Meditation: Radical Acceptance of Pain (11:51 min)

Meditation: Radical Acceptance of Pain (11:51 min)

As we learn to relax our resistance to unpleasant sensations, we discover an open and tender space of awareness that has room for living and dying. – from the CD set: Radical Acceptance – Guided Meditations – .mp3 download available. We cultivate...
Blog: Meeting Our Edge and Softening

Blog: Meeting Our Edge and Softening

It’s another morning, another day of having to live inside a hurting body inherited from a little known, rare genetic condition. I try not to think of how it used to be. I can let go of the younger me, the one who won a yoga Olympics by holding wheel pose for more...
Blog: Pain Is Not Wrong

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...