Practicing Mental Illness

(repost from August 2012) It’s easy to say that when meditating one should focus on the breath and release thoughts as they arise, but it...

I’m grateful we have a social safety net.  It’s important to help people pull themselves up, and to provide care for those who c...

I come from a long line of seekers, my mother’s side of the family known for trying on various spiritual traditions in a search ...

On Tuesday, April 16th, I'll begin teaching a four-week beginner's meditation class at Mama's Wellness Joint in Center City Phil...

I write about, and teach, mindfulness meditation as an adjunct therapy for mental illness.  Many in the mindfulness community ex...

Much of the recent focus on mindfulness and meditation has been on stress management.  Few things help one deal better with the ...

(Repost from July 2012) Meditation is quite different from sitting there doing nothing, thinking nothing.  It is instead a focused atten...