When reading about compassion in Pema Chodron’s book "The places that scare us", I found a practice I have been doing for years. She is describing standing in line and wishing the defiant teenager in front of her to be free from suffering. As I gradually deepened my meditation practice, I started to notice how many times a day I judge the people around me. The second step was adding action after noticing my judgement. I would say in my mind to the person I was judging, “may y

Defining contemplative psychotherapy in three sentences is not easy, but if I were to explain it in a brief way I would describe it as a holistic approach to therapy that is grounded in Buddhist psychology and humanistic psychology. It honors the client as a unique, diverse person that is full of potential. The therapist helps clients identify the underlying emotions and issues in a supportive, compassionate, mindful, and non-judgemental environment. Expanding on this defini

My personal meaning in life lays in my transition from a secular and hedonistic lifestyle to a life based on Buddhist values. While it is still an ongoing transition for me, I am mostly talking about a period of four years between my first Buddhist retreat and my last day in Israel. The first reference point of my transition, the beginning, occurred when I was twenty seven, on my first Buddhist retreat. During ten days, I made a close acquaintance with Buddhism and meditati