Sitting Meditation- Welcoming the moment
How we meet the moment of waking back up, makes all the difference in our practice. This city meditation is an opportunity to deeply explore that moment of re-awakening.
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Sitting Meditation- Four Remembrances [5.22.24]
This meditation draws from Tara Brach, teaching on four remembrances for practice: Pausing, saying yes to life, turning towards love, resting in awareness. What It Is It is nonsense says reason It is what it is says love It is calamity says calculation It is nothing but pain says fear It is hopeless says insight … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Four Remembrances [5.22.24]
Sitting Meditation- Just Being Here [5.15.24]
in this practice, we explore opening to the wholeness of what’s here, the gratitude and release as well as the contracted and reactionary.
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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]
Sitting Meditation- Sitting with the Tree of Your Spine [5.1.24]
This meditation again draws from the Somatics work of Amanda Blake and Embright Organization, and is offers a strong way to use the body as a rooting anchor of support.
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Sitting Meditation- The Water of Our Being
Opening up to the shared physical nature of our being is an avenue for contemplative experience of safety, connection, and respect.
Sitting Meditation- The Interwovenness of Compassion and Safety [4.3.24]
How do we learn to meet ourselves, just as we are, in a way that provides an internal sense of safety? Erich Fried, translated by: ANNA KALLIO It is nonsense says reason It is what it is says love It is calamity says calculation It is nothing but pain says fear It is hopeless … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- The Interwovenness of Compassion and Safety [4.3.24]
Sitting Meditation- Leaning Into the Tree of Our Spine [3.27.24]
This meditation draws heavily from Amanda Blake of Embright Organization and the field of somatics. Much as we would know we can rely on the support of a strong mature tree, this mediation uses the imagery of learning how to lean back and rest upon the tree of our spine.
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Sitting Meditation- Cultivating an Unshakable Sense of Safety, Connection, and Respect [3.14.24]
Again, drawing from the field of Somatics’ understanding that an inner sense of safety, connection and respect are foundational for our well-being, we use the body as a focus in cultivating these qualities within ourselves.
Sitting Meditation- Safety
This meditation considers how opening in the direction of safety, connection and respect is useful in our formal practice.