In 2015, I was knighted in the Jedi Federation. The year leading up to that, I had started a lot of hard conversations in the Jedi community about sexism, about homophobia and transphobia, and about racism. I’d been trying to call folks in, to encourage them to think about the…
I started California Jedi in 2012 with zero experience on how to run an organization or be a Jedi leader. I’d been in the community for over a decade, and was preparing for my second knighthood process when my then-boyfriend now-husband and I moved across the country back to California.…
By Mel Jenkins “There is no emotion, there is peace.” When I first heard this line of the Jedi Code, I misunderstood it (as many people do). I couldn’t believe that I was supposed to follow the idea that there is NO emotion. That one word… NO… was intimidating. So…
Meditation: it’s what Jedi do. From the smallest padawan to the grizzled Knight, everyone’s Jedi path should include a regular and reliable form of meditation. It can help calm the mind, invigorate the spirit, awaken your senses, and settle your nervous system. But you don’t have to take our word…
People often think meditation is something only done at a specific time and place. You need quiet, or soothing music; your surroundings must be beautiful and dim, you must be in the mood, dressed a certain way… The list goes on and on. But the truth is, you can meditate…
Meditation is a vital tool in your Jedi toolkit, but it’s so easy to ignore. There are so many demands on your time, convenient and inconvenient distractions and tasks to pay attention to, and a million reasons why you don’t really have to do it right now, right? As California…
