Introduction Towards the end of last year, I was asked to speak during a webinar about Ancient Wisdom, Ritual and Embodiment, convened by...

During the height of the pandemic, I wondered how best to be of service. Staying home didn't feel enough, yet we were being asked to do...

As I sit on the stoep, sewing a button on my shorts, I am reminded of the Zen poem that touched me in the midst of our hard lockdown:...

With the pandemic putting all plans on hold, it may feel like we’ve been locked up in a prison of the present moment. Our planning brain...

I’ve recently returned home from five weeks of teachings, and as I reflect back, I realize that those weeks were like taking a walk along...

I recently presented a workshop on Mindful Activism to the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA). The tagline of their organisation is...

small mind – B r o a d M i n d – V A S T M I N D “The mind is not inside the body, the body, the mountain,...

“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all...

A friend of mine recently asked, “Why should we regulate our emotions with mindfulness? Looking at what is happening in South Africa,...

The Dharmagiri Dragon We’d seen her fire, heard her thunderous roar And then, one night, we saw The dragon, flying through the sky....

What is compassion? Compassion is one of the Four Brahmaviharas or sublime states or limitless qualities: loving kindness, compassion,...