Empty Mountain

02/24/2026

It was 48 degrees on Sunday and a blue sky day of full sun. Yesterday it rained all day. And this morning we woke to over an inch of snow. Oh dear Montana. I love you so.

02/22/2026

Fresh blog post:

Here at Empty Mountain, we live the kind of life where on our way home from the nearest town, population 900, we have the pleasure of sometimes seeing the incredible strength, beauty & grace of an eagle sitting in a tree by the river close-by to where we live (see pic above we took two days

02/21/2026

16-degrees and blue sky sunny today in the woods of Empty Mountain, with a little bit of snow on the ground. All is well and life is very good.

02/19/2026

New video upload:

Recorded on Feb 19, 2026.

02/16/2026

New blog post:

In our endeavor of Empty Mountain program offerings, we hosted and led a morning of mindfulness in Missoula last Sunday, during which I gave a talk on The Head & the Heart of Practice . You can listen to it here if you like. And we are now at the start of the fourth and final week of an

02/13/2026

New video:

Recorded on Feb 13, 2026.

02/10/2026

Woke up to a skiff of snow. We are in a record breaking low snowfall winter here in MT so we will take anything we can get. Our mountains & rivers need good snow pack to help curb fire season and keep our local ecosystem healthy. Here's hoping we get some more snow a coming.

02/09/2026

Audio of the talk Nicole gave today in Missoula during our morning of mindfulness:

Talk given and recorded on Sunday Feb 8, 2026 at the Open Way Mindfulness Center.

02/07/2026

New blog post:

After months of research and much work, we ran the first test of our new wood-fired sauna last Saturday, on January 31, and we had our first full run on Sunday, Feb 1. Including Sunday, we’ve had three sauna sessions this past week. In short, the sauna is amazing. Mike is really happy with how it

02/06/2026

We hope you can join us for our Morning of Mindfulness in Missoula this Sunday from 10 AM - Noon at the Open Way Mindfulness Center. Registration is requested but not required. Folks are welcome to simply show on up.

In addition to periods of sitting & walking meditation, OI member and EM program director Nicole Dunn will be giving a talk on the Head & the Heart of practice as part of our program on Sunday. We hope to see you.

We warmly invite you to join us for cultivating connection & community on this morning of mindfulness.

02/03/2026

We had our first sauna on Sunday! What a lovely addition to our slow growing EM village here.

02/03/2026

A practice poem I penned this morning: