lewis mehl-madrona: talking circles

on the third day of the on being gathering, i got to experience a session on narrative medicine with lewis mehl-madrona. he is a physician and indigenous wisdom teacher and the sweetest guy. he taught a session called “speaking in order to listen, listening in order to speak” and it was just great.

reflections on my two morning meditation sessions at the won dharma center

this is the second day in a row that i’ve sat in on the morning meditation at the won dharma center. we’re on a colab staff retreat and since i missed out on the sits last time, i resolved myself to do them this time. they’ve been really good. some thoughts:

the invitation to brave space

also back in january, adrienne recalled micky scottbey jones’ invitation to brave space. i had heard of the idea of brave space, as opposed to safe space, before but i don’t think i’d ever seen this source material and invitation. it’s quite lovely, i think.

notes on the four agreements

back in jnauary, we had a colab staff meeting where the topic of the day was the four agreements. the four agreements are ancient toltec wisdom, distilled into western language. they are:

book reviews: chronicle of a death foretold and betty-anne's helpful household hints, volume 2

chronicle of a death foretold