by Neil McKinlay | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Life
I find myself in a difficult position these days. It’s a busy time of year – as is often the case, truth be told – and I’ve been sick the last week or so. This means my already robust workflow has been left mostly unattended for a while, allowing a strong...
by Neil McKinlay | Sep 30, 2018 | Meditation Instruction
I make a lot of Caesar Salads. For whatever reason, people tend to like what comes out of our kitchen in this regard. As a result, the dish features regularly in our home diet and in what I am asked to share in other contexts, on other occasions.The initial recipe...
by Neil McKinlay | Aug 25, 2018 | Daily Life
Fires burn tonight. Throughout British Columbia, more than five hundred wildfires are alight. Thousands of people have fled their homes; nearly four times as many wait on evacuation alert. Highways and airports have closed.Though my corner of the province has been...
by Neil McKinlay | Jul 22, 2018 | Meditation Instruction
It’s been some time since I’ve written here.Initially the issue was overwhelm. Spring kept me in near non-stop motion for months. Early summer’s catch up and recovery was not much easier. Through each span, any thought of updating was immediately swept aside by...
by Neil McKinlay | Apr 6, 2018 | Meditation Instruction
“I’ve been having difficulty connecting to my practice…”This statement arrived via email recently. There was much more to the exchanges that followed, but this was the core of the matter: a sense of disconnection with practice. Because so many of us struggle...
