Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities This is exactly the opposite. Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.

Wendell Berry: "Be joyful though you have considered all the facts."

February 1: COURAGE with Christiana Figueres, Rebecca Solnit, Roshi Joan, free, online Feb 1: 11-12:30 MT www.upaya.org/program/the-... What is the measure of our humanity? This is the vital question we are ask as many of us find ourselves in sorrow, rage, and grief.

Du Fu: Spring View (755AD, Tang Dynasty0 The nation is shattered.. mountains and rivers remain.... (國破山河在)

winter hitting hard against the high wall of lies it's time to de-ice

What is the measure of our humanity? Join us in being a channel of disturbance: www.upaya.org/program/the-...

The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026: NYTimes: Terry Tempest William, Michael Pollen, and Rebecca Solnit have written extraordinary books and find themselves on this NYTimes list. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b... Read these books.. brilliant and prophetic.

An extraordinary book... brave and radical. Eye-opening, literally and figuratively. Perhaps I was there with him... Keep reading til the end... a world appears... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646644...

Winter hitting hard against the high wall of lies time to de-ice

without bitter cold the perfume of the plum blossoms could not reach everywhere

My recent conversation: What Is Engaged Buddhism? with the great @joanhalifax.bsky.social now available on The Road Home podcast. You can subscribe to the substack or download wherever you get your pods (please *don't* use Spotify, thank you deep bows). ethannichtern.substack.com/p/ep-164-wha...

The snow has arrived at our Zen center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Roshi Joan reminds us, as residents tend to sweeping the paths of snow, "sweeping the snow is sweeping the mind." Practice is in all we do.

Winter Practice Period, Upaya Zen Center: Tenzo Kyokun: Join... All day today, zazenkai. 6AM, MT, Upaya online, meditation instruction by Sensei Dainin Lau. 11AM MT, Upaya online, talk by Wendy Johnson and Jimon Flaming. www.upaya.org/program/wint...

Introduction at 11AM MT of the Tenzo Kyokun by Roshi Joan, Senseis Wendy Lau, Wendy Johnson, Kodo Roen. Free, online. Upaya Zen Center Winter Practice Period. www.upaya.org/program/wint...

Tenzo Kyokun: Instructions to the Cook: "When you wash rice, know that the water is your own life." Upaya Zen Center Winter Practice Period. www.upaya.org/program/wint...

Tenzo Kyokun: Instructions to the Cook: "When you wash rice, know that the water is your own life." Upaya Zen Center Winter Practice Period. www.upaya.org/program/wint...

Getting ready for Winter Practice Period at Upaya Zen Center. Preparing talks, settling the mind, and feeling the friendship of those who will be onsite at Upaya and online with us. In the midst of the turmoil of our world, it is important to take the backward step

Roshi @joanhalifax.bsky.social 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

keep remembering my teacher Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh who not only walked for peace, but protested directly the war we were waging in his country.

The peace monks continue to walk... for all of us. As they walk, I feel we must act.. through our courts, through our solidarity, through our votes, and through our protests.

I found myself shivering with emotion tonight late as I read about the murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent. And then the gaslighting by the current administration. This, Venezuela invaded, Greenland threatened. And more...

I say: Do not let your fear stop you. Let your fear, your grief, your anger teach you and strengthen your resolve to work for justice, for care, for wisdom.

Remember the Ninth Mindfulness Training has this at its conclusion: "We will do our best to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may make difficulties for us or threaten our safety."

On Eihei Dogen's INSTRUCTION TO THE COOK: Dharma talk tonight with Wendy Johnson, Senseis Dainin and Kodo, and Roshi Joan. 5:30PM MT, Taizando. Will be online as well: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze...

www.upaya.org/program/the-... Join this extraordinary session on THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY with Christiana Figueres, Roshi Joan, and Rebecca Solnit: Online February 1. Free.

Undivided activity @joanhalifax.bsky.social

Join Jon Kabat-Zinn today, Jan 4, 11-12:30PM MST for this important series: THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. Continuation of the exploration of social/environmental engagement, solidarity, moral integrity, building community in the midst of our complicated world. www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

Continuous practice is not separate from faith in practice. We are not just sitting on our meditation cushion like so much old laundry. We have to have faith that the dharma will restore sanity and goodness, seeing that our whole life, can be a medium for practice, not just the time in the zendo.

Join good friend Jon Kabat-Zinn and me on Sun, Jan 4 11-12:30PM MST in this important series THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY Continuation of the 5yr exploration of socia//environmental engagement, solidarity, + building community in the midst of a complicated world www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

so much for the international rules based order. take note!

Join Jon Kabat-Zinn + Roshi Joan Sun Jan 4 11:00-12:30PM. MST for THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. Continuation of the five-year exploration of social and environmental engagement, solidarity, moral integrity, and building community in the midst of our complicated world. www.upaya.org/program/the-...

Join Jon Kabat-Zinn + me on Sun, Jan 4, 11:00-12:30PM. MST for the first session in the series on the THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. Continuation of the exploration of social + environmental engagement, solidarity, moral integrity, and building community. www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

Join Jon Kabat-Zinn + me Jan 4 11:00-12:30PM. MST for the first session on the THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. A continuation of the five-year exploration of social + environmental engagement, solidarity, moral integrity, building community. www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

Join my beloved friend Jon Kabat-Zinn and me on Sun, Jan 4, 11:00AM-12:30PM. MST for the first session in this important series on the THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

Join my beloved friend Jon Kabat-Zinn and me on Sun, Jan 4, 11:00AM-12:30PM. MST for the first session in this important series on the THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE

www.upaya.org/program/new-... Welcome the New Year together with a special sit and talk from Roshi Joan. Join online. We look forward to spending this time together in community! When: Dec. 31st, 10pm – 12am MST

May the coming year be met with courage, humility, and compassion—for one another and for this world we share.

As we step into the new year, may we carry forward the commitment to show up: to listen deeply, to act with courage and care, to speak truthfully, and to remember our interconnection with all beings.

Rebecca Solnit: ....they have the power to command. We have the power to refuse

“Human beings are the only species known to mistake their worldview for the world.”

The Measure of Our Humanity—2026 Opening Session "Interconnectedness" with Jon Kabat-Zinn Roshi Joan stewarding the session. This Sunday, Jan. 4th, 2026 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (MST) www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE + by donation

Join powerful series: The Measure of Our Humanity. 2026 Opening Session on "Interconnectedness" with JON KABAT-ZINN. Sun, Jan. 4, 11:00AM-12:30PM. MST www.upaya.org/program/the-... FREE + by donation Entire series: www.upaya.org/program/the-...

The entire extraordinary 2025 Awareness in Action series is available for FREE + can be accessed at your own pace. Every single session was truly exceptional. www.upaya.org/program/awar... Great thanks: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Christiana Figueres, Ruth King, Valerie Brown, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Father Greg Boyle,

The final session of Awareness in Action “Going Forth,” — a powerful time with Roshi, Dainin, and Kodo. The recording is now available at Upaya.org or by following the #linkinbio Deep gratitude to all who participated in this remarkable series. @joanhalifax.bsky.social

TODAY!. Dec 28, 11-12:30PM, MT. Roshi Joan, Senseis Dainin and Kodo complete the remarkable yearlong series on AWARENESS IN ACTION. Going forth! Online, please register, free Online: www.upaya.org/program/enga... Onsite, just show up.