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…
Monthly Archives: September 2026
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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