Other writing & organizing I’m doing around trauma recovery and resilience building
This is where I’ve learned to be a better community organizer by studying Buddhism and meditation. I can say over and over and over again – this is not my job! Do not be attached to outcomes. Just don’t do it! But how do I actually do this? How do I practice letting go of outcomes over and over and over again until it feels easy?
Dear Resourceress, Am I the only weirdo who has to add items to my to do list, even when I’ve already completed them? Am I just obsessed with capitalist productivity? Why do I do this? Signed, Constantly Proving My Productivity … Continued
René Rivera and I talk boundaries through dharma concepts, at Alphabet Sangha at the East Bay Meditation Center on May 24, 2022.
I shared some of my own experience of embodying gender in this body, as a Guest Teacher on April 17, 2023 at Access to Zen’s Transcending: Uplifting Trans Buddhist Voices Series. You can hear the talk at Access to … Continued
I want to drink more water daily. I know water impacts my migraines. If I drink a minimum amount of liquid daily, plus take my daily medication, my brain does okay. But if I get dehydrated, my brain will … Continued
Melvin Escobar and I like to dig into some juicy questions around “Healing the Wounds of Christianity” — drawing on both our Buddhist training and drama therapy work with Armand Volkas on Healing the Wounds of History. The more … Continued
I shared this talk on Boundaries and Interdependence on September 7, 2021 at East Bay Meditation Center’s Alphabet Sangha — a little teaser for the 4-part class series on Finding Liberation in Relationship that ran that fall. … Continued
For fat liberationists, a key pillar of political analysis is to question intentional weight loss. Does intentional weight loss improve health – or lead to a yo-yo of weight change that makes people sick? Does behavior change like exercise … Continued
Here’s a taste of “Finding Liberation in Relationship” — a topic that René Rivera and I will be teaching on this month at East Bay Meditation Center! Whether you want to think about it as ‘applied Buddhism’ or if you … Continued
I taught Alphabet Sangha at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California on April 13, 2021 on Zoom. Meditation: Letting Go with Mindfulness of the Body Dharma Talk: Cultural Practices for Safety: Renunciation as a Tool to ‘Walk with the … Continued