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marina / March 19, 2024

My local senior center invited me to share mindfulness and self-compassion practices on Valentine’s Day for a visually impaired group. […]

marina / February 20, 2024

January has been a hard month. My state of mind was unsettled and dull. For me, it probably didn’t help

marina / January 16, 2024

In early October of this year, I participated in Spirit Rock’s Fall silent retreat in Woodacre, CA. We took our

marina / December 19, 2023

I love the redwood forest. When I enter the forest and start taking in the cool crisp air, I feel

marina / November 14, 2023

For the past decade, I have mostly looked at judgments through Marshall Rosenberg’s lens: “Even criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression

marina / October 10, 2023

I recently heard Ying Chen’s (a guest dharma teacher at Insight Meditation South Bay) talk titled Dancing with Elements. She

marina / September 12, 2023

I was very fortunate to have been able to stay home to raise our two children who are young adults