“As we walk through the minefields of social injustice and hardship, we may want to call on the strength of these elemental inner resources for balance and equipoise. For example, there are times when we will need to stand our ground, strong like a mountain, and observe what emerges. And there are times when we

“We have racially conditioned perceptions that operate based on past experiences that are stored in the mind. These include memories, views, beliefs, and fears, all of which stimulate the mind to act or behave in ways that make sense to us. Once we perceive race, the mind immediately scans the memory bank of past experiences

My mother, Lodie Mae Cherry, passed away four years ago to this day – May 3, 2014. She was a month short of 90. I was teaching a Mindful of Race training in Charlottesville, VA, when I received the call, and it took all I had to complete the last day of training before catching

In their May-June print, the Spirituality & Health Magazine reviews Mindful of Race – Enjoy the review!      

In their 2018 Summer Issue, Tricycle Magazine highlights an excerpt from my recent publication, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out. I hope you enjoy it here: https://tricycle.org/magazine/mindful-of-race/  

Meditation instructor King draws on her long experience with meditation and diversity consulting for multinational companies (such as Levi Strauss and Intel) in this helpful overview of using meditation and mindfulness to work through pain and conflict rooted in structural racism. King offers clear and specific guidelines for meditation practices intended to help both people

Mindful of Race When Ruth King contacted me about writing a review for her book I had to pause when I read a quote she included in her cover letter, one I’d never seen, by former South African President Nelson Mandela. Here it is: When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislike

Handling our suffering is an art. If we know how to suffer, we suffer much less, and we’re no longer afraid of being overwhelmed by the suffering inside. Instead, we should fear not knowing how to handle suffering. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Happy New Year Dear Ones! The new year is a time when we

Tricycle’s 2017 Meditation Month with Ruth King – Ungripping the Heart & Mind Watch the complete Meditation Month 2017 Video Series with Ruth King Meditation Month 2017: Ungripping the Heart and Mind