In a culture obsessed with growth, visibility, and constant forward motion, winter offers a countercultural lesson: pause is not failure.
What is to be Learned from Winter?
Chip Conley
January 14, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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