2010
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.
105 min
CLEAR ALL
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society.
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Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.
By paying attention, we let ourselves be touched by life, and our hearts naturally become more open and engaged.
Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.
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Tara interviews Frank Ostaseski, founder of Zen Hospice on a contemplative approach to death and dying.
Our fear management strategies - versions of fight/flight - contract our body and mind, and separate us from others. As we learn to pause and contact the bodily fear with a gentle, mindful awareness, our sense of being enlarges. We rediscover our belonging to presence, love and life.
In recent years scientists have discovered that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance our sense of well-being.
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