The Importance of Self-Care
I recently heard someone say, “You can’t give what you don’t have. You have to allow your cup to be filled so that you can fill the cup of others. If you have nothing left, you can't give anything away.” Read More...
Discover Meditation & Sacred Art
While an art student in Oakland, California, in the 1970s, I stumbled upon the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, as brought to this country by the venerable teacher, Tarthang Tulku, Rinpoche. Read More...
5 things I learned living in Community.
Did you know Ratna Ling Retreat Center is operated entirely by a community of volunteers? Everyone who welcomes you to the property, from the reservation staff, to the kitchen team, ... Read More...
When The World Asks You to Go Inward
What does it mean to go inside oneself? Often there is hesitancy because we don’t fully understand how it works and more importantly, we can’t be sure what we may find there. Read More...
Breathe in Beauty
Guided walking meditations in the coastal redwoods with Christine DeCristofaro. Walking meditation is meditation in action. When we do walking meditation, we are using the physical, mental, and emotional experiences of walking as the basis for developing greater awareness.