The following piece is and adapted version of a post that originally appeared on the Peace Resource Center of San Diego’s (PRCSD) Facebook page. Stephanie Knox Cubbon, Director of Education at the Metta Center, serves on the PRCSD board. Every year for Earth Day, San Diego holds Earth Fair, which bills itself as the… read more
This past weekend, the Metta Center hosted our Person-Power Yoga Retreat. As a yoga teacher, I’m constantly exploring links between our individual mind-body health and societal health. I had planned to speak about creating greater peace and happiness within ourselves and around us by consciously hacking our nervous systems. Toward the end of the retreat,… read more
Old Paradigm Authority says: I have power over you, and you must do what I say. I am in control, and if you don’t obey my orders, I will punish you, by brute force if that’s what it takes for me to maintain power over you. To keep order, we must control “the masses.” Our… read more
What comes to mind when you think of the word “healing”? What opens in your heart as a result? Inspired by the tropical greenery outside my window (I live in Panama), I envision a lushly regenerating Earth. I’m also seeing subtle waves of compassion awaking the leaders of our military, prison, banking, media, and electoral… read more
“I often eat this salad, or a variation of it, as the main meal of the day,” says Tord Dellsén, a Metta Center volunteer (meet Tord). The lentils/beans and the soy sausage not only add protein, but help make the salad filling, he notes. Looking for a healthy, satisfying (and animal-friendly!) meal? Look no further… read more
The following legend was passed onto to us by a participant in our current Certificate in Nonviolence Studies Course. She had heard it from a motivational speaker, who had heard it from one of his Indian friends. That’s how legends work—they get passed on. And now we’d like to share this inspiring story with you.… read more
The Man From the North is a fictional writer in Rivera Sun’s novel, The Dandelion Insurrection. The novel takes place in the near future, in “a time that looms around the corner of today,” when a rising police state controlled by the corporate-political elite have plunged the nation into the grip of a hidden dictatorship.… read more
The Man From the North is a fictional writer in Rivera Sun’s novel, The Dandelion Insurrection. The novel takes place in the near future, in “a time that looms around the corner of today,” when a rising police state controlled by the corporate-political elite have plunged the nation into the grip of a hidden dictatorship.… read more
