Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
from the outside, it looks like i’m meditating
From the outside, it looks like I’m meditating Assuming the noble posture feels like a homecoming after exploring seated practice from monks, mystics and madmen, through pages and in person, for three decades. Stillness is my home. Silence is my preference. And has been so since those early days when playing possum kept me…
Read Morecome to your senses
Baby Ways As newborns, we explored the world and learned primarily through our senses. With no ability to communicate through conversation, we grasped the outreached fingers of our caregivers and clung to colourful toys. We drooled as we gummed on teething rings or our fingers and toes. We rolled our bodies on soft blankets on…
Read Moreeverything is practice
On the mat. On the cushion. In the kitchen. In relationships. Everything is a path. These paths are an education in how to be: responsive instead of being reactive open to what’s really happening less fearful of how things might turn out less clingy to how you wish things…
Read Moremind clutter
Somewhere along the bumpy evolutionary path, we have became chronic over-consumers and collectors. It is absolutely no surprise then that ‘clutter happens’. And more clutter means more to manage. Now as the cooler days and crisper nights have us now reaching for sweaters, socks and fleece blankets, ’tis the season to pack up and put…
Read Moreto think or not to think
After posing questions to the meditation session participants, inviting them to reflect on those questions, and then sharing in a silent group meditation practice, a participant asked, “You give us lots to think about during the reflection time and then are we supposed to stop the thinking during meditation? I’m so confused about…
Read Morenot special
he was not special I attended a workshop of the Psychology of Yoga and Mindfulness with Michael Stone, a psychotherapist, Buddhist teacher and social activist. Despite having read his books and listening to his podcasts for years, this was the first time I had studied with him, in person. I thought he was special.…
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