Sitting Meditation – Letting Go
This meditation explores the interplay between goodwill, compassion, letting go and welcoming the moment just as it is.
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Sitting Meditation- Hospitality in face of Tension
In this meditation we explore what is it like to when tension is present in the body/mind/heart and open in skillful ways right with what is here. Note: there are more than usual background sounds in this recording. I edited out as much as I could and apologize for the bits that remain… Thanks!
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Sitting Meditation- Hospitality
Meditation can be a respite, a place we can lay down our loads for a bit and offer a healing hospitality to our own beings.
Sitting Meditation – Presence As an Act of Love
In this Body Scan meditation, we explore how waking up to the present moment sensations in the body is a a compassionate act of care.
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Sitting Meditation-Body Energy and Breath Practice
In this meditation, we practice opening to the felt energy in the body, below the storylines of what’s happening, to anchor, open to compassion and anchor back in the refuge of the breath.
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Sitting Meditation– Internal Wise Speech
Wise Speech is a practice that supports all of our relationships. We strengthen the foundation for this practice in our meditation by paying attention to our internal speech patterns going on all the time and noticing the possibility of bringing a compassionate wise response and care to this internal talk– instead of just buying into … Continue reading Sitting Meditation– Internal Wise Speech
Sitting Meditation- Samadhi Practice
In this practice, we explore a samadhi, or concentration practice, using the breath as the object of focus.
Short Mid-Day Meditation- Gardening Practice
Sowing the seed, my hand is one with the earth. Wanting the seed to grow, my mid is one with the light. Hoeing the crop, my hands are one with the rain. Hungry and trusting, my mind is one with the earth. Eating the fruit, my body is one with the earth. -Wendall Berry A … Continue reading Short Mid-Day Meditation- Gardening Practice
Sitting Meditation-Breath Practice
In this practice, we start with a short body scan and then move into the breath as an anchor that can “teach us how to be interested in the present moment and how to develop persistence in staying connected to the present moment.” (Mark Nunberg)
Sitting Meditation- Opening to the Moment
In this meditation we explore opening with a bare, non-judgmental attention to the present moment just as it is, whether in settling into an anchor or bringing a compassionate wise acknowledgment to distraction