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Essays on attention, strength, and the philosophy of the second half of life, drawn from three decades of teaching and a lifetime of practice. Free, and in your inbox early Sunday morning.
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Attention
Meditation, breath, and focus: learning to watch the mind instead of being run by it.
Discipline
The habits that make a practice last, and why identity, not willpower, is what carries them.
Strength
Staying strong, steady, and capable: the training that protects your independence.
Personalized Health
Health that fits you: understanding your numbers, what you eat, and what actually works for your body, not someone else’s.
Rest and Repair
Sleep, recovery, and the nervous system: where the body rebuilds and comes back into balance.
Philosophy of the Second Half
Meaning, loss, and aging honestly: the questions that arrive with the years.
Community
How we keep going, and meet what comes, alongside other people.
“Witnesses do not prevent loss. They help us meet it gracefully.”
No one sustains a practice alone. For a decade I practiced in a silent temple on Broome Street, and the faces I saw each morning kept me coming back as much as the practice did. This essay is written in that spirit: for a community of readers who are paying attention to how they age, and who would rather do it together. Read, reply, and pass it to someone walking the same road.
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