Jan. 10

by | Jan 10, 2018 | Coffee With Cory

Do you have a warm-up routine for your meditation practice? When we’re experiencing deep loneliness or depression, meditation can sometimes make things worse, especially if we’re not working with a teacher. In that more intimate space with our minds, we can further...

Jan. 9

by | Jan 9, 2018 | Coffee With Cory

“You do not have to be good.” -Mary Oliver “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours,...

Jan. 7

by | Jan 7, 2018 | Coffee With Cory

Trust life more than your ideas. A friend recently dropped this nugget of poetic wisdom: “I’ve learned to trust life more than my ideas.” I love this. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has a story. Everyone has an idea for how this life should unfold. And never in...

Jan. 6

by | Jan 6, 2018 | Coffee With Cory

What does it mean to be a human? Where do you begin and where do you end? What amount of your body or mind would need to be compromised before you stopped being you? Would you need to lose your arm? All of your limbs? Your face? Your sight? Hearing? Taste? Capacity to...

Jan. 5

by | Jan 5, 2018 | Coffee With Cory

Meditate longer than you think you can. In the past, when people tell me they don’t have time or are too skeptical to meditate, my suggestion has been to practice for just one minute a day. It’s easy to opt into, and can help start and sustain a practice. I still...