What’s the most important quality to cultivate in meditation practice? Playfulness. Play is the antidote to the judgments that block us from seeing clearly; it’s a cure for the shame that keeps us from feeling small and contracted. This blog post explores the importance of play as it pertains to our meditation practice (and our response to life).
Read MoreAttachment and love can be thought of as opposites: attachment is a heart-mind that’s in a state of contraction; love is a heart-mind that’s in a state of expansion. In today’s blog post, we explore the concept of attachment, how it relates to our relationships, and the role that mindfulness can have in teaching us to let go.
Read MoreLetting go is about seeing into the nature of our moment-to-moment experience. We need to notice attachment forming in the moment of its arising, and it passing away in the moment of its cessation. Today’s blog post dives deeper into the idea of equanimity, the value in letting go, and how these concepts are essential in mindful living.
Read MoreIn the Eastern traditions that developed our meditation practices, the concepts of “heart” and “mind” were inseparable. Today’s blog post explores how we’ve come to live from the neck-up and how meditation can be an invitation to live life in a way in which the mind and heart are not separate but one and the same.
Read MoreRecently, I heard someone refer to this new normal of the coronavirus era as The Big Pause. When we encounter any large and abrupt change in life, resistance is a natural response. This blog post addresses any challenges that you may be experiencing and how meditation can help you to find freedom even in stressful situations.
Read MorePeople are afraid to pause, relax, and enjoy life because they think they don’t have the time. In this blog post, we’ll further explore the ideas of being and doing and how we can mindfully balance them to optimize wellbeing.
Read MoreThere are two modes of existing: Being and Doing. Both are essential. In today’s blog post, we’re exploring how mindfulness and meditation can keep these two operating systems in balance for optimal wellbeing.
Read MoreNature is a powerful reminder of all the intimate experiences that we go through as humans. This blog post explores the parallels between our external environment and our internal environment, and how listening to nature—your nature—lead you to the answers that you may be seeking.
Read MoreMeditation is a kind of deep listening that allows you to be completely open and receptive to whatever is arising within your experience. Today, we are exploring what it means to come home to your own nature and to tune into the nature of your surroundings, for they are one the same.
Read MoreVery few of us know how to be alone with ourselves. In today’s blog post, we’ll explore the difference between loneliness and solitude, as well as how mindfulness can provide you with an alternative intimacy to ease that feeling of loneliness.
Read MoreFor many people living in developed societies, there is a trend towards science and reason. However, with time I’ve come to appreciate that faith is an indispensable virtue worth cultivating. Faith is the antidote to doubt. In today’s blog post, we’ll explore the merit of faith and how it shows up on our journey to a more mindful way of living.
Read MoreMost of life is outside of our control. This has been true all of our lives, and it’s in poignant moments, like in the face of a global pandemic, that one must confront this deeply uncomfortable reality. What is it about the coronavirus that triggers our survival reaction and how might this be an opportunity for us to respond in a more conscious and mindful way?
Read MoreRAIN of Self Compassion is a powerful technique for transforming negative emotions. It is a four part process that allows you to identify where in the body you hold emotions and how to let them go with self compassion. Join us in using this powerful technique though guided meditation.
Read MoreIn this ten minute guided meditation we turn to the practice of naming emotions. As we develop self awareness of our emotional state we can develop our capacity to respond wisely to challenging situations.
Read MoreThis is a quick, 5 minute meditation. We often associate concentration with a need to exert effort and control, when in fact we need the opposite: to let go of thoughts.
Read MoreThis is a five minute set of instructions for the kind of attitude we want to cultivate when practicing mindfulness meditation.
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