Cultivating Concentration An Article by Shaila Catherine Concentration is a central feature of a contemplative life, cultivated through formal meditation practice and also through many daily activities such as drawing, kayaking, skiing, music, cooking and research. Learning or observing [...]

Maranasati for the Modern World By Kim Allen and Shaila Catherine “Mindfulness of death, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and benefit, culminating in the deathless, having the deathless as its consummation.” – Anguttara Nikaya 8.7 Our [...]

The Focused Mind The following article by Shaila Catherine was originally published in the Insight Meditation South Bay e-newsletter volume 8, October 2012. Do you sit down to meditate and find that your attention is quickly swept away by [...]