Congressman Tim Ryan headlining Holistic Life Foundation benefit June 16

Congressman Tim Ryan headlining Holistic Life Foundation benefit June 16

Congressman Tim Ryan headlining Holistic Life Foundation benefit June 16

Posted: 29 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT

We've written before about the Holistic Life Foundation, a fantastic nonprofit that brings yoga, meditation and mindfulness training to disadvantaged kids in Baltimore. HLF is hosting a benefit on Saturday, June 16 at Baltimore's Metro Gallery to raise money for its programs.

Tim Ryan, Ohio congressman and the author of A Mindful Nation — and the subject of a Q&A in the July 2012 Shambhala Sun Magazine — will be the keynote speaker, with a reception following his speech. Prints from J. T. Liss (Photography for Social Change) will be on sale at the event, with 25 percent of proceeds going to The Holistic Life Foundation. Tickets for the evening are $ 30 and are available here.

Founded by brothers Ali and Atman Smith and their friend Andy Gonzalez, HLF provides yoga, meditation and mindfulness instruction, mentoring and other programs for children and youth from impoverished neighborhoods. After bringing programs into public schools in Baltimore, students showed improvement in their responses to stress. To see some of the kids speak for themselves about what meditation has done for them, check out this video.

And coming up next Monday, June 4, Ryan will be speaking at another fundraiser, this one for the InsightLA meditation and teaching center in Santa Monica, California. More information about that event is available here.

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From the May 2012 Shambhala Sun magazine: Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche on “The Beautiful Energy of Thoughts”

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT

In "The Beautiful Energy of Thoughts" from the May 2012 Shambhala Sun, Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche describes how challenging it can be to work with the thoughts that arise during meditation. But, he says, those thoughts shouldn't cause stress.

"When you experience each thought in its completeness, the energy of the thought arises and dissolves in its own place," he writes. "Therefore, you do not need to tamper with your thoughts. Further elaboration causes bewilderment and confusion. When the energy of each thought is complete and independent, it is liberated upon arising and leaves no trace."

Click here to read the rest of the article, now online in full. And browse the entire May 2012 issue of the Shambhala Sun here.

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