The Eye of the Hurricane and the Self

What if meditation isn’t about stopping the storm, but discovering the eye of the storm? A hurricane is enormous movement—wind,…

What If You Met This Moment Without Memory?

Imagine waking up one morning with no personal memory. You still know how to walk, talk, eat, drive, use your…

Catch the Fish: Experience The Way Happiness Happens

Catch the Fish: Experience The Way Happiness Happens If thinking is like fishing, then no  sketching is like catching a…

Experience the Way Happiness Happens

Be happy when you’re happy,or sad when you’re not.Ignore the moment,and it sits there to rot. We spend a surprising…

The Frame and the Label and Clearing the Path: From Meditation to Living

There are two complementary ways of stepping back into awareness. The first is becoming aware of the frame of reference…

From Thinking About It to Experiencing It—and Into Flow

We spend a lot of time thinking about our experiences. We think about what happened, what we should do, what…

The Flight to Florida

Traditional meditation often begins by gathering attention around a single point — the breath, a candle flame, a mantra, an…

A Variation on the Theme

Here is another way of looking at Sketch Stretching. Sketch Stretching expands awareness—making more of what you see visible, more…

River Sketch Stretching Walk

Sketch Your Mind. Stretch Your Perspective. A mindful walk along the Rivanna River combining movement, awareness, and simple sketching. Bring…

The Sketch That Continues Even When You Put the Pencil Down

Most of us experience life through a single dominant channel: thought. Something happens, and almost immediately our mind names it,…