A page of notes and doodles from a conversation with Odelia Weinberg Peri. She remembered something in meditation, that is hard to find...

Thinking can't even quite touch love. But loving is a taste of how big we are. Photo by Jaya Julienne Ashmore (c) All rights reserved.

dissolving obstacles between the heart and mind of people in power

Drawing by Jaya Ashmore, all rights reserved. We are allowed to take time to rest, to meditate, to dance. It can also be said: we have...

Restorative Justice Circles at schools in Oakland, California, (through the Mindfulness in Education group)--"what is hard about being a...

Joy Harjo: We keep our hearts open no matter what happens, and act with integrity, even when we are in the most chaotic of shifts Photo...

by Jaya Julienne Ashmore all rights reserved (c) 2019

Photo (c) Jaya Julienne Ashmore, 2019. Things are hard, and there is mystery we cannot speak, and who knows what we are. Poem below by...

(Photo by Jaya in Rishikesh, (C )J Ashmore 2010) Distant Regard by Tony Hoagland If I knew I would be dead by this time next year I...

Photo (c) Jaya Julienne Ashmore, 2015. (Papayas, not melons...) Coolness of the melons flecked with mud in the morning dew. Matsuo Basho...

"Out of Nowhere" May 2019 - May 2021 Practice of embodiment, deep rest meditation, listening, community, generosity and spontaneity of...

Photo by Jaya (c)Julienne Ashmore 2007. Whether you feel struck by lightning, or trickling with tears that may lubricate our inner...

We gave more time for applications--til 15 May--for this 2-year Dharma program, a Dharma "ark," during these times of chaos, transition,...

Dharma week 24-30 April: Who are we in the world? "Nothing to worry about" doesn't mean "everything is going great." It just means,...

Over the 9 years that I have offered online teachings, I have come to love the way themes and breakthroughs seem to happen around the...

All night I could not sleep because of the moonlight on my bed. I kept on hearing a voice calling: Out of Nowhere, Nothing answered...

"Curls of Love and Interest," drawing by Jaya Wendell Berry grappling with ideas about food, sexuality, gender, community... decades ago...

"A million invisible helping hands" Drawing by Jaya From Bilal Qureshi's story on National Public Radio in the US, about Guerra and...

Is it self-indulgent to commit to so-called inner work? Is it avoidance if we devote ourselves to so-called outer work? (Drawing by...

"Community" Drawing by Jaya, February 2019 From the wonderful interview with Joanna Macy on the online "Power of Community" summit on...