Go to 1:58 to skip the intro. A loving-kindness practice for equanimity during scary times. When we are scared or threatened, our human instinct is often to retreat back to "our group" - to close the castle gates and to increase our "othering" of those outside our group. Loving-Kindness expands helps us expand our sense of who is "in" our group, so that we have a broader, more stable base. Operating from a sense of "me, myself, and I" can be a very narrow, reactive place to be. Broadening our...

Thank you to Mamaroneck Living magazine for publishing this article in their March issue. .

" You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy; then you should sit for an hour ." - Zen Proverb Modern science is proving this ancient proverb to be true. When we carve out time for meditation, we are more productive and perform better . I'm not a big proponent of pushing for more productivity and performance (enough already!) -- but I can confirm that I have a feeling of spaciousness and calm when I make time to meditate. It's as if, when I meditate, time...