by Neil McKinlay | Jan 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to think of meditation as a one-way street. I do this myself. Unfortunately, I often reinforce this impression when teaching.“Let’s slow down,” I say at the beginning of a practice session. “Slow down and let your attention surrender to the absorptive draw...
by Neil McKinlay | Dec 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Minus my own features, the screen before me was empty. It was 10:38 am PT on Thursday December 11, 2025. The absence of other faces in the Zoom meeting I had opened ten minutes earlier suggested no one else was coming today.This happens from time to time. On rare...
by Neil McKinlay | Nov 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
A recent Online Gathering generated a short discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Like so many platforms, Zoom has introduced an ‘AI Companion’ to it’s smorgasbord of features. When someone noted this seems to have been turned on for us, it was promptly...
by Neil McKinlay | Oct 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
I imagine it looks like any old whiteboard to most observers. A busy whiteboard from one perspective. A messy board from another. But a whiteboard, nonetheless.We have been exploring embodiment these past couple months. Returning after a summer away from regular...
by Neil McKinlay | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
When we settle into this embodied moment, our relationship with the basic brilliance in each of us – basic brilliance and all it’s helpful qualities – becomes more immediate, more direct, and more transparent.In order to settle into this moment as...
