Author: Dina Varano

  • Close-up of a weathered yellow seesaw on a playground, showing worn paint and metal handles

    May 22, 2017
    My childhood was spent in a small college town. Our three-story apartment building stood watch over what seemed at the…
  • Traditional Chinese tea ceremony set on a slatted wooden tray, featuring a purple clay Yixing teapot, small tea cup, wooden tool holder, bamboo tea scoop with loose leaf tea, and a white dish of dried persimmons

    January 10, 2013
    There are many practices and life lessons I brought home from retreat but apparently I forgot to pack mindful eating…