The Fertile Ground of the 4 'mind-changings'

The preliminaries, or the 4 mind-changings, as they are sometimes called, are simple, profound teachings, and of course they are also...

'We think life's a single destiny-based lock-in, but it's a choice…“

My Dad is 75 today. Probably like your dad, he has a rich, immensely varied life experience. I've been meaning to interview him for...

The Writhings of Conditioned Mind

In my sangha, where I practice, part of the daily recollection is reminding ourselves that the purpose of our practice is to wake up and...

Inner Evolution -> Social Change -> Earth Justice

I taught a workshop today on Restorative Yoga and Meditation. I teach this sort of thing because I believe pretty unequivocally that...

A Brief Message From The Joint Chiefs Of Staff; The Buddha, And Whitewater

Today's little message from me to myself. Focus on the solution, not the problem. No matter what your life is presenting to you at this...

Honoring Change and Protecting the Sacred

I love and hate Halloween. With all of it's spookiness and creative frivolity, which I ADORE, it is still such a placid, underachieving,...

About

SomaPsychotherapy and DharmaBridge were founded by Kelly Blaser, a Meditation and Dharma teacher and Licensed Marriage Family Therapist who works from a somatic and transpersonal perspective. Her writings on this blog bring insights from practice, from poetry as practice, from the dharma, and from the transformations she's been honored to be with in her work with hundreds of clients.