Reflections and field notes from the inner and outer pilgrimage of a modern lay practitioner: a Buddhist woman’s journey of learning to live in simplicity and trust in the modern-day world.
After returning from the Gītā retreat, tears come without warning—neither sadness nor joy, but something true. In teaching, chanting, and questioning, I find myself falling into new territory, without familiar footing yet welcoming what was opening.
Truth, tears, and teaching Read More »
During a ten-day Bhagavad Gītā retreat in Texas, questions were set aside so that listening could deepen. What followed was unexpected — a quiet flow of resonance, and the resurfacing of a buried seed of discord.
The gateway of the Gītā retreat Read More »
After a seven-week retreat, I find myself boarding a plane to Texas — drawn less by distance than by the inward current of renewal. The travel feels incidental; what’s truly moving is the heart.
Return, growth and renewal Read More »
Joy reveals itself as an essential factor of awakening. The mind grows quieter, resting in non-doing, as Kochi learns to “Stay.” Injury becomes part of practice.
🎧 Listen: Saṅgacchadhvaṃ — “Let us walk together” (Sanskrit chant, Ṛg Veda X.191)
Silent retreat, week 7: Joyful mind alighting Read More »
A single phrase, stop resisting, lets energy flow more freely. When what arises passes away cleanly, what remains is love. Only love.
Silent retreat, weeks 5-6: Resistance and love Read More »
Resonance between jhāna and kriyā surface, and inner authority deepens.
And the ‘essence’ is what remains when all else fell away.
Silent retreat, weeks 3-4: Resonance and essence (sāro) Read More »
From the fullness of India to the quiet of retreat: these first two weeks were about opening the body, opening the heart, and letting joy settle into stillness.
Silent retreat, weeks 1-2: From India into quietude Read More »
An Ayurvedic detox that was far more than a body reset. A dream, a guitar, and a devotional called Oh Hreem emerged from heart-opening days in India.
🎧 Listen: Om hreem (sung chant)
I experience the wonder of the Field, as students, teachers, and practice flow together in love and learning.
Field and flow at Madanapalle, India Read More »
Staying too long in one place reveals the mind’s pull toward attachment. And in the Alps, a rebuffed question and the Buddha’s words to Rāhula — “Develop a mind like the earth” — gives a glimpse into the Dhammapada’s line: ‘all things are mind-made’.
Mind and mountain – an unexpected teacher in the Alps Read More »
