The Safe Harbor of Moment to Moment Awareness [5.22.24]

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Today we continue to look at how re-anchoring in moment to moment awareness is a powerful practice in finding a better way to navigate any day.  This talk draws from Tara Brach’s practice of Four Remembrances:  Pausing, Yes to Life, Turning toward love, and Resting in Awareness.

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Sitting Meditation- Four Remembrances [5.22.24]

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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] →

Seven Mantras of Love Part 2 [5.8.24]

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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] →

Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 3: The Safety of a True Friend

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Today’s sharing on safety is an inquiry practice into the qualities that make a friendship a safe place and how these qualities are manifesting, or not, in our mindfulness practice. Note: One quality named was “perspective”. It needs to be acknowledged that a friend offering a larger perspective on an issue can be either helpful … Continue reading Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 3: The Safety of a True Friend →