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Ensō Meditation Society, Columbus, OH (2026)

03/16/2025

"Mindfulness is the path to the deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. "

Sounds pretty badass, right? Learned this quote from a dharma talk from at

"The deathless is freedom from suffering. All the suffering that we experience in our lives comes from a lack of mindfulness, and the presence of heedlessness. Chasing our pleasures and trying to avoid our pain. Heedlessly obeying our minds, our desires, our fears.

Mindfulness gives us choice."

Deathless is not talking about physical death, but rather the freedom from suffering that comes from letting our mind run rampant and cling to every desire and run from every pain and fear.

We have the option to choose how we interact with life and the world around us. Mindfulness gives us that choice to decide if we want to observe life and be mindful of how we engage, or if we want to suffer.

Doesn't really sound like much of a choice. spend the time and effort to practice being mindful of what's happening around you and within you. 🤘🏻

08/29/2024

Instead of saying you don't have time to meditate, try saying that your isn't a priority and see how that feels.

I was listening to a podcast recently, and this idea came up and it really stuck with me. While they weren't talking about meditation, it instantly made me think about meditation practice. When I talk with people about my meditation, I often hear people say that they don't have time to meditate.

I would encourage you to reframe that statement. Do you not have time, or is it just not a priority to make the time?

It's totally cool if it's not a priority for you right now. I get it. There's no meditation police out there judging you. But if we are honest with ourselves, we make time for things that are a priority. That TV show everyone is telling us about? We find time to watch it. Big football game? We find time. Playing with our kids? We find time.

These are all things that are great to make time for. But if we can make time for these, we can wake up a few minutes earlier to squeeze in some meditation if it's a priority for us.

So, if you truly don't have the time one day, that's all good. But just ask yourself; do I not have the time or is it just not a priority right now?

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07/16/2024

I am on a daily email list from , which he calls the Daily Dose (you can sign up on his website, I totally recommended it). In today's email, he shared this quote from Mel Robbins, which I think can apply so well to our practice:

“No one’s coming. No one. No one’s coming to push you; no one's coming to tell you to turn the TV off; no one’s coming to tell you to get out the door and exercise; nobody’s coming to tell you to apply for that job that you've always dreamt about; nobody’s coming to write the business plan for you. It's up to you.”

This is so true for our meditation practice as well. Nobody is going to come and wake you up and walk you to your cushion and make you sit down. No one can for you. It's up to you to put in the effort. You have to be the one to get to your cushion and sit down.

Don't wait for someone to come motivate you. You have to create the discipline for yourself.

If you ever need tips or help on how to get started with your practice, DM us any time!

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07/14/2024

I was watching a recent talk from with (check them out on YouTube or podcast player) and picked up this gem of a quote that really landed for me.

We can't expect things to just fall in our lap, whether it's a calmer mind, enlightenment, or even health, happiness, wealth, or whatever else it is you are seeking. We have to put the effort in to get out what we seek.

When you show up for the dharma, the dharma shows up for you. Plain and simple. You have to make the effort and put it in the work. Sit down on your cushion (or couch or whatever) and meditate. Even if it's only 5 minutes, just get started. ✌️📿

05/04/2024

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04/22/2024

I recently attended a talk given by my friend and took away this quote that really landed hard and stuck with me.

The world around us is becoming an "instant noodle" culture. We want everything fast and immediately. Same day Prime delivery, microwave meals, food delivered to you without ever leaving the couch, meditation apps to help you achieve peace of mind in just 3 minutes.

Spoiler alert: it doesn't really work for a long lasting meditation practice and fulfillment.

Have you ever had a stew or a curry that has spent hours and hours cooking and developing insane flavors that blow your mind? That's what we're going for with meditation practice.

Forget the instant noodle life. Be a slow-simmering stew instead. Invest in the time it takes to develop those really deep flavors. Spend the time with your practice. Make the investment in yourself. There are no shortcuts. Take the long slow road that is always heading in the right direction. The direction of a better relationship with your mind. The direction to a better you.

There is no quick fix to working with your mind. Slow and steady wins the race. Always.

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04/15/2024

I thought the same thing when I was first being introduced to meditation many years ago. I'm sure you've all thought this too, right?

Picked this quote up from a recent YouTube talk from with :

"When we bring our awareness to a chosen object like the breath, and the mind wanders and we go "oh, come back to the breath" and then the mind wanders again you go, "Oh, come back to the breath" and you do this enough, something happens. So you disentangle yourself from the thinking mind, not destroying the thoughts or getting rid of the thoughts. You know, I teach mindfulness in a lot of places. Anything from jails and institutions to corporate settings, treatment centers all over the place. And the number one gripe I get is, "I can't meditate, I think too much," when in fact that you notice that you're thinking a lot is actually what mindfulness is. Sometimes thoughts get a really bad reputation when it comes to meditation. But the fact that you notice that you are thinking is actually what mindfulness is, and so when we do this simple awareness enough and we depersonalize our thoughts, we can start observing our thoughts"

It's a really great reminder that isn't about clearing your mind, or having no thoughts. It's more about how we relate to the constant thoughts in our mind. Sometimes, just being aware that you are having thoughts is the perfect mindfulness practice.

