Blessings from the Plant Queendom: White Pine Medicine
Sarah C. Beasley
18 October 2024
Sarah C. Beasley offers a meditation on the power of time in nature to remind us of our deep interconnections with the land and all she offers
The Mindfulness Universe with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Nina Müller
4 October 2024
A session with a core founder of the MBSR movement and Lion’s Roar’s editor offers up refreshing and inspiring insights on mindfulness
Befriending Our Bodies
Nina Müller
20 September 2024
Nina Müller draws on her mindfulness training in the Plum Village and MBSR schools to reveal the benefits of watching our body’s functions
Mindfulness Coaching, Where Contemplation Can Meet Action
Nina Müller
30 August 2024
Mindfulness coach Nina Müller introduces the basics of making mindfulness work for your everyday life, work, and relationships
Embracing Suffering as Part of Your Journey
Margaret Meloni, PhD
22 August 2024
Margaret Meloni investigates the importance of courage and self-compassion as aspects of our practice in the face of suffering on the Noble Eightfold Path
Meditation as Medication: The Intersection of Buddhism and Mental Health
Kassidy Evans
16 July 2024
Kassidy Evans explores the famous overlaps and the subtle distinctions between Buddhist meditation and Western psychology
The Missing Sense in Vajrayana Practice
Asa Hershoff
15 July 2024
Asa Hershoff investigates the bioenergetic and transformational aspects of tantric practice.
Psychological Development and the Five Elements
Asa Hershoff
6 June 2024
Asa Hershoff considers psychological and emotional well-being through the lens of the traditional Tibetan Five Elements.
Ego Attachment and the Myth of “Knowing Yourself:” Understanding Non-self in the Age of Social Media
Kassidy Evans
21 May 2024
Kassidy Evans examines how social media has amplified the false sense of self in young people—and the Buddhist antidote
Hong Kong Sees the Globe: Lindzay Chan on Master Nan Huai-chin and the Existentialism of Shakespeare’s King Lear
Raymond Lam
12 April 2024
A Hong Kong artistic icon discusses her thoughts on the Shakespearean masterpiece and her learning from a Buddhist master
Cutting Metta’s Losses
Mettamorphsis
3 April 2024
Our loving-kindness practitioner explores the practice of pruning, both literally and metaphorically, as a way to make space for future growth
From Traditional Roots to Modern Mindfulness: The Movement of Vipassana Meditation in the 20th Century
Dipen Barua
23 February 2024
Dipen Barua looks at the history and spread of vipassana meditation around the world, from the 19th century to today