“You’re perfect as you are and there’s room for improvement”. Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher


Greetings everyone, from Don and Jan

We thought it would be nice to share with you some of what we’ve been working on in recent months as our class continues to evolve. Probably the biggest thing that’s happened recently is that we’ve made the spiritual foundation of the class more explicit. Previously, we’d been putting a lot of emphasis on the scientific research related to the practices we teac… Continue

This month’s class is called “Wake Up, Be Happy, Get Focused.” This probably sounds pretty straightforward. We all want to be more alert and energetic. And at least at work, we know that it would be helpful to be more focused. And everybody wants to be happier, right?

However, there is a deeper sense of wakefulness, greater focus, and happiness than is commonly understood. In this month’s class, we will be directing our attention to that which is already within us that is naturally awake, joyfu… Continue

In the movie, The Matrix”, living in the matrix symbolizes living in a state of illusion. In one of the pivotal scenes, Keanu Reaves, as the main character, is offered two pills, a blue one and a red one. If he swallows the blue pill, he will remain in ignorance, while if he takes the red pill, he has the chance to discover “reality”.

Scientists for the past century have told us that the world we experience is an illusion, that the “real” world is one of non-living, unintelligent fields of ener… Continue

Toward a Meaningful, Purpose-Driven Life: The Magic of Attention

Paying attention... seems to be the sovereign remedy for learning anything, applicable to many very different kinds of information. It is the universal solvent of the mind
Dr. Bernard Baars, leading cognitive scientist

Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn has, in the last few decades, treated over 20,000 people who were referred to him for intractable physical pain. Having tried a variety of medications and/or surgeries, with little result,… Continue