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 Buddhist practice begins with mindfulness of the body
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    DNA Sutra Paid Member

    By Richard Eskow
    It began with a rush of blood. Then came fear, and curiosity. Were there dangers hidden in my genes? Clues about my future, even my death? Was my “self,” my personality, programmed into my genome? Penetrate completely the matter of birth and death, says the traditional Zen instruction. Somehow I imagined it might be easier to let go of “body and mind,” as Zen master Dogen instructed, if I knew that both of those phenomena had been constructed genetically. Most of our ancestors are forgotten, faceless and nameless. But they left their genes, and some left their words. I searched through those words and genes, expecting to see in them the familiar face of a hero or victim from the old stories. I glimpsed that face. But I saw something else, too. I saw the face of a persecutor, a killer. I saw a stranger’s face. My face. More »
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    Begin with the Breath Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 03 Feb 2012
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    Meditation in Motion Paid Member

    By Jill Satterfield
    To participate in this online retreat, click here. Each week tricycle.com features a Tricycle Retreat video teaching delivered by a Buddhist teacher. This column introduces Jill Satterfield's upcoming February retreat on being present in our body. More »
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    The School for Compassionate Action Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 08 Sep 2011
    Recently I helped with a video shoot for an upcoming Tricycle Retreat with yoga and meditation teacher Jill Satterfield. Because Jill's teachings—a unique synthesis of yoga and Buddhism—have more of a physical element to them than most of the retreats we've hosted, she had a group of her students join her to engage in the practices and demonstrate restorative yoga poses. It was very inspiring, Jill and her students are clearly a closely bonded group of dedicated practitioners.During the shoot, I was very happy to learn about the The School for Compassionate Action, a non-profit organization which Jill recently founded. The School's mission is to provide "meditation, yoga, and education for communities in need and those who serve them."From schoolforcompassionateaction.org, More »
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    Qigong for meditators Paid Member

    By Teja Bell
    To watch videos of Teja Bell demonstrating qigong postures, click here. Videos produced and directed by Calder McCall.   More »
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    Yoga For Meditators Paid Member

    By Cyndi Lee
    Who can say which comes first—a balanced body or a spacious mind? Science acknowledges that consciousness is not limited to the brain but is everywhere in the body. So the path to both steadiness and ease is consciously to unite body and mind. At the same time that yoga practice cultivates the physical stamina for meditation—that’s where we get the steadiness—the practice of meditative awareness brings about ease of mind and heart. More »