The Anxiety of Ending
Managing the fear of returning to “normal life” after COVID-19
Josh Korda
Josh Korda has been the guiding teacher of Dharma Punx NYC since 2005. He is an empowered teacher in the Against the Stream lineage and a visiting teacher at the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.
When Panic Strikes
A centering practice for when trauma is reactivated
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Columns, Openings
Is Silent Retreat Good for Everyone?
Extended contemplative practice can activate buried trauma.
Don’t Suffer Alone
Dharma Punx teacher Josh Korda explains the importance of community in Buddhism—and in human evolution.
Why I Come Clean to Students About My Insomnia, Anxiety, and Sobriety
If as Buddhist teachers we fail to reveal our emotional and psychological issues, we do a great disservice to the entire spiritual community.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
A Safe Container for Fear
When you embrace your emotional experience, anxiety fades away.
Flowing Feelings
Acceptance-based inner awareness is not a practice to put off, any more than breathing, sleeping, or consuming nourishment.
MeditationMagazine | Online Retreats
Now What?
Life as a recovering addict
Online Courses
Online Course
Feeling Secure in an Unstable World
Internal investigation plays a key role in our ability to overcome feelings of anxiety and insecurity, develop a secure base, and establish healthy relationships with others. In our latest course, we'll explore a variety of insights and practices—drawn from early Buddhism and contemporary psychology—that can help us acknowledge and process emotional experiences that destabilize us—and discover how to thrive in a disconnected world.
Podcasts
The Anxiety of Return
In today’s episode of Tricycle Talks, Josh Korda, a counselor and the guiding teacher at Dharma Punx NYC, offers a more skillful way to manage life’s stressors and live with greater ease.
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Dharma Talks
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
In his second online retreat for Tricycle, the Theravada Buddhist teacher Josh Korda will show us how to use Buddhist practices to develop the ability to recognize and monitor our emotions as well as to discriminate…
Josh Korda on Making Friends with Your Demons
This retreat will explore the use of Buddhist practices, especially mindfulness and meditation, to help people recover from habitually ingrained addictive behaviors. Tools-such as appropriate attention, acceptance, removing obsessive thoughts, cultivation of kindness, generosity, and gratitude-can…
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