Of course, I know that’s not how it works. Transformation is not an apple hitting Newton on the head suddenly revealing gravity – a force that was there all along. I know that transformation is incremental, step by little step, with lurching jerks along the way – failure, disappointment, shock, Read more…
Right now, many of us are wearing masks. COVID-19 has created a visual barrier between us which makes it harder to see each other. To reach each other. We can feel so cut off not seeing a smile. Or even a frown. When we’re all carrying the anxiety of not Read more…
Our founder, Buddhist teacher and author of The Five Keys to Mindful Communication Susan Gillis Chapman shines light on this important topic. How can we stay open and also maintain healthy boundaries?
“….it’s those who can surf the waves of their own experience who can be sustained agents of change in this complex world. They don’t just collapse when things get hard. They can stay focused on the challenges and obstacles using their whole body, heart and mind to guide them….” by Read more…
“When we’re putting up the barriers and the sense of ‘me’ as separate from ‘you’ gets stronger, right there in the midst of difficulty and pain, the whole thing could turn around simply by not erecting barriers; simply by staying open to the difficulty, to the feelings that you’re going Read more…
How Buddhist meditation kept the Thai boys calm in the cave The boys’ coach lived in a Buddhist monastery for a decade and taught them to meditate in the cave. By Eliza [email protected]@vox.com Updated Jul 25, 2018, 3:08pm EDT When the 12 Thai boys who were trapped in a cave and were rescued one by one were Read more…
Green Zone Institute recently receive this message from our dear friend Irina Vorobiova, regarding the Five Keys to Mindful Communication program Greg Heffron taught in Ukraine in Fall 2017: “The ability to communicate is an art. We do not all have the same talents in this field from birth, and Read more…
we often feel we have little power. but we have far more power than we can imagine.
