Practices
Summer Blessings: Hidden Things
Enjoy this practice as a stand-alone experience or as the second of an eight-day series…
Practices
Summer Blessings: Wind
We offer here Br. David's recognition of the blessing of wind. This brief practice invites…
Videos
Gratefulness in the Now: With Gratitude, You are Never Not Wealthy
The following videos and their transcripts are from a playful conversation between old friends Roshi…
Videos
Gratefulness in the Now: Gratefulness as Practice
The following is excerpted from a conversation between Roshi Joan Halifax and Br. David Steindl-Rast…
Poetry
so many acorns
We could point our attention anywhere - summer leaning into its most ambitious month, the…
Articles
i am through you so i: The Life of Br. David Steindl-Rast
As a universal phenomenon, accessible to young and old, gratefulness connects each person to all…
Articles
Rain Lessons. Welcoming the Pause for Love
Water falling from the sky is the perfect antidote for busy. The rain softens me.…
Poetry
Hymn, with Birds and Cats
I will praise my failures. I will praiseWhat I have not accomplished and do not…
Articles
The Dark Side of Focusing on Gratitude
If gratitude isn’t centering you and assisting you in processing all emotion, all experiences, then…
Articles
Returning the Gift
We are showered every day with the gifts of the Earth, gifts we have neither…
