YMAA Retreat Center

On my way back to the east coast, I departed from Northern California this past Sunday morning to catch a late morning flight out of...

Photo credit: Jonathan Chang Yesterday, June 22, 2019, my classmate, Nona Ikeda, and I officially graduated from the 3-Year Training...

I've been back "on the mountain" nineteen days since the winter break which I need so desperately. I enjoyed resting more thoroughly...

I finally have the mental energy to write an entry. It is the final one for this semester as I prepare to finish our training and tests...

Listening to "Hocus Pocus" from Terell Stafford's album Brotherlee Love-Celebrating Lee Morgan and "Shiva-Loka" from Alice Coltrane's ...

Nothing compares to the feeling of having set a goal and accomplishing it! Nothing... Today, June 30th, is my final day “on the mountain”...

Faith has always been about things unseen for me. Absent of any concrete evidence to support one’s dream, there is this steadfast belief...

Listening to Bobby McFerrin, Irma Thomas, Gregory Porter, and Betty Carter from my playlist. It's a bright, sunny, and mildly breezy...

I didn't purposefully plan to write a Post to coincide with the one from last year this time, but here it is--eleven weeks remaining in...

As of today, there remain 15 weeks in this semester, in this second year of training at the Retreat Center. The time has seemingly flown...