So, don't say you think too much to meditate. Instead, be thankful that you have so many thoughts to be mindful of. ✌️📿

12/17/2023

I was listening to a really great dharma talk with from and this quote really landed for me. He was talking about the idea of Namaste, and how the opposite needs to be true as well:

"I see the s**t in me, and I see the s**t in you. Let's sit in our s**ttiness together, with compassion. I love you no matter what, even if you aren't light. Maybe the darkness needs some love too."

Yoga has this idea of Namaste that is prevalent in just about any yoga class you will ever attend. "The light in me sees/honors the light in you". No doubt a wonderful concept and state of mind, but I think this is way overused and oversaturated. That's another topic for another day though 😁.

is amazing and there is definitely something beneficial behind the idea of focusing on the light that we all shine, but we can't ignore the darkness and pretend it doesn't exist.

Without darkness, there can be no light.

We can't pretend that we are always light and loving and compassionate to ourselves and everyone around us. Sometimes we go through periods of darkness too, even if they are small ones. These periods need our attention and compassion just as much as the light.

When you are experiencing your moments of darkness, or have someone close to you going through their darkness, we can try to face it with compassion, patience, and understanding. Even if it is something as small as negative self-talk like "I'm not good at this or that thing", or "I really hate myself for doing this or that", or "I feel ugly because I'm getting wrinkles". These are little bits of darkness that can lead to much worse darkness if we aren't able to find compassion for these states and work with them.

We can practice for the s**t in us just as much as we embrace the light we all have.

If you want to listen to the full talk, check out "Radical Acceptance w/ Rev. Mikey Noechel" on the Wild Heart Meditation Center YouTube channel.

12/10/2023

Those of you with kids have no doubt said this in your head more than once 🤣.

But have you said this to yourself?

We have a tendency to always look for the best way or the right way to . Should I use a mala? Should I sit on a cushion or the couch? What if I only have 5 minutes, is that enough? What's the best mantra to use? The questions go on and on and end up talking us out of stillness.

Don't worry about doing your the "right" way.

Just sit your ass down, and be quiet. ✌️

11/17/2023

"... In trying times, our first instinct is to pick up the phone and ask for advice. We're better off pausing to reflect on the advice we've provided in the past or calling someone in a similar situation and offering them some suggestions. We should listen to the advice we give to others-it's usually the advice we need to take for ourselves..."

I was reading Hidden Potential by Adam Grant, which has nothing to do with or practice, but I came across this quote that struck me as relevant to the way we experience many situations in our lives.

Often we forget the knowledge and experience we already possess, and instead always look for a advice or guidance externally. We underestimate our own ability to guide ourselves, so we ask someone to do it for us.

If we take the opportunity to give advice or suggestions to someone else who may be experiencing similar situations to us (when appropriate), we can often find the guidance we need from our own words.

Trust yourself. ✌️📿

11/02/2023

"...You are incredibly privileged. Your situation is significantly better than that of the vast majority of the world's population. You don't have to be concerned about whether you will have lunch tomorrow. You have a bed to sleep in and a roof over your head.

But you don't feel privileged.

You feel stressed and are painfully conscious of where you could have been and should have been-as well as where others are and you are not. This is because your mental chatter is running your life. It is designing the house you live in.

There is a simple solution for this.

Start observing your mental chatter and note how it takes you to places and then triggers the emotions you feel........

I came across this gem while reading "Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots" by Srikumar Rao, and it was a nice reminder to take some inventory in what's going well. The "house" he is referring to is our mind.

More often than I would prefer, I find myself in the comparison game. I wish I had this, or I wish I could go on this vacation, etc. But what good is that really doing?

It's so easy for us to get caught up in the "not enough" mindset. But when is the last time you took inventory of how much you already have? And not just material things, but intangible things as well.

Despite the challenges we have, we have access to food, water, beds, and bathrooms pretty much any time we want. We have cars and paved roads, grocery stores on nearly ever corner.

This whole idea of gratitude has been over-saturated a bit in social media culture, but strip away all the platitudes and generic quotes. Get back to the basic concept. Try not to think so much about what you don't have, and look around and what you do have more often.

It can be that simple if you let it.

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10/24/2023

"We live in a world that teaches the importance of ambition, efficiency, expediency, getting things done to produce the quickest results. It does not teach or encourage us to relax and just be where we are. In fact, if we are not crazy active and doing a million different things, we get labeled as lazy or unambitious. As a culture, we are uber-active, always trying to reach somewhere. The irony is that for the most part, nobody knows exactly where they are trying to reach. We're obsessed with trying to go better and faster to get there, without really knowing exactly where "there" is...."

From "Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice" by Baron Baptiste

I read this quote this morning and it made me think (again) about this whole notion of hustle culture. I think we need a big reset, to tell hustle culture to f*ck off. We are told to hustle and grind all day every day to get where we want, but do we truly know where that is?

We think we want money and all the nice things.. but then what? Is the new car and big house worth the time and energy you exchanged for it? What about all the stress, long days and nights, missed family dinners and sunsets? Is it still worth all of that? Seems unlikely to me.

Don't give up on the present moment to keep hustling towards a future that isn't real yet. Slow down, chill out, and find your "where" in your present moment.

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