Refuge gives us the opportunity to touch into something deeper than habit. Might there be another way? Expanding our capacity to feel emotions. Placing and sensing in meditation.

Ajahn Chah taught there are two kinds of peace: the peace of calm and the peace of wisdom. With peace of calm we can turn toward the hindrances and sense how they manifest somatically and in the mind/heart. We may come to know the hindrances as dhamma or nature.

Joy as a balance to the human tendency of attending to difficulty. The natural arising of kindness, compassion, and joy as the heart softens and the body opens through mindful movement. Exploring the somatic patterns of the hindrances. Understanding mudita or sympathetic joy. Love as our birthright.

Recording of the mantra: https://app.box.com/s/9j75m0lh4h1exbexuz8nwkqejvvn3ymt

Honoring the lineages of Theravada and Mahayana. Cultivating the bodhisattva heart through the Brahma Viharas

Finding a Balance Within Letting go and Engaging.

Reflections around Dukkha and its cause, the two fundamental roots, and the importance of contemplating change. Guest/dust simile and noticing that which never changes.

The balance of samatha and vipassana. Investigating the hindrances.

Steps on Anapanasati: Mindfulness of Breath