By Lama Rod Owens — 2017
How mindfulness has helped Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens live as a Black queer man in America.
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La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.
Emotional Intelligence measures our ability to perceive our own emotions, as well as the emotions of others, and to manage them in a productive and healthy way.
Tara Brach discusses RAIN, a technique she frequently teaches to her students and also uses in her own life.
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RAIN is a Buddhist mindfulness tool that offers support for working with intense and difficult emotions.