ESSAYS

  • Resistance as a practice of peace

    “Resistance” as a Practice of Peace

    Elephant Journal, January 13, 2025

  • This Valentine’s Day, Try Loving-Kindness Meditation

    The Conversation, February 5, 2025

  • Mindfulness is remembering coming back to the now

    Mindfulness is about “Remembering”—A Practice of Coming Back to the Now

    The Conversation, January 2, 2025

  • No person is evil only mistaken

    What Buddhism Can Teach in this Moment of Deep Divisions: No Person is “Evil,” Only “Mistaken”

    The Conversation, November 6, 2024

  • Lessons from the first American yogi Henry David Thoreau

    On International Yoga Day, Lessons from the First American Yogi—Henry David Thoreau

    The Conversation, June 20, 2023

  • Give the gift of mindfulness this new year

    Why You Should Give the Gift of Mindfulness This New Year

    The Conversation, January 3, 2023

  • Groundhog Day lessons in living mindfully

    When Each Pandemic Day Feels the Same, Phil the Weatherman in “Groundhog Day” Can Offer a Lesson in Embracing Life Mindfully

    The Conversation, January 24, 2022

  • Thanksgiving a time for gratitude and spiritual rebellion

    A Time for Thanksgiving, Gratitude—& Spiritual Rebellion

    Elephant Journal, November 18, 2021

  • What we can learn from other cultures about the language of gratitude

    What Americans Can Learn from Other Cultures about the Language of Gratitude

    The Conversation, November 17, 2021

  • We are all one but we are not the same

    Yes, We Are All One. But We’re Not All the Same.

    Yoga Journal, July 22, 2021

  • Namaste the perfect pandemic greeting

    Why “Namaste” Has Become the Perfect Pandemic Greeting

    The Conversation, September 30, 2020

  • Yoga isn't timeless it's changing to meet contemporary needs

    Yoga Isn’t Timeless: It’s Changing to Meet Contemporary Needs

    The Conversation, June 19, 2018

  • This new year rethinking gratitude

    This New Year—Rethinking Gratitude

    The Conversation, January 1, 2018