Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Offering a short public course online to start the New Year with practices and insights into the universal path to Freedom.

Finding Freedom with Dawa Tarchin Phillips. Thursdays 1/6-1/20, 7-9pm https://bpsb.online
How can you avoid the 3 biggest mistakes that keep your spiritual practice from bearing fruit? This class introduces the meaning and aim of the path of awakening and the authentic teachings of Buddha in modern times. Whether you are a student, a seeker, a scholar, a practitioner, or simply curious, this essential series will show you how to avoid the 3 biggest pitfalls of modern practitioners and take joyful first steps toward reducing your own and others; suffering once and for all. This class is especially suited for newcomers.

Leadership in the Age of Meaning: Power or Trust?

There are different roads for leaders to have a positive impact…

Leadership in the Age of Meaning: Power or Trust? Cheryl Esposito welcomes Dawa Tarchin Phillips, CEO, Empowerment Holdings and Director of Education,Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential,University California Santa Barbara.

Announcing: Live Online Practice Sessions

Joining Tricycle tomorrow for a day of remembrance. Come practice with us.

Announcing: Live Online Practice Sessions Join our March Meditation Month teacher Guo Gu, Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin, Rev. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, Dawa Tarchin Phillips, and Venerable Pannavati for a series of live-stream meditations to help ease anxiety amid our social-distancing efforts.

Hello friends! I am happy to announce that I will be a featured speaker in the upcoming online FREE Summit: The Best Year of Your Life, taking place January 19-28! Join me here: https://bit.ly/39Ye3An

Learn strategies for Health, Career, Performance, Relationships, Simplicity & Earth-Friendly Living, and making and sticking to your 2021 goals from me and over 40 world-class experts and global thought leaders. We’ll cover great topics during the 10-day The Best Year of Your Life Summit: https://bit.ly/39Ye3An

It’s FREE to join, we’ll see you there!

We carry unresolved narratives as internal and external drama. What do you need to find closure with?

Help Heal Racial Division - World Premiere Nov 22nd

Our friends and colleagues Lisa Nichols and Sean Smith are working on a courageous and transformational film project you might like to learn about.

The online premier of their film "Let's Grow" is on November 22nd. You can learn more and get tickets here: https://letsgrowmovie.com/ .

Help Heal Racial Division - World Premiere Nov 22nd "Extremely Important" - "Eye Opening" - "A message of peace that needs to be heard" Let's Grow is a ground-breaking & disruptive spoken word film, depicting the polarizing struggle between Black & White people across the globe, with a healing solution of connection & conversation. Written by Lisa Ni...

The Power of Meditation

Joining my colleague Kelly Bl**er on her Power of Meditation Summit this week. Wonderful group of teachers with diverse backgrounds. The event starts today. Learn more here: https://su435.isrefer.com/go/pom/dtph/

The Power of Meditation A Free Online Event Hosted by Kelly Bl**er

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Join the Uniting in Higher Consciousness Symposium | July 6-12, 2020

Over the course of the past several months, there have been a lot of fear, panic, anger, and anxiety in the air... It can be easy to get swept up in those emotions, can’t it? One can feel a bit powerless... The good news is that there are things you can do to stabilize your personal well-being and rise above what keeps you from living a more conscious life. And in doing so, you can play an important role in lifting the state of humanity at large to restore peace, love, and hope!

We’re all tapped into collective consciousness... anything we do to improve our own lives also affects the world at large...

Here is an opportunity to begin raising your own vibration and stepping into higher consciousness when you join these 21 transformational leaders for the Uniting In Higher Consciousness Symposium.

Three times a day for seven days, a transformational leader will walk you through a process that raises your vibration on the spot... you can play a personal role in transforming the world.

