In the Spring of 2016, Paul and Marcia Buckhout gave a generous donation to the Garrison Institute and asked to create a memorial to commemorate the many years of hiking they have done along the trails surrounding the Institute. The donation was used to purchase a large saw that Stephen Parks, one of our employees, used to make the bench from…
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Last week, I had the rare opportunity to participate in the Mind & Life Institute’s dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama entitled “Reimagining Human Flourishing,” which focused on bringing social and emotional learning and secular ethics to schools worldwide. As part of this event, I had the great privilege to present the results of the CARE for Teachers research…
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Earlier this month, I snuck up to Garrison Institute for the Saturday evening kirtan by Krishna Das that was offered as part of The Pilgrim Heart’s February retreat. It’s a retreat I’ve attended many years now, and the Garrison Institute is one of my favorite spaces to practice in, with its gorgeous vaulted wooden ceiling and stained glass windows. At…
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It’s all about energy. If you believe you are an energy being then you know your body has amazing potential. Often this potential is overlooked for almost a lifetime until one day and awakening happens either through a health crisis or an experience that moves you to see life through a different lens. If this kind of thinking appeals to…
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“Effortless mindfulness is the letting go of attention, thought and present moments in order to open to an already awake awareness that is naturally focused, compassionate and non-conceptually intelligent in the Now.” -Loch Kelly In his book Rainbow Painting, one of my teachers Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche says, “There are two types of mindfulness: deliberate and effortless.” Mindfulness in general could…
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Year after year, the presence of LGBTIQ practitioners at this retreat opens our hearts to what it means to practice together, connect, and heal in the face of trying times. Read what past retreants have to say about how they connected with their strength, courage, and resilience, and yes–their fabulousness!
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It started with an audacious idea. Chade-Meng Tan, an early Google engineer, was contemplating what to do next. What he came up was simple, in a way: help create the conditions for world peace, in his lifetime. How to do that? His answer: help create the conditions for inner peace by sharing the benefits of mindfulness and meditation with people…
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Join us at our Spring Equinox retreat where we will embark on an inward bound journey of cultivating simplicity and paring down outside stimulation in order to examine ourselves and our lives more closely.
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