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October 7, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
The Benefits of Meditation Retreat

Why would anyone voluntarily choose to be stuck somewhere with no internet, no reading, or talking? An interview with Oren about the benefits of meditation retreats.

The Benefits of Meditation Retreat
October 3, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges

Conversations unravel fast. Learn skills that make the difference.

Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges
September 19, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
Finding Your Roots in the Storm

How do we keep our hearts open and balanced when so much is out of our hands? A reflection on equanimity and the small acts that help us stay grounded and connected.

Finding Your Roots in the Storm
May 13, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World

What we say—and how we listen—matters more than ever. Even amidst conflict or collapse, the way we speak can be a refuge, a bridge, a seed of something new.

The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World
March 7, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
Love as the Practice of Our Time

In uncertain times, love becomes our greatest refuge and source of strength. Love is something we return to inwardly, again and again.

Love as the Practice of Our Time
Oren Jay Sofer
October 7, 2025
Practice

The Benefits of Meditation Retreat

Oren Jay Sofer
October 7, 2025
Practice
The Benefits of Meditation Retreat

Why would anyone voluntarily choose to be stuck somewhere with no internet, no reading, or talking? An interview with Oren about the benefits of meditation retreats.

Tagged: Meditation

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
October 3, 2025
Practice

Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges

Oren Jay Sofer
October 3, 2025
Practice
Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges

Conversations unravel fast. Learn skills that make the difference.

Tagged: Communication

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
September 19, 2025
Practice

Finding Your Roots in the Storm

Oren Jay Sofer
September 19, 2025
Practice
Finding Your Roots in the Storm

How do we keep our hearts open and balanced when so much is out of our hands? A reflection on equanimity and the small acts that help us stay grounded and connected.

Tagged: Meditation

1 Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
August 17, 2025
Practice

Where Grief and Beauty Meet: Honoring Joanna Macy

Oren Jay Sofer
August 17, 2025
Practice

Joanna Macy leaves behind a profound legacy and a living invitation to each of us: to take our place in the healing and transformation of our world.

Tagged: Meditation

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
August 14, 2025
Practice

Joanna Macy on Meditation, Democracy, and the Great Turning

Oren Jay Sofer
August 14, 2025
Practice
Joanna Macy on Meditation, Democracy, and the Great Turning

Joanna Macy on the power of meditation, the communal roots of the Buddha’s path, and the need for collective action in a time of global crisis.

Tagged: Meditation

2 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
July 12, 2025
Practice

Patience like Water on Stone

Oren Jay Sofer
July 12, 2025
Practice
Patience like Water on Stone

What does it mean to be patient when the world is on fire? We need patience now more than ever—not to wait, but to endure and act wisely.

Tagged: Meditation

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
June 14, 2025
Poetry, Practice

To the Fathers Within

Oren Jay Sofer
June 14, 2025
Poetry, Practice
To the Fathers Within

Reflection on the quiet power of care—how support, safety, and strength can take many forms, and how the capacity to protect and guide lives within us all.

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
May 13, 2025
Practice

The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World

Oren Jay Sofer
May 13, 2025
Practice
The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World

What we say—and how we listen—matters more than ever. Even amidst conflict or collapse, the way we speak can be a refuge, a bridge, a seed of something new.

Tagged: Communication

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
April 26, 2025
Practice

Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga: A Conversation for These Times

Oren Jay Sofer
April 26, 2025
Practice
Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga: A Conversation for These Times

How do we stay grounded and engaged in a world unraveling? A powerful conversation with nonviolence trainer Kazu Haga on healing, activism, and the practice of Fierce Vulnerability.

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Oren Jay Sofer
March 29, 2025
Practice

The Relevance of Mindfulness in a Time of Upheaval

Oren Jay Sofer
March 29, 2025
Practice
The Relevance of Mindfulness in a Time of Upheaval

The true depth of mindfulness is not mere stress relief, but a tool for liberation, wisdom, and engagement with the world.

Tagged: Meditation

2 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
March 7, 2025
Practice

Love as the Practice of Our Time

Oren Jay Sofer
March 7, 2025
Practice
Love as the Practice of Our Time

In uncertain times, love becomes our greatest refuge and source of strength. Love is something we return to inwardly, again and again.

Tagged: Meditation

4 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
January 6, 2025
Practice

Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention

Oren Jay Sofer
January 6, 2025
Practice
Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention

This reflection practice on beginning the new year offers a potent way to step back, nourish wisdom, and recommit to our values.

Tagged: Meditation

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
October 7, 2024
Practice, Personal Reflections

The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?

Oren Jay Sofer
October 7, 2024
Practice, Personal Reflections
The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?

Today marks one year since the Hamas attacks in Israel, and nearly that long since Israel’s retaliation in Gaza and the West Bank began—a year of loss, unimaginable grief, spiraling violence, and a growing humanitarian crisis.

Tagged: Communication

2 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
September 16, 2024
Practice, Personal Reflections

Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak

Oren Jay Sofer
September 16, 2024
Practice, Personal Reflections
Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak

Orienting towards the good in life is a skill. Practicing it taps into a wellspring of healing, vitality, and strength.

Tagged: Meditation

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
July 8, 2024
Practice

Reestablishing Your Center in the Midst of Chaos

Oren Jay Sofer
July 8, 2024
Practice
Reestablishing Your Center in the Midst of Chaos

How do we find steadiness and clarity in the midst of chaos and upheaval? The answer may be closer than you think.

Comment
Oren Jay Sofer
December 16, 2023
Practice

How to Navigate Holiday Conversations with Family

Oren Jay Sofer
December 16, 2023
Practice
How to Navigate Holiday Conversations with Family

Practical strategies for navigating holiday conversations with clarity, skill, and love.

Tagged: Communication

9 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
November 21, 2023
Practice

Gratitude and Grief

Oren Jay Sofer
November 21, 2023
Practice
Gratitude and Grief

Gratitude and grief may seem to be in tension with one another, but gratitude and loss are inseparable. Awareness of what is present calls forth what is absent. Grief embodies our humanity …

Tagged: Meditation

4 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
October 29, 2023
Practice

Allowing the Heart to Open and Close During Difficult Times

Oren Jay Sofer
October 29, 2023
Practice
Allowing the Heart to Open and Close During Difficult Times

The attacks by Hamas on October 7th and the current war in the Middle East have stirred intense emotions: pain, fear, anger, grief, and despair. “Even the peace makers right now are in a state of shock and trauma.” How do we care for ourselves and one another in such times?

Tagged: Meditation

2 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
October 13, 2023
Practice

Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians

Oren Jay Sofer
October 13, 2023
Practice
Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians

Today my heart is breaking, out of universal values for peace, dignity, and respect, my commitment to nonviolence, the particular pain of my people, and of all those affected by these recent events. 

Tagged: Communication

61 Comments
Oren Jay Sofer
November 23, 2022
Personal Reflections, Practice

Reflections on Parenting a Newborn

Oren Jay Sofer
November 23, 2022
Personal Reflections, Practice
Reflections on Parenting a Newborn

Our son is now two months old. As I reflect, the learnings seems to fall into three main areas: shifts in myself, in relation to my wife, and through my relationship to our son

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