We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.