Sitting Meditation- Recognizing Gift Moments
In this version of a loving-kindness practice, we pay particular attention to how we meet our moments of distraction.
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When We Wake Up “Empty and Frightened”
Night time worries, sleeplessness and morning “dread” are all prevalent as we deal anxiety in our changing world. In this sharing, we will explore a neuroscience based understanding of why this is so common and how mindfulness practice offers a clear antidote. Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open … Continue reading When We Wake Up “Empty and Frightened”
Sitting Meditation- Compassionate Resonating with Breath
One useful way to settle into a practice is to use the breath to attune or “resonate” compassionately with whatever is present in the body/mind/heart.
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Flowing With Change
This sharing invites a grounded reflection on the 2 basic fears of impermanence: that we can’t hold on to what we want and that what we don’t want will last forever. Through a meditative inquiry, we explore how insight into the naturalness and ever moving flow of change offers a path of release for working … Continue reading Flowing With Change
Sitting Meditation- Changes on a Mountain
A mountain meditation is a beautiful opportunity to explore a sense of a calm abiding mountain strength unmoved by the the endless natural changes of passing seasons, years and eons of time. It helps teach us about tapping into that kind of mountain calm abiding strength for flowing with the endless natural changes of our … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Changes on a Mountain
Learning to Swim
Wise understanding of the true nature of impermanence is akin to learning to swim in the ocean’s ever changing waves. *Please note: technical difficulties throughout this podcast. We are working on it.*
Sitting Meditation: Flow of Our Being
We tend to think of ourselves as solid separate entities but just a bit of investigation into our true nature we find we are part – physically, not metaphorically – of a flow of changing elements related to everything else around.
Our Good Friend Sati
Last week we looked at Bhikkhu Analayo’s understanding of sati or mindfulness as a good friend always available to us. This week, we come back to this with a personal reflection or contemplation practice for examining– what do I do when seeking to be “mindful?” Right away from the moment of waking up in the … Continue reading Our Good Friend Sati
Sitting Meditation- Knowing Our Belonging
Being aware of the physical elements of Earth, Air, Sun and Water in the body can be an opening to seeing into a more intimate relationship with ourselves and all around us that is naturally wise and compassionate.
Deepening Our Understanding of Mindfulness
This sharing draws from teachings of Andrew Olendzki’s lovely short article, What’s In A Word, Sati, from Tricycle and Bhikku Analayo’s book, Satipatthana Meditation, both of which make clear that our usual understanding of the word mindfulness is inadequate for opening the true radical transformative potential inherent in the opening of a “mindful” mind. (Please … Continue reading Deepening Our Understanding of Mindfulness