Podcasts about Upaya

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya's Young Adult Sesshin, Sensei Kodo and Sensei Dainin explore two practices that shape the foundation of sesshin: noble silence and Oryoki. Kodo opens by naming what we're actually up against: a culture of constant stimulation that makes stillness feel uncomfortable, citing silence as “an alternative to modern culture, i.e., samsara. Source

Selain layanan akomodasi, jemaah haji Indonesia gelombang kedua yang tiba di Madinah juga mendapatkan pendampingan kesehatan dari petugas haji. Upaya ini dilakukan untuk mengantisipasi berbagai gangguan kesehatan akibat cuaca panas ekstrem dan kelelahan setelah menjalani rangkaian puncak ibadah haji di Arafah, Muzdalifah, Mina, dan Makkah. Simak kesiapan petugas dalam menjaga kondisi kesehatan jemaah agar tetap prima selama berada di Kota Nabi hingga menjelang kepulangan ke Tanah Air.(BEH/MCH 2026)@kemenhaj#ElshintaHaji2026 #LiputanHaji2026 #Haji2026 #HajiRamahLansia #TriSuksesHaji #KemenhajRI

Kepala Misi Perdamaian PBB untuk Republik Demokratik Kongo, James Swan, melakukan kunjungan kerja ke Kota Bunia untuk memastikan seluruh personel MONUSCO mematuhi protokol kesehatan di tengah wabah Ebola jenis Bundibugyo. Upaya penanganan virus ini menghadapi tantangan akibat konflik bersenjata di wilayah timur Kongo dan skeptisisme masyarakat lokal.

Upaya pemberantasan aksi begal di Kota Medan, Sumatera Utara, terus digencarkan oleh aparat kepolisian. Polrestabes Medan menggelar konferensi pers terkait pengungkapan sejumlah kasus begal yang selama ini meresahkan masyarakat.Dalam keterangannya, Kapolrestabes Medan Kombes Pol Jean Calvijn Simanjuntak memaparkan hasil pengungkapan kasus serta langkah tegas yang diambil aparat dalam menekan angka kriminalitas jalanan di wilayah Medan.

Aksi begal yang semakin meresahkan di sejumlah daerah memunculkan wacana pelibatan anggota TNI untuk membantu pengamanan dan pemberantasan kejahatan jalanan. Sebagian masyarakat mendukung langkah ini karena dianggap mampu memberi efek tegas dan rasa aman yang cepat. Namun di sisi lain, muncul kekhawatiran soal batas kewenangan aparat militer dalam penegakan hukum sipil.Lalu, sejauh mana pelibatan TNI diperlukan? Apakah langkah ini efektif menekan aksi kriminal, atau justru berpotensi menimbulkan persoalan baru dalam penanganan keamanan dalam negeri?Dalam episode kali ini, kita akan membahas pro dan kontra pelibatan anggota TNI dalam memberantas begal, termasuk apa saja yang perlu diwaspadai agar upaya menjaga keamanan tetap berjalan tanpa mengabaikan aturan hukum dan hak masyarakat.TALK :: Sosiolog Kriminalitas, Dosen Purna UGM, Dr. Drs. Soeprapto, S.U. & Praktisi Hukum, Pengacara Publik, Ralian Jawalsen

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Dainin — emergency physician turned dharma teacher — explores what western medicine trains us to suppress and what Zen practice invites us to reclaim. Tracing her own path from clinical dissociation to a reawakening of compassion and connection at Upaya's Being with Dying training, she turns to the well known koan of a water buffalo whose tail catches in… Source

Menteri Luar Negeri Iran Abbas Araghchi menggelar pembicaraan dengan Panglima Angkatan Darat Pakistan Asim Munir di Teheran. Pertemuan tersebut membahas berbagai langkah diplomatik untuk mencegah eskalasi konflik dan mengakhiri perang antara Iran dan Amerika Serikat.

