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Sewing To Save The World
By: Anna NacherProfessor of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, PolandFulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Winona State University, Winona, MN The famous phrase by Dogen Zenji, and one that is featured on the Zen Garland website says: “To know yourself is to forget...
Experiencing Breath. Experiencing Gratitude.
I’m sitting next to the fire as I write, taking time to warm up next to a place I love to be this time of year. Warmth; something I appreciate feeling, both physically and emotionally. As I sit here, I am feeling grateful about my morning. I have the honor of...
Are We There Yet?
Our Zen practice is a journey. Our life is a journey, and our small mind is the child in the back seat, always asking, “are we there yet?”
Repairing the Soul, Repairing the World
We all do terrible things to each other… by intent, by neglect, and by ignorance. Up until recently I would have said that mostly this happens unintentionally. These days though, I think cruelty, rudeness, and contempt, in the name of “being real” is celebrated. What...
The Earth Had Other Plans
In the darkness of early morning, lightning in the distance told me storms were on the horizon.
QiGong in a Chaotic World
As a practice for enriching our bodies and minds, Qi Gong, has helped me.
Doing Good for Good’s Sake
I think that we’re on the earth to do good – good for the largest number of entities possible. I say entities because I don’t think it should stop at just people – the entire world needs us to do good. It’s easy to do good for yourself, easy to do good for your...
Everything Matters
Everything we do matters. Even the smallest of activities play a significant and cumulative role in shaping our individual lives and further all of these activities weave into the tapestry of this fantastic and wondrous world we move in and through. This manifests...
Sometimes It Snows In April
I’m sitting at my kitchen table looking out my window into the bluffs and a forest covered from top to bottom in snow. It’s April 19th and when I brought my kids to school today (which started 2 hours late) the thermometer read 30 degrees. As I sit here now, a few...
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