practice

Trances We Have Known and Loved

Posted on October 29, 2015 | By Jeff Warren | 2 minute read
We are – Buddhist thinking goes – locked into unhelpfully narrow views of reality, meta-trances imposed by the preoccupations and formulations of our conditioning and language and culture.

Devotion

Posted on November 13, 2014 | By Jeff Warren | 1 minute read
We can start pretending, in a vaguely schizoid way, that existence / nature / whatever responds to our overtures, indeed, that the whole container is a 360-degree dance partner keeping time with your every move.

Dynamic Care in Action

Posted on June 19, 2020 | By Jeff Warren | 10 minute read
What does the practice of dynamic care look like in real life? From protesting to sewing masks, from making documentary films to listening to records to exploring genealogy, in this article I showcase a range of creative practices, submitted by all of you. The community is the teacher.

Practices Are Habits We Choose

Posted on March 3, 2020 | By Jeff Warren | 1 minute read
Lately I’ve been thinking about the word “practice”. Both established practices lots of people do – yoga, tennis, active listening – and weird customized practices people invent – visualizing success, pretending to be a tree, or darning moth holes while listening to Amy Winehouse. 

What is a “Practice,” Anyway?

Posted on March 30, 2018 | By Jeff Warren
Suddenly: you exist. You didn’t plan it or ask for it, but existence happened, and now, after a bunch of years bumping into coffee tables and staring at trees, full self-consciousness has flickered on, and you're like: ‘wait a second … where am I? Who am I? And what am I supposed to DO here?'