What is to be Learned from Winter?

In a culture obsessed with growth, visibility, and constant forward motion, winter offers a countercultural lesson: pause is not failure.

Chip Conley

January 14, 2026

What is to be Learned from Winter?

Is This The Year You Commit to a Meditation Practice?

Meditating in the sun after swimming laps in Baja. “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly

Chip Conley

January 9, 2026

Is This The Year You Commit to a Meditation Practice?

Guest Post: The Quiet Adventure

For most of my adult life, adventure meant movement — and I’ve had plenty of it. Dental clinics in Cambodia,

Mark Bayless

December 26, 2025

Guest Post: The Quiet Adventure

Guest Post: Five Things I Learned from Five Days in Silence

Welcome to Christmas week when I’m going to let our MEA community give you the gifts of guest posts for

Tracey Franks

December 22, 2025

Guest Post: Five Things I Learned from Five Days in Silence

Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja

How we start the year and what rituals we welcome into our lives can have a profound influence on how

Teddi Dean

December 13, 2025

Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja

Guest Post: Letting Our Souls Catch Up With Us (on Shabbat)

Once upon a time a group of American tourists decided to go trekking (hiking) in Nepal.  They went there because

Daniel Gropper

November 28, 2025

Guest Post: Letting Our Souls Catch Up With Us (on Shabbat)

Guest Post: silence is a letter

What a joy it was to be part of the teaching team for our first MEA Silent Retreat with Teddi

Teddi Dean

November 2, 2025

Guest Post: silence is a letter

“If My Life is Full, Why Do I Feel Empty?”

Here’s the thing: fullness and fulfillment are not the same species. One is about quantity—how many meetings, how many shoes,

Chip Conley

October 17, 2025

“If My Life is Full, Why Do I Feel Empty?”

When did Sunday go from being the Sabbath to the CatchUp?

Once upon a time (and I’m not talking centuries ago), Sunday was the cultural Sabbath. Whether you were religious or

Chip Conley

June 2, 2025

When did Sunday go from being the Sabbath to the CatchUp?

The Timeless Gift of Mindfulness: A Path to Longevity

I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with

Teddi Dean

May 17, 2025

The Timeless Gift of Mindfulness: A Path to Longevity

When Your Body Slows Down, Your Soul Finally Speaks

Thanks to MEA alum Anne Auburn shared this wise 22-minute video about the whispering soul. This Buddhist insight about how

Chip Conley

April 14, 2025

When Your Body Slows Down, Your Soul Finally Speaks

When a Ritual Becomes a Routine

As our Baja shaman tells us each week, to an outsider, a ritual may look strange. Why do those Catholics

Chip Conley

March 12, 2025

When a Ritual Becomes a Routine