And… I am honored to be participating along side many wonderful transformational leaders by sharing a simple process for aligning with higher consciousness. I hope you join me for my interview which airs July 7th where I will share "The Five Powers" plus a free gift! You can reserve your spot here, at no cost: https://accessenergy.isrefer.com/go/20206Psymoptin/dtar/

Join the Uniting in Higher Consciousness Symposium | July 6-12, 2020 Join this Powerful, No-Cost Online Gathering, and Discover How to Begin Creating a Life Where You Wake Up Every Morning, Happy, Grateful, and Vibrant! July 6-12, 2020

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"Steps to Real Peace" with Dawa Tarchin Phillips - Garrison Institute

Doing a free webinar for Garrison Institute in response to challenging times this week to explore and discuss steps to real peace from a practitioner's perspective.

https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/steps-to-real-peace-with-dawa-tarchin-phillips/

"Steps to Real Peace" with Dawa Tarchin Phillips - Garrison Institute Join with others for an hour-long webinar to answer these and other timely questions; meditate together; find an opportunity for deep spiritual self care; make peace with uncertainty and the many uncomfortable and uncontrollable circumstances you are living through; take charge of your life, your vo...

"Steps to Real Peace" with Dawa Tarchin Phillips - Garrison Institute

“The next frontier is not the future. The next frontier is the present moment. Your time to lead is Now!“– Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Join us 3pm EDT Wed, July 1 for a live, interactive webinar:

“Steps to Real Peace: 5 Inner and Outer Practices to Heal the Mind and Transform the Heart.”

Register here: https://garr.in/2Cyjxo7

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"Steps to Real Peace" with Dawa Tarchin Phillips - Garrison Institute Join with others for an hour-long webinar to answer these and other timely questions; meditate together; find an opportunity for deep spiritual self care; make peace with uncertainty and the many uncomfortable and uncontrollable circumstances you are living through; take charge of your life, your vo...

Workplace Culture Without An Office: Is It Possible?

Our company trains some of most conscious and innovative CEOs and leaders. Business can be a vehicle for great personal growth and societal transformation...

Workplace Culture Without An Office: Is It Possible? How can we prevent isolation without an engaging office culture? But the real question may be even bigger than that: did our employees feel isolated before they went remote?

How to Find a Meditation App for You

Step by step we are making progress in getting these important tools and practices into the hands of millions. Longterm vision + longterm action = longterm impact.

How to Find a Meditation App for You If you want to steal a few minutes of Zen and achieve something like contentment in the face of chaos and uncertainty, you might be tempted to download a meditation app.

Mindfulness meditation study shows changes in neural responses to pain and fear

Pain and fear do not have to control our lives...

Mindfulness meditation study shows changes in neural responses to pain and fear A study using mindfulness meditation showed changes over time in neural responses to pain and fear. The researchers found that changes in the hippocampus after mindfulness training were associated with enhanced ability to recall a safety memory, and thus respond in a more adaptive way.

When there are demonstrations and riots in the streets, and our hearts are broken for senseless and tragic loss of life, it may seem like nothing one can say will meaningfully add to the conversation.

But that’s not true.

Speak out against racial discrimination, ignorance and confusion; corrupt or broken systems; lack of empathy and humanity.

Speak up for the world you want to live in, the humanity you want to give rise to, the country or world you want to invest in, help build and be a part of, the values you hold dear and the vision you carry in your heart... with liberty and justice for all.

Liberty and justice for some is liberty and justice for none.

As Americans we are held to a higher standard, we can and must do better.

A Conversation on Mindfulness, Bias and Racial Justice - Mindful

There is deep work to be done for leaders in the 21st century...

A Conversation on Mindfulness, Bias and Racial Justice - Mindful It's difficult to have a conversation about racism, privilege and fragility. Experts weigh in on the role mindfulness plays in understanding racial justice.

Happy to be joining my friend Yanik Silver for this fun event...

IS IT MONDAY YET!?

Start your week off with a little dancing, a little meditation and a little face time with entrepreneurs from all over the world!

This Monday, May 18th at 11am EDT we have global meditation teacher and former monk, Dawa Tarchin Phillips, leading us in our meditation portion of the show... followed by some BEATS with Sammy ShoeBox Moses Taggett!

