Flusso e Presenza
Che cosa si frappone tra noi e la felicità? Si tratta di un’indagine importante nella nostra vita. Quando sei davvero felice, prova a chiederti il perché. Cosa sta succedendo dentro di te? Troverai che ci sono due dimensioni. Una è quella della presenza. Quando...Part 1 – Freedom: Seeing Who Is Looking Through the Mask
We suffer when we are identified with our egoic conditioning and unable to recognize the spirit – the love and awareness – that animates our own and all beings. In this talk we explore how recognizing our vulnerability and basic goodness helps us to see through the mask and realize who is here.
Meditation – Field of Aliveness (18 min.)
Blog: Pain Is Not Wrong
Many years ago when I was pregnant with my son, I decided to have a home birth without drugs, assisted by a midwife. My hope was to be as wakeful and present as possible during the birth, and while I knew the pain would be intense, I trusted that my meditation and...Cultivating Equanimity (Duck Meditation)
Equanimity, the mindful presence that neither grasps nor resists experience, is the grounds for unconditional love and wise action. This talk explores the conditioning that entraps us in reactivity, and two primary pathways for coming home to this natural state of balance and presence.
Guided Meditation – Invite Yourself Into Presence – 16 min.
Guided Meditation – Letting Life Be As It Is – 21 min.
A little longer guided meditation – when you have a little more time…Guided Meditation – Letting Life Be As It Is – 15 min.
Same meditation, but without the introduction and “Om’s”Committing to Joy
What makes joy rare? How do we awaken this beautiful capacity to embrace life? In this talk we explore the obstacles to joy and the attitude and practices that free us to “love what is.”
Inviting Mara to Tea
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!… The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door...Guided Meditation – Arriving in Now
A little longer guided meditation – when you have a little more time.Cultivating Compassion
We each have the potential to live with a compassionate, open heart. In this talk we explore the conditioning that closes us off to authentic caring, and the ways of deepening our attention that help us live to include widening circles of beings in our heart.