Puluhan flare atau suar dan minuman keras disita polisi saat dilakukan penyekatan dan pemeriksaan terhadap para suporter sepak bola saat menuju Stadion Gelora Bandung Lautan Api untuk menonton laga Persib Bandung melawan Persijap Jepara. Tak hanya flare dan miras, polisi juga menyita senjata mainan yang kedapatan dibawa oleh suporter. Petugas keamanan gabungan yang berada di pos penyekatan melakukan penggeledahan terhadap semua kendaraan para Bobotoh yang akan menuju Stadion Gelora Bandung Lautan Api. Seluruh barang bukti yang ditemukan langsung disita oleh petugas, sementara mereka yang membawa barang terlarang didata dan diberikan sanksi hukuman. Upaya penyekatan yang dilakukan oleh aparat keamanan tersebut untuk mengantisipasi barang terlarang masuk ke dalam stadion.Pertandingan terakhir Super League 2025/2026 antara Persib Bandung melawan Persijap Jepara di Stadion Gelora Bandung Lautan Api mendapat pengamanan ketat. Lima ribu personel gabungan diterjunkan untuk mengamankan pertandingan. Informasi selengkapnya akan disampaikan Joy Jones langsung dari Stadion Gelora Bandung Lautan Api.

Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  Song/Poem referred was written by Hefker the Rabbi at Upaya.

#DiskusiInteraktif Apa yang harus dilakukan agar Israel segera membebaskan 4 WNI yang ditangkap saat melakukan pelayaran kemanusiaan ke Gaza?[TALK] Pakar Hubungan Internasional Universitas Nasional Jakarta, Dr Robi Nurhadi&Mantan Jurnalis tvOne yang sempat diserang tentara Israel di Kapal Mavi Marmara, Juni 2010, Muhammad Yasin

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk during Upaya's Being with Dying intensive, Frank Ostaseski speaks to participants from the loss of three close friends within a matter of weeks. Rather than offering technique or teaching, he invites open inquiry into grief itself: what it feels like in the body, how it moves, and why we so often push it away. “I think to grieve is to be human,” he says. Source

Upaya pembersihan besar-besaran terus dilakukan di Tuapse, Rusia, setelah fenomena hujan hitam akibat polusi minyak pasca serangan drone Ukraina yang menargetkan kilang minyak setempat.Lebih dari 600 personel gabungan dikerahkan untuk membersihkan hampir 10.000 meter kubik tanah dan air yang terkontaminasi minyak di sepanjang Sungai Tuapse. Serangan tersebut juga memicu kebakaran, kerusakan fasilitas umum, hingga tumpahan minyak di Laut Hitam yang menimbulkan ancaman lingkungan serius.

Tim gabungan masih terus melakukan proses evakuasi korban dari rangkaian KRL Commuter Line yang bertabrakan dengan KA Argo Bromo Anggrek di Stasiun Bekasi Timur. Upaya penanganan di lokasi kejadian terus diintensifkan, termasuk pencarian korban, evakuasi dari dalam gerbong, hingga penanganan medis bagi korban luka.Kepala Basarnas, Marsekal Madya TNI Mohammad Syafii, menyampaikan perkembangan terkini proses evakuasi serta langkah-langkah yang dilakukan untuk mempercepat penanganan di lapangan. Simak laporan lengkapnya mengenai kondisi terbaru, kendala yang dihadapi tim, serta upaya pemulihan pascakecelakaan.

In this Zazenkai Day talk during Upaya's Spring Practice Period, Sensei Shinzan surveys the first six pictures of the ox herding series, from the first pull toward practice to the hard won ease of riding the ox home. He then turns to a recent question a student brought to him: how do I know if I'm practicing correctly, and when is rest just laziness? Shinzan answers through an encounter between… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during the fourth day of Upaya's Spring Practice Period sesshin, Sensei Shinzan guides us through the seventh and eighth stages of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures — two of the most profound moments in the Zen map of awakening. The seventh stage, Forgetting the Ox, marks the end of the seeker: grasping falls away, the division between practice and life… Source

Sultan Oman Haitham bin Tariq bertemu Menteri Luar Negeri Iran Abbas Araghchi di Istana Al Baraka di Muscat pada hari Minggu waktu setempat untuk membahas upaya menghentikan konflik antara Iran dengan Amerika Serikat dan Israel.