A little bit about Dawa Tarchin Phillips...
He is the Founder/CEO of Empowerment Holdings and President of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, a professional organization for Mindfulness teachers from 30 countries. Dawa completed two 3-year meditation retreats during 12 years he lived in a monastery. He teaches mindfulness and meditation, awakened leadership and conscious business around the world. He is a contributing author for Mindful magazine, Tricycle magazine, and Lion’s Roar, his work and research have been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Men’s Fitness, Forbes and Fast Company.

So reach into that costume closet, throw on your favorite Maverick accessory, onesie or just something GREEN and we'll see you Monday!

RSVP: https://maverick1000.com/maverickmonday/

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." Aristotle

“All this is simply to say that all life is interrelated. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality; tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people cannot expect to live more than twenty or thirty years, no man can be totally healthy, even if he just got a clean bill of health from the finest clinic in America. Strangely enough, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

Early Research Suggests Mindfulness Training Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Police Officers - Center for Healthy Minds

Change is possible...

Early Research Suggests Mindfulness Training Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Police Officers - Center for Healthy Minds ​A recent study at the Center for Healthy Minds showed that mindfulness training resulted in improved mental health outcomes in police officers.

When you are faced with unrelenting uncertainty, remember to empower yourself with what you can influence. You are in charge where it matters.

“The key to understanding yourself, others and the world is simple: get closer” While social distancing is keeping us physically away from each other, some time to recover and reflect can actually bring us closer. ̇d19

During a challenge there are many different ways a leader can show up to make a difference. How do you show up? How do you lead?

Sometime we have to force ourselves to face our own limitations. If we don’t, we cannot discover what lies beyond them. If you are the smartest person in the room, you are most definitely in the wrong room. -creation

Recently, I shared some information about the different kinds of fears, worries and anxieties that can be triggered in the current global health and economic conditions.

I wanted to follow up today and share with you some helpful tips, practices and tools to take well care of yourself and your loved ones. Maybe you will have some time this weekend to dive deeper into these and experiment a little.

Here is what I want to share:


1. Understand that you need a kinesthetic or somatic strategy, as some of your fear response is based in the body. Stretching, yoga, working out, breathing exercises, and massages can all be good kinesthetic or somatic exercises that can help you release worry and anxiety from the body. For more on how to do simple work with the body to release fear and anxiety, explore the Fear Melter® tools developed by our friends at the Hendricks Institute. You will find them online.

2. Since you may have talked yourself into worry, you can also talk yourself out of it. The key here is to understand the role of the two most powerful words in fear and anxiety management: “What if…?”

Most worries, anxieties and fears start with “What if…?”. What if I catch the COVID-19 virus? What if I fall very ill? What if I infect others? What if I lose my job? What if I can’t pay my rent? What if the economy does not recover? What if this lasts longer than anticipated? An on and on it goes. “What if…?” is like a wild bull in a china shop, and if not properly harnessed it can destroy your confidence and peace of mind in a single sitting. There is a helpful article attached with a link below that shows you how you can harness your “What if…?” to work for you rather than against you, and how you can regain your clarity and composure to make intelligent and smart decisions.

3. Integrate simple mindfulness practices into your life...daily. Few things have been as scientifically validated to radically reduce stress and anxiety in your life than a few short minutes of mindfulness practice every day. Whether you get your daily dose while walking your dog or sitting still on your chair or sofa, observing your breath with a five minute timer, every small investment you make in your ability to be calm and present while letting go of thoughts and emotions can help you gain an edge over anxiety and worry. You can explore the links below if you want to learn more.

In changing and uncertain times, experiencing elevated levels of anxiety, fear and worry is normal and only human. We all have them, and it with regard to COVID-19 we are truly all in this together. Understanding yourself and your fear responses, and being able to implement simple, practical and useful strategies to reduce anxiety and worry - and regain clarity and composure in order to make good decisions for yourself and others - can be the one key that gets you through this current situation better and faster.

