This talk explores how bringing moment to moment mindfulness into daily life has nothing to do with “being good!” and everything instead to do with “being sane”.
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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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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]
How a brutal motorcycle trail race teaches us all about being alive and using our practice to wake up.
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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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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
Opening up to the shared physical nature of our being is an avenue for contemplative experience of safety, connection, and respect.
This time we look at a reliable sense of safety more through the lens of neuroscience/modern psychology as well as introduce the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness– which was originally taught as an antidote to fear. Discourse on Good Will From teachings of the Buddha, complied by Jack Kornfield May all beings be filled with … Continue reading Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 2 [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]
We look again at the necessary nourishment of an internal sense of safety that is not dependent upon having things be the way we want them to be– this time primarily from a spiritual standpoint, drawing from leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, and the writings of Etty Hillesum. Please note: Bad audio … Continue reading Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 1 [3.27.24]