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  • Buddha Mind

    Out of my Mind: The Limits of Talk Therapy

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    One of the greatest moments of my life occurred on a Thursday evening when, at the end of a yoga class during the shavasana period, I, quite literally, went out of my mind.  That is, I felt my own sense of self fall down out …

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    Touch as a Spiritual Practice?

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    People sometimes ask why I don’t accept money for Touch Practice, or why I don’t “market” it more aggressively. Sometimes men who would like me to hold them will ask me what my “type” is. My reply is “I don’t have a ‘type’. The people …

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  • Stretch

    Hanging Out In The Stretch

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    Touch Practice is essentially a yogic practice. We encounter each other in a way that creates a stretch (also called “edge” in yoga) and we sit with that stretch, breathing into it together, until it softens and takes us somewhere new, unexpected, and often, revelatory. …

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    Celebrating The Love of Brothers

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    This week’s blog comes to you live from a retreat center in upstate New York, where I’m spending the weekend with a group of extraordinary men, clearing brush, preparing cabins for the summer season and celebrating brotherhood. Something I can’t help but notice whenever I spend …

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  • Oak Tree

    Grounding and Bodywork

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    What is grounding, anyway? Grounding seems to describe a kind of calm, centered quality–we know it when we see it (or lose it) but if we try to put our finger on it–well, what is it, exactly? I like to think of grounding in spiritual practice …

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  • Infatuation

    Exploring the Energy of Infatuation

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    One of the paradoxical effects of skillful boundary practice is that boundaries allow us to be more fully open to each other. The ability to say “no” and the ability to say “yes” are closely linked. Once we master the skill of “please don’t cross …

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  • God Love Kindness

    Men, Vulnerability, and Safety

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    I’ve been thinking about the complicated relationship we men have to vulnerability. When vulnerability is overly visible or too demonstrative in someone, we tend to frame such a person as “needy,” a condition that few find attractive in themselves or others. If vulnerability is not …

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  • Buddha Mind Voyager2

    Next Step of Faith

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    Dear Reader: Welcome to my very first blog! This blog represents the next step of faith in a journey I never could have imagined ten years ago, a path full of unexpected turns, rich discoveries and shared connections—personal connections to some of you who might …

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