Spiritual Growth & Mindfulness Articles

A River Speaks—A Trip Down the Colorado River and a Wake-up Call   We were all set—Saturday, 8 am, a group of friends planned to meet at the Colorado River. Indeed, the temperatures were hot that summer in Yuma, Arizona. A float [...]

Your Inner State Shapes Everything Whether you want to thrive in your career, deepen your meditation or yoga practice, become a more present parent, strengthen your relationships, create meaningful art, or reach an athletic goal, lasting success begins from the inside [...]

What is Inner Peace? Inner peace results when we no longer live in angst and constant fear of not measuring up, or of being judged by other people. We achieve inner peace when we have a strong enough spiritual practice [...]

Radical self-acceptance means embracing yourself and your present reality exactly as they are, without waiting for change first. Embracing the Present: The Gateway to Inner Peace When we allow happiness now, we begin to live life on our terms. We learn [...]

The Ego is Not the True Guide or Higher-Self Most of us spend our lives navigating responsibilities, relationships, work, and countless daily demands. In the process, it is easy to become identified with a running stream of thoughts, fears, judgments, and [...]

Asking the Deeper Questions: How to Strip Away Labels of Identity Who are you when the labels fall away? When you are no longer your profession, your relationships, your successes, your failures, or the story you've told yourself for years? Much [...]

Finding Balance Through Detachment Definitely, on retreat, we work with great diligence on the hindrances of attachment and desire, which are two terms translated from ancient wisdom traditions that often confuse modern Western students. Markedly, this article aims to briefly clarify [...]

Change is Inevitable, Embrace It It is an old cliché that “the only thing that stays the same is change.” It may be overused, but only because it is true. While many things may appear unchanging, a closer look reveals otherwise. [...]

What Does Being Present Mean Again and again, we hear wisdom traditions ask us to “be present,” but what does this really mean? Often we associate this with lovely and nice things such as, taking a vacation, hanging out with the [...]