Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

The first tool for experiencing more moments of love is one that we discovered completely by chance. It entails simply reflecting, at the end of each day, on the three longest social interactions you’ve had that day, and asking yourself how “connected” and “in tune” you felt with the people with whom you spent your time.

We practice touching the wondrous, refreshing, and healing elements that are already in us and in the world. Doing so, we become stronger and better able to love ourselves and others.

and through everything and everyone. We tune into this flow of Love by simply being completely open and present. We can’t be present if our mind is too full of ourselves and our own thoughts. Somehow, this retreat and encounter with Thay have slowed me down, rewired my brain, and awakened my heart to this flow of Love that is beyond my rational und