"Is Suffering Optional?" An exploration of not making a terrible thing more terrible with the support of 7 reflection questions for everyday practice.
08/22/2018, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

"Happiness; Choice & Chance." How does the arrangement of our minds affect the arrangement of our lives?
06/13/2018, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

"Falling in Love with the Earth" 
By protecting myself, I protect others. By protecting others, I protect myself." - the Buddha
11/08/2017 Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

“Wise Effort as a Radical Act of Hospitality.”
06/21/2017, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
 

"What's in the laundry bag, anyway?"
Wise livelihood -- what we do matters and what happens when our good intentions end up in a cloud of smoke.
05/17/2017, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center  
 

“I Undertake the Training to Take Good Care”
What is non-harming, really? Exploring our practice on a journey through the Grand Canyon.
08-24-2016, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center  
 

"The Parami of Patience - A Primary Practice" 
Exploring the practice of Patience as a real and palpable cause of happiness - a refuge and support during difficult times.
03-02-2016, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center  
 

"Expanding the Bottom Line of the Heart" 
Re-defining the Bottom Line. Exploring the intersection of mindfulness and the dharma in the workplace - expanding the bottom line and profitability of the heart.
01-27-2016, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center  
 

"Why We are Here" 
A tribute class to Sylvia Boorstein and Donald Rothberg exploring our motivation, intention and experience of practice - what we've learned and what we love.
09-09-2015, Wednesday morning class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

These days I want nothing more than to enter an empty room with a group of strangers and sit still and quiet in samadhi, nondistracted awareness, for the better part of a day. I am always astonished by the presence of people who would dare to do such a thing - burn perfectly good daylight to get nothing done....We have the power to transform everything when we have the courage to do nothing.

from Paradise in Plain Sight; Lessons from a Zen Garden by Karen Maezen Miller