In this opening session of Upaya's Spring Practice Period, Senseis Ryotan, Monshin, and Shinzan, and Hoshi Senko welcome residents, guests, and the Cloud Sangha into a month of shared practice. Drawing on the 12th-century ox-herding series and John Daido Loori's Riding the Ox Home as the program's central text, the teachers frame the ten pictures not as a linear progression but as a spiral… Source

In this second session of Upaya's Spring Practice Period, Senseis Shinzan, Monshin, and Ryotan, and Hoshi Senko introduce the text that anchors this practice period — The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures: Our Journey of Awakening — its origins, images, and themes. The ox-herding metaphor traces back to the Buddha's teachings on mindful practice, traveling through India and China before becoming… Source

Jemaah haji Indonesia saat ini menikmati suasana khusyuk beribadah di Masjid Nabawi, Madinah. Sejalan dengan visi Tri Sukses Haji, khususnya Sukses Peradaban dan Sukses Ritual, penyelenggaraan ibadah terus dikawal agar berjalan aman, nyaman, serta ramah bagi lansia, perempuan, dan penyandang disabilitas. Di tengah euforia spiritual, jemaah juga diingatkan untuk tetap menjaga adab dan mematuhi aturan otoritas Arab Saudi di kawasan suci. Lalu, bagaimana langkah mitigasi, edukasi, dan pendampingan dilakukan agar ibadah tetap tenang dan tertib? Simak perbincangan bersama Kepala Sektor Khusus Masjid Nabawi, M. Thoriq, dari Daerah Kerja Madinah

Sultan Oman Haitham bin Tariq bertemu Menteri Luar Negeri Iran Abbas Araghchi di Istana Al Baraka di Muscat pada hari Minggu waktu setempat untuk membahas upaya menghentikan konflik antara Iran dengan Amerika Serikat dan Israel.

Rancangan Undang-Undang Perlindungan Pekerja Rumah Tangga (PPRT) mengatur batas usia minimal pekerja rumah tangga 18 tahun sebagai langkah mencegah praktik pekerja anak. Namun, terdapat pengecualian bagi mereka yang sudah menikah. Lalu bagaimana mencermati aturan ini agar selaras dengan perlindungan anak dan ketenagakerjaan? Simak perbincangan bersama Dr. Dessy Sunarsi.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya's Spring Practice Period, Sensei Ryotan explores a central theme of the ten ox-herding pictures: why is simply being present so difficult? Drawing on John Daido Loori's Riding the Ox Home and the child psychologist D.W. Winnicott's concept of “going on being,” Ryotan traces how conditioning — laid down in childhood and reinforced throughout… Source

Sebanyak 960 pegawai Badan Pendapatan Daerah (Bapenda) Provinsi Banten diterjunkan untuk mendatangi langsung wajib pajak yang menunggak pajak kendaraan bermotor (PKB). Langkah persuasif ini menjadi strategi jemput bola guna mengoptimalkan pendapatan daerah sekaligus mendorong kepatuhan masyarakat. Upaya ini dinilai sebagai langkah taktis untuk mengamankan target penerimaan daerah. Namun, efektivitas pendekatan langsung juga menjadi sorotan—mulai dari respons masyarakat hingga potensi dampaknya terhadap kesadaran pajak jangka panjang.Bagaimana mencermati kebijakan ini dari sisi edukasi, kepatuhan, dan keberlanjutan penerimaan daerah? Simak perbincangan bersama Direktur Indonesia Tax Care, Basuki Widodo

Upaya mendukung ketahanan pangan nasional terus dilakukan berbagai pihak. Salah satunya Polda Metro Jaya yang melakukan penebaran benih ikan di kawasan tambak Muara Gembong.Polda Metro Jaya kembali melaksanakan program penebaran benih ikan sebagai bagian dari dukungan terhadap ketahanan pangan nasional. Kegiatan ini juga sejalan dengan program Makan Bergizi Gratis atau MBG yang dicanangkan pemerintah.Program penebaran benih ikan ini merupakan tahap kedua, setelah sebelumnya dilakukan panen pada tahap pertama.Selain penebaran benih ikan, program ini juga mencakup pengembangan komoditas lain, seperti buah, sayuran, dan peternakan ayam, guna memperkuat kemandirian pangan masyarakat.

