Mindfulness
Listening, Advice, and What the Soul Needs
A note from Carl A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a legacy of listening and the passing of Gene Gendlin. Usually, in the days or weeks after writing a newsletter, the topic will stay alive in me, and will continue to grow and unfold through life experience, conversations, relationships etc. In the past couple weeks…
Read MoreA Surprising Cure for Burnout
A note from Erin: Before I get into today’s missive, I want to remind you that our upcoming Art of Sitting class starts on Monday! It’s our first online offering where we’ll be teaching the powerful movement lessons we do at in-person classes and retreats. We’re very excited to be able to share these transformational…
Read MoreDisagreeing with Rumi & A Plea for the Future
Salutations! A few weeks ago in a circle I write with, we wrote to the prompt of a poem by Rumi. Here’s a short excerpt of that poem. “The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I’d worship someone who could do that.” Here’s my…
Read MoreThe Art Of Sitting is Here at Last!
A note from Carl: Several years ago, when Erin and I were visiting Boulder, CO, we dropped in for a sit in the beautiful shrine room on the top floor of the Shambhala Center. At that time, the shrine room was left open all day so people could come in and meditate. The room was…
Read MorePoems & More to Uplift Your Heart
Hi friends, I’m so happy to be back from our sojourn in Southeast Asia, even though the air pollution in SLC is bad, even though the news is worse. It’s good to be home. I’ve started and restarted this newsletter half a dozen times – there being simultaneously so much I want to say, and…
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