Be kind to yourself. We are in this together.

With love from "retreat",

Dawa Tarchin Phillips

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This week is the first week that many here in the U.S. have heard of or known someone personally touched by tragedy through the impact of Corona Virus. For many people, that is when everything changes, when it becomes personal.
COVID-19 is personal, and should be viewed as personal for all of us. Besides settling into a different rhythm through social distancing and uplevelling your personal hygene protocols, there is no hiding from this global pandemic, and its social and economical impact.
As mindful leaders and people immersed in practices of mindfulness, compassion and leadership, we do not seek a place to hide. We seek practices to express a growing sense of awareness, love and care.
The current period of global change and uncertainty has had an impact on many of us, and likely has also impacted you and your family in unforeseen and important ways.
We aspire to be mindful and supportive of each other during these times, examine our behaviors and learn to change some of our habits in light of the world we currently live in.
For many people. COVID-19 has given rise to unprecedented levels of uncertainty and change, and with that can come new levels of anxiety, fear and worry.
We want to share with you some useful tips and tools here to effectively work with anxiety and worry. By better understanding how the human fear response works, it is easier to see how anxiety can be positively influenced and regulated.
It is normal to respond to great levels of uncertainty and change with some degree of fear, anxiety and worry. And as you likely have experienced in your life firsthand, it is not as easy to talk yourself out of anxiety, as it is to talk yourself into it.
From a scientific perspective, we distinguish four (4) different kinds of fear responses in people:
Fight: This fear response is a rise in tension and aggravation directed outwardly. We want to attack and be proactive about overcoming and eliminating our threat. With COVID-19, which is an invisible threat to most people, this type of fear response manifests mostly in antagonizing others by blaming them for not doing the right thing or wanting them to “fix” the problems and issues faster than anyone is currently capable of. When we are in fight mode, we are ready to get things over and done with immediately and quickly. We don’t mind if we break things or if things get messy, our focus is narrow and tense as we seek to destroy the threat and take no prisoners in the process.

Flight: This fear response is an effort to remove ourselves from the threatening situation as fast as possible by escaping it or checking out. This checking out can happen mentally, emotionally or physically. We simply respond to the perceived threat of the situation with instant withdrawal and escapism. It can take hours, days, even weeks or longer until we notice our escape, and that we have checked out under the challenging circumstances. And it can take some time to make our way back to the situation in order to actually address and resolve it responsibly in a timely, meaningful and helpful way.

Freeze: This fear response represents a partial shutdown in the face of the threat. Our system is so overwhelmed under perceived attack that the only thing that seems doable is to stay still, stick our head in the sand, hold our breath and do nothing. We don’t move, don’t think, don’t breathe if we can. Triggered into a sense of paralysis, we just hope that the situation passes us unharmed. By freezing in place, we hope to not become a target (like others), we assume that if we just hold still and don’t move at all, we somehow can’t be negatively affected; that somehow freezing still will make us invisible.

Faint: This fear response is the total loss of conscious awareness due to the perceived threat. Paralyzed by fear, anxiety and worry, our mind simply blacks out completely and we lose our ability to respond. As our system is not prepared or feels incapable of dealing with the perceived threat in a conscious way, the only option that remains is to pass out and/or go to sleep. Often, we hope that when we wake up – and we usually do - it will all be over, and we look back at the situation as one of those nightmares we managed to avoid by simply sleeping through it. “Wake me up when it is all over!” is the unconscious survival strategy necessitated by our overloaded autonomic nervous system.
Understanding these four (4) fear responses will make you better able to identify what you might be going through, and to develop effective strategies to reduce anxiety, fear and worry in your system when you have been triggered into one or several of these described responses.
Tomorrow, we will send you three (3) very helpful strategies you can start using right away to help you navigate your daily life better and reduce any anxiety during these challenging times.

With love from “Retreat”
Dawa Tarchin Phillips