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia terus mengejar solusi terkait pesangon tertunda eks pekerja Merpati Nusantara Airlines yang nilainya mencapai Rp250 miliar. Upaya ini dilakukan untuk memastikan hak para pekerja segera terpenuhi setelah bertahun-tahun menunggu kepastian.Jelang Perundingan AS-Iran Babak Ke-2, Asim Munir Tiba di Teheran - Headline News Edisi News MetroTV 75074Jelang putaran kedua negosiasi damai Amerika Serikat dan Iran, Kepala Angkatan Darat Pakistan, Marsekal Lapangan Asim Munir, tiba di Teheran, Iran.Kedatangannya langsung disambut Menteri Luar Negeri Iran, Abbas Araghchi. Marsekal Pakistan Asim Munir memimpin delegasi tingkat tinggi jelang negosiasi putaran kedua antara Amerika Serikat dan Iran.Kedatangan pejabat militer tertinggi Pakistan ini menegaskan peran Islamabad yang semakin besar sebagai mediator utama antara Teheran dan Washington.Delegasi tersebut dikabarkan membawa pesan Amerika Serikat yang ditujukan kepada Iran, yang berfokus pada masa depan negosiasi dan perkembangan regional terkait.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, offered during Upaya's Spring Practice Period, Sensei Monshin and Hoshi Senko guide us through the heart of the oxherding pictures — the ancient Zen metaphor of spiritual maturation. Monshin frames the third and fourth paintings, seeing and catching the ox, as our commitment to the path. Why face the bull? What truly moves us toward such a challenging practice? Source

Pengamat Apresiasi Upaya Pemerintah dalam Penyelamatan Uang Negara

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In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Butsumon Tuck Stibich — a resident priest at Upaya — opens with a teaching from Thich Nhat Hanh. No stranger to war, Thich Nhat Hanh explains that our anxiety about the world's suffering is an obstacle to service: that fear and worry do not help us cultivate peace, or become a refuge for others. Reflecting on this and the vows made in Jukai… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk coinciding with Lunar New Year, Senseis Kodo and Dainin Lau guide viewers through a recording of Upaya's Gate of Sweet Nectar — a monthly new moon ceremony of radical hospitality toward all hungry and wandering spirits. These hungry ghosts become a mirror for the parts of ourselves blinded by greed, aversion, and delusion — the states that make us unable to… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk following the Winter Practice Period at Upaya, Sensei Fushin explores silence not as absence or void, but as presence—”that face before we were born looking back at us.” Through three powerful stories from his work as a family law attorney and former chaplain, he reveals silence as an active force that holds, supports, and heals. In a conference room after a… Source

In this introduction to Dōgen's Tenzo Kyōkun (Instructions for the Cook) during the opening days of Upaya's Winter Practice Period, the faculty explores how awakening is realized through work, care, and ordinary activity. Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on Dōgen's three minds—joyful mind, parental mind (grandmother's heart), and big mind—emphasizing care for others in the cultivation of wholesome… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk during the Winter Practice Period at Upaya, Sensei Dainin collects our attention from the many paths we feel pulled in—gathering it toward one-pointed effort as a genuine way of relieving the suffering of self and other. Illustrating Roshi Joan's reflection—“it's good to stay in one place, watch the seasons change, and just do one thing”—through photographs of… Source

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk during the Winter Practice Period at Upaya, Sensei Wendy Johnson explores Dōgen's Tenzo Kyokun (Instructions for the Cook) through the metaphor of standing stones like those erected in England and the British Isles by Neolithic ancestors—ancient, grounded monuments embodying power and presence. She traces the text's origins to Tang Dynasty monastics who created… Source

Through the lense of Upaya 'the skilful means' of the Bodhisattva, Parami explores the seemingly contradictory themes of withdrawal and engagement on the Bodhisattva path. She demonstrates how they are synthesised by drawing on the last four stages of the spiral / transcendental path and how they culminate in the arising of the bodhicitta. Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2023. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBuddhistAudio1967  

