Exploration is a direct experience of something or somewhere. To explore Venice, one goes to Venice. To explore different spices, one uses them in cooking. To explore meditation, one experiments with meditation. In this sitting, we explore the qualities of poise that are experienced in our emotions, mind, and body during the sitting. Experiencing them … More 8b: Poise on and off the cushion
There are many reasons why the classical meditation posture is the classical one. A few are: aligning the body and inner chakra system, alignment of the body, energy, mind, and emotional components of oneself, verticality stretches one energetically as high, expanded or refined as one can reach and then sustain. Also, asana provides the downward … More 8a: Asana – from the bottom to the top
The first step in generating a quality of Being is to realize that it is innate. Like a seed, one cannot produce that which is not already within. Grace in and with one’s Being is one quality that Avolokiteshvara exemplifies. We generated this elegance in this meditation. Downloadable podcast: Sitting Avolokiteshvara