Heather Sundberg began teaching meditation in 1999 primarily to youth and families. She completed teacher training at Spirit Rock and is mentored by Jack Kornfield. Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions, and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for over a decade. She was teacher and mangager of the Spirit Rock Family Program from 2001-2010. She is a teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation Center in the Sierra Foothills and also teaches classes, daylongs and retreats nationally, especially at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
The talk explores the Second Foundation of Mindfulness through personal stories, suttas, guided meditation, practical techniques and stories from the time of the Buddha.
Through the story of the Buddha and the mad elephant, traditional and creative techniques and inspirational and real life examples, the talk takes
us on a journey of metta for all beings.
Talk explores many doorways of investigating the te4achings on self and
no-self including developing a healthy sense of self.
the four S's of self
1. simple sense of self
2. solid sense of self
3. self-interested sense of self
4. social sense of self
Talk explores the 5 aggregates and the 3 characteristics using stories, suttas and practical exercises to develop relating wisely to the sense of self.
Metta Meditation instructions involving self-benefactor-good friend-familiar stranger-difficult person using the image of the mandala, or sacred circle.
