Rabbit Hole

The word happiness is taking a beating these days. People feel the concept is unrealistic. Some wag their fingers at what they imagine is the selfish and pleasure-seeking nature of the sentiment, as though happiness must always happen at the expense of addressing real world problems. I prefer the word fulfillment, which feels less about […]

TEACHERS :  Jeff Warren,  Sarah Barmak  and Michelle Leybman MEDITATION :  Concentration, Culadasa  style INTERACTIVE : Structures of Support, Structures of Inspiration   Jeff: Ok, so for part one, we will continue to explore concentration, this time with a master of concentration – my wife, Sarah Barmak! Every morning she makes me look bad by dropping into bliss-saturated samadhi stillness while […]

TEACHERS:  Jeff Warren and Michelle Leybman MEDITATION :  Finding the “Right” Meditation Practice INTERACTIVE : Personal  Values Exercise Jeff: Concentration is the foundation of meditation. You could make the argument it’s the foundation of every spiritual and personal growth practice, since the world unfolds along the grain of our commitments . They key to getting this started is […]

TEACHERS: Jeff Warren, Cary Wright, Caitlin Colson MEDITATION: Sound Healing INTERACTIVE: Alchemical Soup Jeff and the CEC welcome a special guest from BC, our friend Cary Wright: sound healer, hakomi therapist, and qi gong practitioner, among other teacherly talents. Leave your rational hat at the door, activate your imagination and tune in to some good vibrations. In part one, […]

All over the world, in every culture and tradition, people engage in mind-body practices (meditation, prayer, therapy, movement, martial arts, inquiry, art practice and so on) that change how they relate to themselves and the world around them. For four Wednesdays in February, I’ll be hosting a special edition of the Consciousness Explorers Club at the […]

The Consciousness Explorers Club has a new home for the new year, at Morgan Cowie’s Mosaic Yoga Studio. To add to all this  shiny newness, my new book – Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, with co-authors Dan Harris and Carley Adler – just came out. We’re feting it with a non-book-launch book launch. So no fine wine, stinky cheese […]