The science behind “Centering for Wisdom” is discussed in very helpful article that appeared earlier this week in the Harvard Business Review, “Managing Yourself: Coping with Fatigue, Fear, and Panic During a Crisis”by Tony Schwartz and Emily...
In Centering Meditation, or in Centering Prayer (if you’re doing this as part of your spiritual tradition), you choose a centering word, and every time you notice that you’re distracted or engaged with your thoughts, you silently repeat your sacred word to yourself. ...
Ven. Kusala Bhikshu is an American-born monk ordained in the Zen Tradition of Vietnam (1994) and head monk at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in the Korea town section of Los Angeles. I was introduced to Kusala by Fr. William Skudlarek, OSB, who knows...
There’s a famous story told about Thomas Keating when he was first teaching Centering Prayer, the spiritual practice on which Centering Meditation is based. They were on a retreat, and a woman stood up and said, “I’m a mother and I work full time. I have to drop kids...
