Book Review: This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership
Nina Müller
5 June 2026
A unique book looking at the intricacies and complexities of love and relationships from a Buddhist perspective
Coastline Meditations
In this column, Nina draws on her personal and professional experience to explore a variety of topics related to mindfulness, meditation and Buddhism.
Nina Müller
Nina Müller is a mindfulness practitioner with a Master of Buddhist Studies from the University of Hong Kong. She offers online sessions to help people cultivate mind-body awareness and experience more joyful and meaningful lives. Please visit The Mindful Practice (www.practicingminds.com) for further information.
Sensing Our Way Back to Earth
Nina Müller
8 May 2026
Tricycle’s Ecology Summit brought together scientists, writers, teachers, and activists to share Earth wisdom for a survivable future
Dear Otter: A Letter on Complicity and Compassion
Nina Müller
10 April 2026
How witnessing an otter’s distress triggered new insights into the psychology of compassion for the suffering of others
I See You. I Believe You. I Am Here.
Nina Müller
3 March 2026
When being soft and tender is an act of strength, character and resistance. . . especially in the face of the venal powerful
Sitting with Your Wounded Child
Nina Müller
6 February 2026
Buddhist teachers join hands to teach reconnection by taking care of our inner child and tending to our inner children’s pain
Inviting your Pain to Tea: A Buddhist Approach to Meeting Suffering
Nina Müller
29 December 2025
This New Year, invite your suffering to tea with awareness and treat it as a companion to be mindfully guided and befriended
Fiercely Compassionate: Finding Our Role in Buddhist Immigration Justice
Nina Müller
5 December 2025
A unique livestreamed discussion about immigration justice unites Buddhist ethics with practical legal support and advice for migrants
The Good Human Life: Remembering Our Capacity to Wake Up
Nina Müller
12 November 2025
An online summit hosted by Lion’s Roar brought together Western Buddhist leaders and writers to explore compassionate engagement
Book Review: The Yoga of Niguma
Nina Müller
3 October 2025
Kalu Rinpoche brings his signature charisma and compassion to a book about his most recognized practice, Niguma Yoga
The Juicy Stuff: Why Our Deepest Feelings Are a Buddhist Treasure
Nina Müller
2 September 2025
Embracing painful and charged feelings like anger and grief as gateways to awakening: the challenge and power of Vajrayana
Rooted in Inter-being: What Ancient Trees Taught Me About Grief and Connection
Nina Müller
1 August 2025
To visit Sequoia National Park is to see primeval beings that know inter-being and primeval connection better than anyone
The Leaning Buddha and the Crooked Cactus: Finding Freedom in Imperfection
Nina Müller
3 July 2025
A mindfulness coach looks at the lesson of a crooked cactus and how love means accepting imperfections and our flawed nature