Enlightenment is Everywhere – Inspiration from a Retreatant #1
"Once our hearts are open, all existence appears naturally beautiful". Tarthang Tulku Gesture of Balance Notes to myself: Take action Prepare for a new beginning [...]
A Conversation with Rosalyn White : Painting in the Dharma
Read the complete interview of Rosalyn White, Co-Director of Ratna Ling Retreat Center and long-time student of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche with Richard Whittaker from Works & Conversations.
The Sacred Container of Retreat
From 2006 to 2013 I had traveled to an ashram in India once a year to force myself to slow down and simmer in the energies of the retreat there. Then in 2013, I ended up in the hospital for emergency surgery. In India.
Interview with a Shivakali Graduate
Last year, we had a beautiful married couple join us in our first Yoga Teacher Training. Pippa Hallos-Folk of England and Greg Folk of Canada, both highly trained chefs, decided to complete this training while they were traveling the world together.
What Teacher Training is to Me
I’m not sure people understand exactly what I do when I say I offer yoga teacher trainings.
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...
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...