Acceptance Part 2 [10.1.25]
We explore three necessary steps for a healing, empowering acceptance that more deeply engages us with meeting life as it is.
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Sitting Meditation- Meeting Ourselves with Generosity [3.11.25]
Generosity is considered a fundamental practice of mindfulness. How do we practice with a spirit of generosity towards our own selves in our meditation practice itself? Please note: no accompanying talk for this podcast.
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Sitting Meditation: Welcoming
The radical turn of mindfulness meditation is to meet whatever is here, instead of worrying about how to “fix” ourselves to stop whatever is coming up. This practice explores “The Welcoming Prayer.” If “God” language doesn’t work for you, please feel free to substitute as best for you. The Welcoming Prayer Welcome, welcome, welcome. I … Continue reading Sitting Meditation: Welcoming
Growing Grass in Sidewalk Cracks [11.27.24]
Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life. -Jack Kornfield In this sharing we explore both the openings and challenges of gratitude practice ending with an Inquiry Practice.
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Seven Mantras of Love Part 2 [5.8.24]
We were grateful this week to have David Viafora and Jessie Raye from Greatwoods Zen Retreat Center guest lead again this week. Unfortunately we were not able to record their first visit, but this week’s sharing works fine as a stand alone. They shared from Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching called the Seven Mantras of Love. … Continue reading Seven Mantras of Love Part 2 [5.8.24]
Do the Dishes [1.10.24]
Drawing from a sharing from Byron Katie about doing the dishes, we look at learning to love whatever we need “to do.” We can use this to skillfully navigate the joys, the sorrows, the challenges and the mundane in a way that life becomes a practice of care.
Community Drop In Sitting Meditation- Body and Senses
Please join us for a guided sitting meditation on grounding and re-centering through body and 5 senses.
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Community Drop In Sitting Meditation- Strong Heart
Join us in this sitting meditation as we explore accessing the four foundational qualities of the heart: goodwill, appreciative joy, compassion and equanimity.
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Community Drop In Meditation–Body Scan, Sitting Practice
This body scan is a deep centering and grounding for the nervous system.
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Community Drop In Meditation– Sitting practice for finding our center
In this meditation, we take the time to acknowledge whatever pain and hurt might be present, and then to ground and re-center our own nervous systems in order to make ourselves more present in a healing way in our world .
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