Grateful to have the opportunity this past weekend to share compassion and wisdom practices with the amazing students participating in Svasta Yoga School’s training program. It’s not everyday that we get to dig into ethical action and its impact on interdependence. Thank you to the students for showing with open heart and minds. 
On Sunday, April 8, 2018 a lovely group of festive Houstonians gathered to raise funds so that women who work in the restaurant industry can access a continuum of health services, including preventive, diagnostic and treatment care. We drank locally harvested jasmine liquer cocktails, danced to one of the Houston’s best DJ’s and sax players and were led by Carla Hall of The Chew and Top Chef fame to feast, festivate and raise funds to support health services organizations. I am so proud of what everyone has done to make this happen; with women coming together, everything is possible. #ihwshtx #womenshealth #preventivemedicine #divinefeminine
a practice for our life. nice to teach and share with someone(s) you love.
thank you ethan nichtern
for conceptualizing & realizing the wisdom shared in the dharma of the princess bride. your insight into relationships is just what i wished for…
you’re in the box and the box is in you; what do you do?
inspired by a lecture given by dr. jill carroll at the jung center, houston. i am using this practice to more deeply understand my power in choice.
there is also choice in the practice of acceptance, as taught by viktor frankl…another post, forthcoming.
a note from jack kornfield:
When times are uncertain, difficult, fearful, full of change,
they become the perfect place to deepen the practice of awakening.
After viewing the elections…
Whatever your point of view,
Take time to quiet the mind and tend to the heart.
Then go out and look at the sky.
Remember vastness, there are seasons to all things,
gain and loss, praise and blame, expansion and contraction.
Learn from the trees.
Practice equanimity and steadiness.
Remember the timeless Dharma amidst it all.
Think of the best of human goodness.
Let yourself become a beacon of integrity, with your thoughts, words and deeds. Integrity in speech and action, virtue and non harming bring blessings.
Remember the Noble truths, no matter the politics or the season:
Greed, hatred and ignorance cause suffering. Let them go.
Love, generosity and wisdom bring the end of suffering. Foster them.
Remember the Buddha’s counsel,
“Hatred never ends by hatred but by love alone is healed.
This is the ancient and eternal law.”
The human heart has freedom in itself to choose love, dignity and respect.
In every circumstance, embody respect and cultivate compassion for all.
Let yourself become a beacon of Dharma.
Amidst the changes, shine with courage and trust.
Love people, and
This is your world. Plant seeds of goodness
and water them everywhere.
Then blessings will grow for yourself and for all.
Metta,
Jack
