Since it’s the beginning of the year, I’ll start with telling you one of the resolutions I made last year: I decided I would give up the word “should.” And I listened to myself! Even in the middle of a sentence, if I said “I should” or “he should have”... It doesn’t matter if he should have—he didn’t. What I really mean, and what is much sweeter for my mind to hear, is “I wish I had done that,” or “I wish he had,” and now that I say it that way. It just keeps my mind a sweeter neighborhood with less bad people in it.
Sylvia Boorstein, PhD
Residential Retreat Teacher
Sylvia Boorstein, PhD, has been teaching Dharma and mindfulness meditation since 1985. She is a founding Spirit Rock teacher, a psychologist, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She is particularly interested in emphasizing daily life as mindfulness practice and including informed citizenship and social activism as integral to spiritual maturation. Her books include: It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness; Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat; That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist; Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake: The Buddhist Path of Kindness and Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life.
Sylvia Boorstein's Upcoming Programs
Short Program | Online
Saturday, November 14 | 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Carrying the Wisdom of the Elders: Remembering our Inherent Belonging through Meditation, Story, and Connection
Join Sylvia Boorstein & Heidi Bourne for a daylong retreat sharing what brought them to practice, what they’ve learned, and what supports them most. Through meditation, conversation, Dharma discovery, & plenty of time to talk with each other, we’ll peel back the layers, discover our own fruits, and open a caring space to remember who we are. In this way we heed the Buddha’s penultimate teaching, “Strive on with diligence. Move into the future with confidence.” Everyone is welcome, please join us.
Dharma Library
Can't join us live online or on the land? Study and practice at your convenience with Sylvia Boorstein through our new library of recordings, articles, and self-paced online courses.
