#64 Details, details

Why focus on the good feeling of breathing? Some have asked me why I don’t give a more structured breathing practice; why I mostly suggest that you simply enjoy the flow of breath in your body. I’ll try to answer that with a story about a friend of mine. A...

#28

#28 February 2, 2010 A reader sent me the lyrics to an old Frank Sinatra song: Once there was a silly old ram Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam No one could make that ram, scram He kept buttin’ that dam. ‘Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes...

#29

#29 February 16, 2010 There is nothing for you to be against. There is plenty for you to be for — including yourself.

#30

#30 February 22, 2010 What does it mean to be open-hearted? How does it feel? Can you feel it in your body, in your own physical heart? Describe that physical feeling. Describe it out loud. Describe it now. What are you if you’re not open-hearted? Fearful?...