Dog Training and Sati
This sharing explores how opening to our own resistance in a moment, even a seemingly innocuous moment such as dog training, can untangle a whole mess– or at least allow more space to befriend, or be friendly with, the mess…
Sitting meditation- Not Postponing Kindness
Quote from Gil Fronsdal: Where in my life do I postpone kindness until non-wellbeing goes away— and what shifts when I practice wellbeing that includes non-wellbeing? A helpful way to practice this is to treat moments of non-well-being as worthy of care rather than as evidence of failure. When irritation, sorrow, fatigue, fear, or disappointment … Continue reading Sitting meditation- Not Postponing Kindness
How to Be On the Back of a Wild Horse
In this reflection on Judson Brewer’s “gear 3”, we explore how useful an analogy of riding a wild horse is for understanding our own reactivity.
Sitting Meditation- Wide Open Receptive Capacity of Awareness
As we practice, we begin to understand an infinite receptive capacity of awareness to hold it all and allow our wisdom to come forward.
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Untangling the Tangle
Continuing to explore Judson Brewer’s model– today’s sharing is a bit about “gear 2” and then a self-inquiry exercise. For the pdf of the exercise, click here.
Sitting Meditation- Choosing to Open to Myself
Using the formal sit as a gift to invite the best friend of sati, mindfulness as a support in opening to our own selves.
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Sitting Meditation- Letting Go [Re upload]
This meditation explores the interplay between goodwill, compassion, letting go and welcoming the moment just as it is.
Letting Go [Re upload]
Let go a little, get a little peace. Let go a lot, get a lot of peace. Let go completely, get complete peace. A. Chah Sounds good, but how do we really let go?
The Water of Life
A beautiful old story from the Brothers Grimm called the Water of Life offers a powerful metaphor for life and practice.
Sitting Meditation- “Seeing the Cloud”
Clouds In Each Paper, by Thich Nhat Hanh If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow: and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- “Seeing the Cloud”