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A note from Carl: Greetings, Last week I attended a powerful retreat with Will Johnson, where we worked with bringing hands-on bodywork sessions into sitting meditation retreats to support ease, comfort and vitality in sitting practice. There was a line he shared during the retreat that has been resonating, percolating and inspiring both Erin and…

A note from Erin: Here’s what’s in my heart today. I believe it’s imperative that we learn to care for our own suffering. It seems to me that when we don’t care for our own suffering, inevitably we cause suffering for others. I’ve been contemplating something like this for a long time. It’s been highlighted…

A note from Carl: Yesterday we celebrated our son Mesa’s 5th birthday. The day before we awoke to hear that Erin’s beloved grandfather, Ken Gardner, “Papa,” had died peacefully yet unexpectedly in his sleep. Along with the earthquake in Nepal, there’s just so much for the heart to hold… As I went through the beautiful…

A note from Erin: Years ago when Carl and I were involved in what I see in retrospect as a waaaayyyyy too serious and heavy version of Buddhist study and practice, we went for many years without watching a movie. We quit reading fiction. Entirely. We didn’t go camping or travel hardly at all. We…