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Understanding Earth in Five Element Theory

Understanding Earth in Five Element Theory

by Violet Sherwood | Aug 21, 2021 | Five Element Theory, Mindfulness

After the passionate energy of the fire element we move to the earth element. Earth is the element related to late summer; the time after the growth of spring and productivity of summer when we harvest the abundance of produce and begin to rest, nourish ourselves, and...
Mindfulness and the Prefrontal Cortex

Mindfulness and the Prefrontal Cortex

by Dyana Wells | Oct 10, 2019 | Buddhist Psychology, Integration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychology

A lot of us have heard about mindfulness and its possible benefits. Recently I have learned a few interesting things about the brain that have made the benefits of mindfulness meditation even clearer to me. Meditation produces a thickening of the prefrontal cortex –...
Introducing Kum Nye – Moving Meditation

Introducing Kum Nye – Moving Meditation

by Dyana Wells | Oct 3, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Kum Nye, Meditation, Mindfulness

I have been a student of Kum Nye for over thirty years, and I still love the simplicity and effectiveness of this practice. It comes from Tibet and was brought to the west by Tarthang Tulku in the 1970s. It has never become widely popular, which is a mystery to me,...
The Four Noble Truths and Modern Life

The Four Noble Truths and Modern Life

by Dyana Wells | Sep 26, 2019 | Buddhist Psychology, Integration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychology

The relevance of Buddha’s four noble truths in our modern lives The fundamental and most important teachings of the Buddha are disarmingly simple.  There is suffering There is a cause of suffering There is an end of suffering There is a way to the end of suffering. It...
Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology

Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology

by Dyana Wells | Sep 19, 2019 | Integration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychology

Have we reduced Buddhist psychology to mindfulness training? What might have been lost in the translation? The core teaching of the Buddha has always about how to reduce human suffering. The freedom or liberation his teachings refer to is freedom from suffering. It...
The Body as an Intelligent, Sensitive, Living Organism

The Body as an Intelligent, Sensitive, Living Organism

by Dyana Wells | Sep 12, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Somatics

Somatics and somatic movement classes grew out of Feldenkrais, and developed alongside new research into neuromuscular reprogramming. Somatics is based on the principle of neuroplasticity – the understanding that the brain is continually remodelling itself in response...
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Spiritual autobiographies by Dyana Wells

Volume One of the Anchors in An Open Sea trilogy

Volume Two of the Anchors in An Open Sea trilogy

Buddha and a Boat by Dyana Wells

Buddha and a Boat: What is this human life? Digging into the mystery when life gets sticky.

Volume Three of the Anchors in An Open Sea trilogy

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