Welcome!

I am launching an online course: "Making a Home of the Heart: Exploring the Divine Abidings." The start date is Sunday, April 5th.

Once a week, for seven or eight weeks, we will gather in a virtual space to learn about the Brahma Viharas, or the Divine Abidings. 

The Buddha taught the practice of metta or loving-kindness as an antidote to fear. Gradually, and in a very systematic way, we can undertake this practice of expanding our circle of concern and care, extending an attitude of genuine care and appreciation to ourselves and others. The practices of metta or unconditional friendliness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are considered sublime attitudes of mind and heart, with tremendous potential to be cultivated and developed, to the point that they become the natural inclination of the mind, thus undoing and dissolving habits of fear and separation.

The course format will include a short guided meditation, followed by an introduction to one of the four practices. There will be time for reflections and some discussion, using the Zoom interactive meeting platform. To register and receive an invitation to join, please contact me at margostoryteller@gmail.com, or visit Making a Home of the Heart to register through Eventbrite.

Check out the links and resources, celebrating stories and storytelling, mindfulness and meditation:

- Storytelling for all ages, exploring the qualities of heart and mind that help us grow.

   Listen to The Chief of the Well, a folktale from Haiti.

   Listen to The Antelope, the Woodpecker and the Turtle, a Jataka tale about friendship.

- Retreats and courses introducing Insight Meditation and Loving-Kindness Meditation, as well as Story Circle workshops for healing and building community.

- Reflections on teaching mindfulness to children. 

- original translations of the Jataka, with commentary.