Jaya Julienne AshmoreDec 5, 20192 minLike wind in the sailsHave you noticed small, practical things that help you fall more swiftly into meditation--or into insight or connection or prayer or...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreNov 25, 20191 minA much wider thing than "how I'm doing"A page of notes and doodles from a conversation with Odelia Weinberg Peri. She remembered something in meditation, that is hard to find...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreNov 17, 20191 minIt's so much more about love than you'd think.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.
Jaya Julienne AshmoreNov 12, 20195 minTowards dissolving obstacles between the heart and mind of people in powerdissolving obstacles between the heart and mind of people in power
Jaya Julienne AshmoreNov 7, 20191 minWe are not asked not to be afraidDrawing 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...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreOct 28, 20191 minIn this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love...Restorative Justice Circles at schools in Oakland, California, (through the Mindfulness in Education group)--"what is hard about being a...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreOct 26, 20191 minact with integrity, even ...in the most chaotic of shiftsJoy 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...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreOct 22, 20191 minWe have just begunby Jaya Julienne Ashmore all rights reserved (c) 2019
Jaya Julienne AshmoreMay 25, 20191 minA world upheld upon a breath...who dreams our lives I do not knowPhoto (c) Jaya Julienne Ashmore, 2019. Things are hard, and there is mystery we cannot speak, and who knows what we are. Poem below by...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreMay 20, 20192 minlike water, flowing around...second thoughts, not getting snagged, just continuing with thank you's(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...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreMay 1, 20191 minWhole, dewy, muddy.Photo (c) Jaya Julienne Ashmore, 2015. (Papayas, not melons...) Coolness of the melons flecked with mud in the morning dew. Matsuo Basho...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreApr 27, 20196 min2-year Dharma program with Jaya: all the details in one place"Out of Nowhere" May 2019 - May 2021 Practice of embodiment, deep rest meditation, listening, community, generosity and spontaneity of...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreApr 26, 20191 minThoroughly willingPhoto by Jaya (c)Julienne Ashmore 2007. Whether you feel struck by lightning, or trickling with tears that may lubricate our inner...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreApr 23, 20191 minThe elixir of yesWe gave more time for applications--til 15 May--for this 2-year Dharma program, a Dharma "ark," during these times of chaos, transition,...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreApr 21, 20191 minTimes for a radical practice: "nothing to worry about"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,...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreMar 29, 20192 minImpersonal friendship and a new kind of mindOver the 9 years that I have offered online teachings, I have come to love the way themes and breakthroughs seem to happen around the...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreMar 25, 20191 minOut of nowhere, yesAll night I could not sleep because of the moonlight on my bed. I kept on hearing a voice calling: Out of Nowhere, Nothing answered...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreFeb 20, 20191 minWending a way through"Curls of Love and Interest," drawing by Jaya Wendell Berry grappling with ideas about food, sexuality, gender, community... decades ago...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreFeb 19, 20191 min"When nature speaks, what does it want to say?""A million invisible helping hands" Drawing by Jaya From Bilal Qureshi's story on National Public Radio in the US, about Guerra and...
Jaya Julienne AshmoreFeb 14, 20192 minIs there a gap between inner and outer change?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...