defines Mutual Aid: “It’s a deep belief in and commitment to inseparability: that my well-being is inseparable from yours and that, in caring for yours, I care for myself and, more than that, for the larger whole that is us, because we are in this together.” This definition of mutual aid is similar to the Zen concept of "interbeing" and to the idea that no one is an island (to paraphrase John Donne) and that we are all better, stronger, richer together. Go t

Dear community, “In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single...

I want to share an idea - and get feedback! - for a new meditation opportunity: "Meditation Pals," a little sweet treat for summer. 🍒...

Community is one of the "3 Jewels" in Buddhism. This meditation leans into the idea that community (or a "Sangha" to use the Buddhist term) helps us. Go to 2:17 to skip the intro and get right into the meditation.

👋 👋 Hi, hi! I'm so appreciative of all of you and I'm so excited to get to start to make more connections. Thanks for being her and...