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Finding Our Mutual Humanity
It’s been a long month, and I’ve been thinking a lot about diversity, inclusion, social injustice, and simply how we treat each other – people we are familiar with, and more importantly, people we don’t know, but have embedded opinions about. It’s about unconscious bias – and a yearning for community at the same time. …
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Let’s meditate together on Zoom!
A guided meditation for the Zoom-weary. These days, many of our group practice and study programs are taking place on zoom. How do we create a felt sense of community over this medium? A challenge on meditating on zoom arises when our eyes and attention are often focused on an electronic screen, while our body…
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Engaging our world with contemplative practice
“How do we blend contemplative practice with service in the world? How can we extend ourselves, offer ourselves to that world in an authentic way? One where we’re not burning out at the same time? How can we support people both at the peak of tragedy, getting over the most difficult parts, as well as…
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Cultural Humility
As meditation instructors and leaders in our centers, we might often find ourselves working with individuals with diverse personal qualities and motivations. Part of our practice as leaders is to develop genuine communication and connection with them, and their manifestations of basic goodness. To do this, we might want to consider how our own diverse…
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Chaplaincy East and West
Buddhist chaplaincy, with mindfulness and contemplation as core practices, has interest in Asia as well as the West.
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Gestures of Healing
How can a creative gesture, engaging body, speech and mind in creative play, also heal the psyche?
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Interview with Elaine
Rachel Payne of Boston University talks with Elaine about teaching chaplaincy. Check it out at: https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/2020/05/educator-profile-elaine-yuen
