Drawing from a teaching from Bhikku Analayo, respected Buddhist scholar and monk, on a feminine nature of mindfulness, this meditation is an opportunity to explore mindfulness as an open, understanding receptivity to whatever arises: Right away from the moment of waking up in the morning our good friend sati can already be there, as if … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- A Feminine Quality of Mindfulness
What happens when we totally let go of an evaluation of our meditation as a “success or failure,” or it “working” for me or not “working” for me? In opening to the dance of energy in this human life, we can’t help but learn a wise compassion to what it means to be human and … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Beyond Success and Failure
This meditation draws heavily from a short talk and guided meditation by Yongey Mingur Rinpoche: “Looking for happiness is love. Looking to not have a problem is compassion. Self love, self compassion are right here right now— please appreciate that.”
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.
Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Sitting with the Tree of Your Spine [5.1.24]
In this sit, we open to exploring all of what’s here in this moment, not just the often very small story of “who we are vs who should be…”
Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Respecting Our Wholeness
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
Revisiting the poem, “What It Is“ is an opportunity to explore even deeper opening into what is here with compassion and wisdom.
In this meditation, we practice with opening the sense doors– sight, sound, touch, smell, taste and mind– for grounding practice.
This meditation draws from a poem by Mary Oliver, I Have Decided: I have decided to find myself a home in the mountains, somewhere high up where one learns to live peacefully in the cold and the silence. It’s said that in such a place certain revelations may be discovered. That what the spirit reaches … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Being Exactly Where We Are
In this meditation, we practice the art of using pleasant and neutral sensations to resource us for meeting our challenges.