Blogposts - Red Ladder Studio

Metta for all beings Can kindness be a cure for pain?

Qigong outside the meditation tent, Red Ladder Studio, Sweden I've practiced qigong for a few years now, and like with a lot of things, the more I learn, the more it opens up — the vaster it gets.

The red ladder has landed On our last retreat people asked, where's the Red Ladder?

Midsummer meditation tent - photo by Sukhasiddhi Midsummer retreat The main event this month was our midsummer retreat.

Yoko Ono’s Wishing Tree at Wanås Konst What's your Dharma?

The new meditation tent is now surrounded by leafy trees and a meadow, and it’s full of wool rugs and blankets.

We were only planning to have events here in the summer, but the autumn has been stunning so we might have to re-think (also we need help raking leaves!)

We were only planning to have events here in the summer, but the autumn has been stunning so we might have to re-think (also we need help raking leaves!)

One of my fantasy jobs would be working as front of house in a nice restaurant.

Empty… yet full of potential.

Photo: Huw Wyn I was recently on retreat with the Dzogchen teacher James Low.

Some people wonder how Dharma study could possibly lead to insight—how something so conceptual could give rise to a non-conceptual realisation.

In part one of this article, A system for creative Dharma study, I shared how I set up a Zettelkasten system for creative Dharma study.

Pic by Monika Kozub I sent a message to a dear friend, and they haven’t replied.

Over the past few months, I've been developing a new system for thinking about the Dharma.

Pic by Monika Kozub I’m enjoying being back at the gym.

‘I don’t think there’s enough suffering in my life at the moment for me to fully wake up.’

A chocolate croissant on the weekend, no breakfast in the week.

"RIP David Lynch" by Felipe Tofani “Cinema is sound and picture both—50/50 really,” David Lynch once said.

Forgive me, I’ve told this story before.

The surprising beauty of doing the dishes I’ve been reading a bit about feng shui lately.