Night time worries, sleeplessness and morning “dread” are all prevalent as we deal anxiety in our changing world. In this sharing, we will explore a neuroscience based understanding of why this is so common and how mindfulness practice offers a clear antidote. Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open … Continue reading When We Wake Up “Empty and Frightened”
Your hand opens and closes, and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings. -Rumi
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Drawing from Suleika Jaouad, Jon Batiste and Rumi, we look at how we can be wise and compassionate with the challenges that arise.
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We can learn to use a practice of skillful pendulation in our sitting practice, and in the whole our life as a means of grounding with challenge. This is a practice of flowing with a natural movement of coming and going, contraction and release, breathing in and breathing out, tides moving in and out, day … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Pendulation, a Natural Rhythm of Life
Today’s teaching on the poem Birdwings from the poet Rumi, and knowing how to swim safely in riptides.
Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drums. “Come back, come back.” This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. -Rumi In this podcast we explore re-invigorating our practice as a means of turning towards what we … Continue reading A Voice Through The Door