Meditation Club

Fall is leaving us. I can see it from my window, the trees letting go of what they held so tightly only weeks ago, the reds and golds coming down without protest, without argument, because they were never meant to stay. I have come to believe this is the first lesson, and maybe the only one. Everything that begins will end. Not as punishment. Not as tragedy. As law. I want to tell you a time I cam...

Do not just vote. Get your cousins out the house too. Text the group chat at breakfast: did you vote yet? Bring it up at family dinner, right when everybody is trying to eat in peace: did you vote yet? Ask in the barbershop chair. Ask at the gym. Ask in the studio. Ask at the party when the music is good and nobody wants a lecture. Especially then. Call the cousin you have not talked to in a year....

The Master Crane A visualization of the breath. In this Meditation Club session, I guide you through a simple but powerful visualization practice I call The Master Crane. We turn the breath into wings. On the inhale, the crane lifts. On the exhale, the wings fall. From there, we explore what happens when the mind drifts — and instead of fighting our thoughts, we give them form. Elephants for creat...

In this episode of Meditation Startup Kit , Shabazz Larkin shares a beginner-friendly approach to meditation for people who’ve been told they “can’t sit still.” This isn’t about mastering stillness. It’s about permission. Drawing from personal experience with ADHD, busy life rhythms, and real-world responsibilities, this episode breaks meditation down into something practical, accessible, and hone...

The Five Daily Remembrances taught by the Buddha. I say them like this: 1. We all will grow old. 2. We all will have ill health. 3. We all will die. 4. There’s nothing we can do to keep what we love from separating from us. 5. The only thing that we truly own is our actions. Contemplating on these things are both, somewhat morbid and completely liberating. The Buddha was always teaching about non-...

The Long Way to Peace — Show Notes This reflection explores how meditation shifted for me once it met the Dharma. What began as a practice focused on calm, serenity, and stress relief evolved into something more demanding and more honest: a way of learning how to stay present with fear, discomfort, and uncertainty instead of escaping them. I reflect on how many modern mental health and wellness pr...

I’ve been practicing meditation for around 3,000 days now. That number still surprises me as I say it. Over that time, I’ve learned a lot about myself. I’ve seen new angles to see the world. New ways of understanding what this spiritual life even is. Things I honestly didn’t think were available to me. But when I first started, I couldn’t sit still for two minutes. Not exaggerating. Two minutes fe...

When my son was a younger boy, I taught him a way to deal with big feelings. I told him that anger, fear, frustration, and jealousy are a tiger that lives inside him. A tiger that has his back. The tiger is powerful. It is his. It is his protector. His fortress. His “baseball ready.”His superpower, resting deep beneath the surface, waiting to make him strong. It would be there to help him fight an...