Posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
- Ruth Ozeki: Body Scan (April 20, 2022)
- On Procrastination
- Bessel van der Kolk on “strategies for self-protection”
- “A Cloud Never Dies”: a film about Thich Nhat Hanh
- Touching the Earth: A retreat for 18-25 year olds
- New audio recording: Focusing
- Rilke: “Let this darkness be a bell tower”
- Two new guided meditations
- Sharon Salzberg: “Perfection is fragile”
- Using Sounds/Hearing to Meditate
- Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022)
- Why Meditate?
- “Intro to Zen” moving to Zoom only
- Dates for the Book of Form and Emptiness book group
- bell hooks (1952-2021)
- Super Stress Busters Body Scan (12/14, 7:30pm)
- Mindfulness of Breathing
- Body Scans (and a note about the end of the semester)
- Tricycle Interview: “Teaching the Whole Student”
- Tea and Cookies with Rabbi Seth and Bernie Rhie
- Divest Now, Williams!
- Body Scan led by Ruth Ozeki
- Online course on fiction and the Dharma
- R.A.I.N. Practice (from Tara Brach)
- Free Writing
- Ken Kessel event for Williams students
- Jack Kornfield on “letting go”
- Sign-up for Ozeki Book Group
- Gratitude Practice
- Sister Sinh Nghiem on Walking Meditation
- “Meeting the Light Completely” by Jane Hirshfield
- Reading group for Book of Form and Emptiness?
- Jaw Relaxation Practice
- Audio: Body Scan Meditation
- CNN interview with Lama Rod Owens
- Info about Tuesday evening meditation class
- Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche on Sadness
- Using sound as a meditation anchor
- Interview with Bessel Van der Kolk
- Grounding Practice
- Conscious Breathing
- Excerpt from _Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart_ (Mark Epstein)
- David Loy on the self as story
- “Tea and Cookies with Bernie Rhie and Rabbi Seth” (an event for on-campus students)
- Course packet for ENGL 239
- Social Media Holiday / Resources for Meditation Practice
- Six Body Scan Meditations
- ENGL 239: Zen and the Art of American Literature
- The Heart of Compassion Meditation
- Two poems: “Don’t Hesitate” and “For Alice Walker”
- 20-minute Guided Walking Meditation
- Mary Oliver: “I Worried”
- May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors (May 4, 7pm ET)
- Saying “hello” to our emotions & Rumi’s “The Guest House”
- Letting Be
- Making big decisions (like about work)
- Audio: Loving-kindness guided meditation (12 mins.)
- Video: Ocean Vuong event at Harvard Radcliffe Institute
- Poems by Ryōkan and Issa
- Storytime Audio Recordings
- Resmaa Menakem and “white-body supremacy”
- Free Writing as Contemplative Practice
- Storytime this Friday (4/16, 6:30pm)
- For teachers: contemplative education resources
- What is Contemplative Education?
- On Sitting Meditation Posture
- Welcoming Our Emotions (RAIN)
- On Zoom Apnea
- On contemplative education
- Subscribe by Email
- Q&A: on difficulties with compassion practice
- Tricycle Magazine 30th Anniversary Events
- Soft Belly
- A Mindful Bite: a bite-sized intro to mindful eating
- On Thought Noting/Labeling
- On “empathic distress”
- Thich Nhat Hanh on “deep listening”
- New course Spring 2022: “Buddhism and Contemporary American Lit”
- Walking Meditation (instructions)
- “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
- “The Unbroken” by Rashani
- 1-year anniversary: Intro to Zen Online podcast
- Ellen Bass’ “If You Knew” and the Great Matter of Life and Death
- Meditation: Self-compassion via gratitude and love for another
- Sebene Selassie on perfectionism
- Born I: Relating to one’s own suffering with care
- BCBS event (3/21): “Buddhism, Race, and American Belonging: An Asian American View”
- Some quotes from Ecodharma
- Audio: from Pema Chödrön “How to Meditate”
- Audio: Guided Basic Mindfulness Practice (8 mins.)
- Thinking and Meditation
- Basic Mindfulness: Instructions and Attitude
- Student/Alum Meditation Stories
- Anxiety and Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Bell
- Jack Kornfield on “emptiness”
- Ruth Ozeki’s new novel out in September!
- New Blog! You Can Now Subscribe to Zen_Prof By Email
- Gatha Walking Meditation
- Relaxation Movement-Awareness Practice (10 mins.)
- Relaxation Breathing Practice (variation involving arms and eyes)
- Relaxation Breathing and Jaw Practice
- Introducing the podcast
- Relaxation Breathing (post 3 of 3)
- Relaxation Breathing (post 2 of 3)
- Relaxation Breathing (post 1 of 3)
- Welcome to Zen_Prof!
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