Elena Brower is a celebrated international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999. Her debut book, Art of Attention, has been translated into seven languages. In 2023, she received Jukai (lay Buddhist vows) from Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax at Upaya Zen Center and is a student in Upaya's Chaplaincy Training As part of her service, she volunteers in hospice and penitentiary settings, bringing yoga, meditation, and compassionate presence. Her most recent book, Hold Nothing, investigates what it means to let go of narratives and return to the spacious emptiness within.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: Elena's background  The moment of change: “How do I ever stop? The alignment of outer work with the vows and values The sometimes scary inner world Exercise: when you want run away, stay with it for one more breath The point where the void ceases to be fearful Letting go of the external extraneous realities Why there's no way to escape sickness, old age, death, and losing everyone you love Wisdom in the quiet   Learn more about Elena at: https://elenabrower.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #zen #stillness #holdnothing 

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Roshi Joan Halifax is joined by Senseis Kodo, Dainin, and longtime Upaya friend and master Zen gardener Sensei Wendy Johnson to set the roots of the month-long Winter Ango (peaceful dwelling). Roshi traces Ango's history to ancient traditions of seasonal retreat and offers careful instruction not to trample what arises—no longer avoiding snakes, insects… Source

At a recent event in support of Dharma Moon's Yearlong Buddhist Studies program on January 6th, Ethan was joined by the great Roshi Joan Halifax, to discuss the practice, history and theory of Engaged Buddhism. Why is this integrated approach to the dharma so crucial now? Ethan begins with an impassioned plea after the ICE murder of the Renee Good in Minneapolis to come together as sangha and practice engaged dharma this year. And every time the thought arises "I could do something but it won't really make any difference," please label that thought thinking. Roshi Joan Halifax is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya, a center which focused on Engaged Buddhism in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her vision for the Zen Center embraces comprehensive Buddhist studies, meditation, service, dharma art, and environmental action as integrated paths cultivating peace and interconnectedness. She is also the author of multiple books including Standing at The Edge and Being With Dying. In 2025, with your subscriptions, we were able to release more episodes than any previous year. This was only possible with your subscriptions. Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber below Paid subscribers to The Road Home will receive occasional extras like guided meditations, extra podcast episodes and more! The Thursday Meditation Group happens each week at 8am ET on Thursdays, and a guided audio meditations are released monthly. Another bonus podcast for paid subscribers discussed a mindful take on intuition, and Ethan also offered instruction in the RAIN method for working with emotions with self-compassion. These are all available to paid subscribers. You can also subscribe to The Road Home podcast wherever you get your pods (Apple, Ethan's Website, etc). You can also subscribe to The Road Home podcast wherever you get your pods (Apple, Ethan's Website, etc). Find out about the 2026 Yearlong Buddhist Studies program at this link! A new free video course on a classic Buddhist contemplation called The Five Remembrances is available at this link. Check out all the cool offerings at our podcast sponsor Dharma Moon. Free video courses co-taught by Ethan and others, such as The Three Marks of Existence, are also available for download at Dharma Moon.          

On the closing day of Upaya's Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kathy, Hoshi Senko, and Sensei Monshin offer an integrated reflection on continuing practice beyond the zendo. Sensei Kathy grounds us in the body, reminding […]

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk and Day 4 of Upaya's Fall Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Kathie Fischer brings our attention to resonance—the way one vibration awakens or encourages another. Drawing from physics, poetry, […]

Senseis Monshin, Kathie Fischer, and Shinzan, together with Hoshi Senko, open Upaya's Fall Practice Period by welcoming participants from around the world into a month of deep study of Dogen's Genjokoan. “To study the way is […]

In this Zazenkai Day talk during Upaya's Fall Practice Period, Sensei Kathie Fischer offers her reflections on the simplicity and depth of Zen practice. She begins by exploring the role of language in […]

In this opening session of Upaya's 2025 Fall Pratice Period Sesshin, four teachers—Sensei Kathie Fischer, Sensei Shinzan (joining remotely from San Diego), Sensei Monshin, and Hoshi Senko—welcome participants into the stillness and rhythm of this […]

