A rare hour in the forest, late winter. All quiet, except my huffing breath, visible in the cold.
Why am I walking so fast? Where am I trying to get to? I’m here for this.
Stop.
Dried husks of old lupine poking through the snow. The clack of oak tree branches overhead.
Soft wind in the pine tops, soft needles, backlit by the low sun.
Breathing.
Distant conversation, a dog barking. My hands snug in their gloves.
I’m here for this.
What can you be here for right now?
Let’s meditate.
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Being Human Takes Practice – New York
August 15-17, 2025
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
This retreat explores what meditation teaches us about being human. It teaches us about resistance and fixation. It teaches us about healing stuck emotions and expanding stuck views. It teaches us mercy and forgiveness, majesty and humility. It teaches us about how we relate to other people and to ourselves.
THIS WEEK ON THE MIND BOD ADVENTURE POD
This week on The Mind Bod Adventure Pod , we sit down with Dr. Joel Schwartz, a psychologist and one of the early architects of the Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy movement. Joel is known for speaking truth to systems that pathologize difference — and for offering a way of working with our minds that’s healing, joyful, and radically inclusive. Our practice: synchronized swaying and yodel-singing, obviously.
