I'm pleased enough with the side effect of regularly meditating that I can sit in a full lotus position for an extended time that I don't mind posting possibly the…
I first meditated almost fifteen years ago, starting with a ten-day no-reading no-writing, no-talking, diving in the deep end. It challenged me, but I went back periodically for more ten-day,…
I haven't missed a post here in almost ten years. My left mouse button broke---rather the track pad, an integral part of the computer. I found a used mouse on…
I don't remember the last time I was this tired, so I hope you'll pardon me keeping it short. Wednesday I swam across the Hudson River, about 1 km across,…
A friend recommended to me an exercise I hadn't heard of. It sounds like the Three Raisins exercise I learned from Jon Kabat-Zinn, included in my leadership book, and assign…
In Abbey's words: I began painting sixteen years ago. In 2007, I started making daily paintings for my blog. Each painting is a meditation on the present moment. My paintings…
Fresh and organic vegetables at farmers market Below are my notes for my podcast episode: 337: Why we feel miserable under lockdown. I got more feedback on it than usual…
I discuss the connection between perceiving lack of variety in food made from scratch and feeling miserable and bored under lockdown, despite having access to all the world's art, music,…