Simple Solstice Smudging Sticks—Going into the darkness with scents (& sense)
Yesterday the main retreat ended as Sogyal Rinpoche urged us to integrate the beautiful teachings on Wisdom and Compassion into our lives and the three-day extension begins as the weather turns nippier, darker, and a tad stormy with clouds over the vast expanse of Clear Lake. Yesterday, too, I slipped away to visit a dear…