People often ask me: “What is Zen?” and “What is the difference between Zen and meditation?” Have you ever had a really, really tough problem, that you just couldn’t think your way through? Have you ever tried just letting go of the problem for a…
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There’s a trap hidden inside the anticipation of things. We’ve all been there. While it can be exciting to anticipate something in the future, it can also cause us to waste time and energy on something that might not even happen. You know that feeling…
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In the last post I promised this time around I would to get into how your mind is like the CPU of a computer, how meditation is like cranking up the MHz of that CPU, and what you can do with that extra brain power….
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The first thing new students say to me is “Meditation is too hard. Every time I sit down, I keep getting distracted by my thoughts. My brain is just too busy to meditate, it must not be for me.” My response to this is “Wonderful!…
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Have you ever tried to balance on a Bosu ball? It’s actually quite difficult at first, standing on one foot, trying to find the equilibrium. There’s a little shake, which…
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