Matthew Hepburn caught fire with the Dharma through retreat practice in his early twenties. He began offering vipassana instruction in 2012 at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, where he is continually inspired by the deep Dharma of daily living. He is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.
Day 1 sitting instructions. Very short practice suitable for beginners emphasizing relaxed relationship to the objects of attention, balanced attitude, and how to set appropriate expectatioins about unintentional thinking during meditation.
Your heart/mind is ceaselessly sensitive to the inner and outer conditions of suffering. In life and in meditation, it's so humbling to see how much of the suffering one experiences is created by one's very own mind. How should we live with this recognition? What should we do about it?
