How to Meditate While Raising Kids
Caring for young children doesn’t leave much room for meditation unless you allow your practice, and yourself, to evolve.
Sumi Loundon Kim
Sumi Loundon Kim is the Buddhist chaplain at Yale University and founder of the Mindful Families of Durham. She is editor of the anthologies Blue Jean Buddha and The Buddha’s Apprentices, and the author of Sitting Together: A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhist Teachings.
Personal Reflections Community
Re-Envisioning Buddhist Community
Sumi Loundon Kim, the Coordinator of Buddhist Life at Yale University, reflects on her experiments in building more robust, interactive Buddhist communities.
Meditation Meditation Month 2021
Meditation Tips for Caregivers During Lockdown (And How Others Are Staying Mindful)
With kids at home, we’ve had precious little time—let alone time to meditate. Here are some ways to find room to practice.
Meditation Meditation Month 2021
Zoom’s No Self View
Could a simple feature on Zoom help us release self-centeredness as a spiritual practice?
What Our Kids Are Reading
A glimpse of the latest in Buddhist books for kids
Goodnight Metta: A Bedtime Meditation for Kids
How to incorporate a lovingkindness practice into your children’s evening routine.
GenNext: Taking a Breather
“I’m so stressed out!” That was my mantra during the first exam period my freshman year of college. After homage to the Stress God I would gulp another cup of coffee, exacerbating my nervous condition. My…
Podcasts
Tapping Into Our Collective Wisdom
In this episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen and co-host Sharon Salzberg sit down with Buddhist chaplain Sumi Loundon Kim to discuss how spiritual friendship and alternative models of community can support us in facing the crises of our world today.
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