Meditation or Discrimination? Icarus in Buddhist Journal

Will just had an article on welcoming people with psych labels at meditation retreats published in Turning Wheel magazine, check it out in our articles section.

Freedom To Sit: Welcoming People With Psychiatric Disabilities At Meditation Retreats

Summer 2007 article by Will Hall in Turning Wheel: A Journal Of Socially Engaged Buddhism, published by the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Download pdf version.

Aura Drawing

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This is the aura drawing that was done for me recently. It was drawn by a talented artist friend of mine who receives impressions somewhat similar to someone who does automatic writing.

How To Conceive the Inner Task According to Zen -- Hubert Benoit

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Obscure but influential French psychiatrist Hubert Benoit tackles the confounding paradoxes of non-linear Zen teachings with methodical precision. This excerpt of one of his books is worth a slow and careful read.

Arnold Mindell: The Ally's Secret

Excerpt from process work creator Arnold Mindell's book The Shaman's Body.

Icarus Member Banned from Meditation Retreat: Please Join Protest

A member of the Icarus Project in California recently received a rejection letter from the Goenka Vipassana Meditation Center for no other reason than they had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder years ago. Join a campaign to protest this discrimination.

Interview with Arnold Mindell: Dreambody Process Work

An interview with Arnold Mindell, a physicist who trained in Jungian psychology and then drew on many different influences, especially Gestalt therapy, to develop Process Work, an awareness practice with applications to mental health/extreme states of consciousness, bodywork, therapy, organizational development, and conflict resolution.
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