I'd like to share with you a tool that was instrumental to my successful (any by that word, I mean 'attempted honestly to an extent with which I am satisfied') completion of a year of Vipassana meditation. A year which involved a few 10-day retreats, a

A big thank you to Chiara and Sara for helping me with this piece :) Following my first Vipassana course, I went onto serve (volunteer for) many other courses for adults and children--as a course manager, in the kitchen, cleaning and landscaping. I also sat a second 10-day course in October

My second full day in Vancouver, and I was keen to leave the downtown. Without much thinking, I headed south, passing another time through the West End, the neighborhood that I found myself most calm and peaceful in since my arrival.  I rented a public city bike from Granville Island