Lightly Guided Meditation - choosing what anchors you into the present moment.
Teachings – Seeing and Looking, Listening and Hearing: investigating the difference between these ways of experiencing.
This recording also includes Alan Lewis.
Teachings - meeting our experience with honesty and inquiry, letting our experience be painful.
This recording also includes a short teaching on 'walking with awareness' (walking meditation) led by Laura Bridgman.
From Harris Park. Sīla - a life in the Dhamma as foundation for meditation. Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: gratitude as an aspect of mudita. The role of mettā when dealing with trauma.
We can train the mind to recognize and rejoice in the happiness of others, experiencing happiness ourselves. But to be able to do this, we need to confront human tendencies to compare ourselves to others, and sometimes strong resistance. This talk discusses the beautiful quality of Mudita (Empathetic Joy), and how we can develop it.
Many people are experiencing stress and anxiety these days. Heartbreaking scenes of victims of the Ukraine invasion and other conflicts, potential escalation of war, political divisiveness or personal challenges all create an atmosphere of tension that is in the air. How can we use our practice to calm the mind and create space to hold it all without getting overwhelmed?
