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From Whining to Sanity – HIGHLIGHT
Opal GrimesCOLUMN: Youth and Family A Day of Success, Bafflement and the Stillness In-Between by Heather Grimes, Boulder, CO All of the sanity that I’ve gathered over the years from yoga and meditation and dharma books and friendships all goes out the window the moment my five-year-old daughter ... continuePosted December 17, 2014 by
Rooted Family Community – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Youth and Family Family Camp at Shambhala Mountain Center article by Rachel Seely, Community Care Liaison, Shambhala Mountain Center photos by Samira Caamano, Lightfolly Family Camp at Shambhala Mountain Center (SMC) is a special time to appreciate and value ourselves, our children, our families and friendships, and our culture. ... continuePosted September 23, 2014 by
Rites of Passage Camping Trip at Vajrapani Institute – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Youth and Family article and photos by Leslie Gossett, Column Editor “All good things are wild and free.” – Henry David Thoreau The first time I read those words of Thoreau, I knew something about them was fundamentally true for me. The times in my life when I’d ... continuePosted June 18, 2014 by
Conference Meets Heart – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Youth and Family Teaching Mindfulness and Compassion to Youth article by Leslie Gossett, Column Editor photos by Mark Anderson We recently hosted a conference in Northern California at which the presenters said it was unlike any other conference they’d been to. It was like… conference meets heart. continuePosted May 23, 2014 by
The Playground of the Warriors – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Youth and Family by Reese Sweeny-Taylor for the Ziji Collective Of the many kinds of sacred spaces that one finds in contemporary America, children’s playgrounds remain the most robust. And within the Bay Area, the high temple of them all must surely be the Helen Diller Playground at ... continuePosted January 15, 2014 by
The Future Is In Our Hands – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Family Days Start From A Good Idea COLUMN: Youth and Family by Susie Cook Sonoma Shambhala Family Days started from a good idea. Over tea after their weekly meditation group for mothers, two moms with elementary school aged children got to talking. One shared that she wished that ... continuePosted November 17, 2013 by
The Lessons You Sow Are the Lessons You Reap – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Youth and Family by Elizabeth Martin, Boulder, Colorado If you are a Buddhist practitioner and you have small children, you may be raising them on the dharma. That is what I did. Although my husband did not embrace the same philosophy, he allowed me the latitude to ... continuePosted October 23, 2013 by