In this wide-ranging conversation with devon hase, Joseph Goldstein shares reflections from more than sixty years of meditation practice. Exploring walking meditation, mindfulness of the body, impermanence, and working skillfully with fear and anger, Joseph offers practical guidance for cultivating equanimity and bringing greater wisdom and freedom into everyday life.
Exploring some common tendencies to over-effort or under-effort, with suggestions for finding a more balanced approach to practice overall, plus support for establishing and maintaining a regular meditation practice
Teachings on setting the conditions for anapanasati - having gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or an empty hut, one sets their body erect, and places mindfulness at the fore. Ever mindful one breathes in, ever mindful one breathes out. Guided meditation on the breath.