The 5 Conditions During the meditation leader training I took at the Sage Institute for Creativity & Consciousness, they introduced us to “The 5 Conditions,” another way to look at
Taking the Wrong Medicine Shinzen often talks about the temptation to do what’s easy or comes naturally. He calls it, “taking the wrong medicine.” If for example you prefer guided
Use What Arises Earlier on this blog (and in the book Make Every Move a Meditation) you learned a wider variety of awareness techniques and another splendid thing about meditation
Meditation: how to train a wandering mind To learn to meditate while you move, see the “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation. In a different post I explained that
Meditation: what to do when your mind wanders In this previous post, I set out all the “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation. The fifth step in this process
Counting while you meditate In this previous post “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation,” I explained the process of movement meditation. The fourth step is to “Place Your Awareness
How (and why) to “Note” and “Label” when you meditate To meditate when you move, follow the “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation.,” Of these, the fourth step is
In “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation,” I explained how to meditate while you move. Here, let’s look at the next step in the process. Four: Place Your Awareness
More About Shinzen’s Answer to Everything As I mentioned in “Shinzen’s Answer to Everything,” my long-time teacher Shinzen Young often answered questions with this suggestion: “Infuse your experience with awareness
