The sittings at the beginning of any particular round of the Practice of Living Awareness support making oneself available to meditation… or better yet, making oneself available to being meditative. Last week’s meditations on the theme, Smile, offered a welcome of sorts. This week’s meditations offer the opportunity to land your attention, create some stability, and … More The Space To Be Gentle
Meditation can bring forward a particular aspect of our human beingness: the observer. As we simply observe the mind and its thoughts, emotions and their sway, and the physical body and its sensations, we create space for what is unfolding to express itself. And within that spaciousness, we have room to choose how we might respond. … More The Freedom to Choose
As the saying goes, sometimes what you are looking for is right under your nose. Could it be the ease of a smile? Certainly that’s right under your nose. It turns out these two bodily features—the smile and the tip of the nose—have a beautiful relationship, at least in meditation. They both hold the potential of offering … More The Nose Knows