Using your five senses in meditation When you practice mindful movement meditation, the “experience” you choose to infuse with awareness and equanimity is made of real-time thoughts and body sensations.
Qualities of sensation in meditation When I was learning to swim, many of the moments seemed “bad.” In truth, they were only unpleasant. But we humans tend to categorize experiences
The art of not drowning If I didn’t stay present, I would drown. At least that’s how it felt at age forty-nine as I crawled my way across a four-foot-deep
Meditation: recycle the reaction The seventh step in making any movement form a meditation is to “Recycle the reaction.” See “Steps to Make Any Move a Meditation” for all the
Meditation: Equanimity (Equi-WHAT-Imy?) The sixth step in making any movement form a meditation is to be gentle with yourself, developing a mind state called equanimity. See the previous post for
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
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