Slowing down and being still are not the same thing. This insight is about what stillness makes possible, and an invitation to give yourself some.

Someone rated their compassion for others a ten, and for themselves a seven. Can we truly offer others a ten when we only offer ourselves a seven?

Here’s what opens up in five days of silence at the Do Nothing Retreat, plus my conversation with Robbie Rettmer of Drala Mountain Center.

During Be Still time, I sometimes imagine leaving home. Ugh! It shows how attached we are to our identity, relationships, success, and things.