In this talk from Upaya's Awareness and Action series, Dr. Guo Gu, founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center, explores Embodiment and Engaged Practice—how awakening through the body becomes the ground for compassionate action in […]

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk during Fall Practice Period at Upaya, Sensei Monshin explores the meaning of dharma position. Building from Dogen's Genjokoan, she explains dharma position as an expression of the inseparability of self and […]

In this episode, Kimberly and Elena discuss and reflect on their life experiences through nearly two decades of knowing one another. They discuss radical forgiveness for our families of origin, the importance of stillness and meditation, children leaving the home, and menopause. They also discuss what led Elena to write her upcoming book “Hold Nothing,” which offers stories and prompts as an artful contemplative guide towards personal, daily practice for self-discovery and self-wisdom. Kimberly reads powerful excerpts aloud, and you can preorder the book in the link below.   Bio Elena Brower is a mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, bestselling author, and podcast host. She is a celebrated international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999. Her books include the “Art of Attention: A Yoga Practice Workbook for Movement as Meditation,” bestselling journal “Practice You and Being You” her collection of poetry entitled “Softening Time,” along with her courses, classes, and talks, explore stages of studentship, practice, life, and listening. Her latest book “Hold Nothing” investigates what it means to let go of narratives and return to the spacious emptiness within. She also has a column on Substack and podcast Practice You. She offers weekly classes and is a candidate in Upaya's Chaplaincy Training. She volunteers in hospice and penitentiary settings, bringing yoga, meditation, and compassionate presence to her local and broader communities.   What She Shares: –Forgiveness, repair and acceptance –Practice of daily stillness and stability –Powerful excerpts from new book –Excerpts read from new book “Hold Nothing”   What You'll Hear: –What sticks with Kimberly from Elena's teachings –Elena forgiving mother –Mercy and forgiveness for family of origen –Holding onto grudges instead of real repair –Impacting our actual spheres –Incentivizing holding grudges long-term in culture –Having direct contact with the present –In contact with body as medicine –Everyone doing their best at all times –Making our consciousness transparent to ourselves –Why Elena wanted to write a new book –Meditations and personal writings –Universal permission slip to be tender with ourselves –How stories, prompts, and artwork came about –Impact of writing in present tense –Getting reader in scene that unfolds as if happening presently –Reading excerpt from book on uncertainty –Daily sitting in stillness to allow thoughts to emerge –Importance of humility in work –Addressing accusations, controversies, and publicness –Importance of relationships, close inner-circle, close proximity –Bringing down women taking initiatives to serve –Evolving definition of family –Staying present and listening during hard conversations –Children leaving home for college –Mothering young adults –Conflicting emotions with children leaving home –Advice for mothers in new paradigm shifts –Kimberly's fresh experience taking Cece to college –Opening to stability –Stabilizing principle at center of every circumstance –Turning chaos to stability –Working in a vacuum to focus on own work –Addressing issues of AI as writers and teachers –Focus, devotion, returning to what matters –Menopausal transitions with weights, HRT, supplements, sleep, friends –Regulating nervous system through menopause –Elena's Matter of Menopause podcast for menopause education –Kimberly's underworld experience of menopause –Hormones are gods –Preorder upcoming book “Hold Nothing”   Resources Website: https://elenabrower.com/ and https://elenabrower.com/menopause/ IG:  @elenabrower Jaguar Sex Edition Sign Up Here  

In this session of Upaya's Awareness in Action series, Bhikkhu Bodhi offers a penetrating teaching on discernment as the heart of engaged Buddhism in times of crisis. He reflects on his journey from 1960s […]

In Part 3 of Upaya's Love and Death program, Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan Halifax explore the tension between belonging and accommodation. Through personal stories of illness, recovery, and care, they show how dignity in receiving […]

This is the 2nd half of … part two of Upaya's Love and Death weekend program, Roshi Joan Halifax and Frank Ostaseski deepened the exploration of how personal love can open into universal compassion. Framed […]

This is the 2nd half of … part 3 of Upaya's Love and Death program, Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan Halifax explore the tension between belonging and accommodation. Through personal stories of illness, recovery, and […]