How Tonglen Meditation Can Help You Build a Loving Relationship to the World
This form of meditation is the bridge between my social-justice work and my inward-focused practice.
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Jacoby Ballard
Jacoby Ballard has taught yoga for 19 years. Now based in Salt Lake City, Utah, he is the co-founder of Third Root Community Health Center, a worker-owned cooperative and holistic health center in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked with the Yoga Service Council; Insight Meditation Society; Off the Mat, Into the World; Yoga Alliance; and Lululemon on issues of social justice.
My Stories
Why Practicing Forgiveness Can Set You Free
Carrying old wounds and resentments is a burden you don't have to bear. Here are four steps toward forgiving yourself—and others.
A Meditation to Help You Feel Compassion for World Suffering
Being grounded in a compassion practice can help us witness harm and suffering, which lends itself to taking effective action to reduce pain and injustice.
How to Host International Yoga Retreats Consciously and Ethically
Yoga and Buddhism teacher Jacoby Ballard shares thoughts on travel and how the compassion and generosity that a yoga practice fosters can help create peace, regardless of where you roll out your mat. You don’t have to go far to feel connected to the world.