Meditation helps us become more familiar with ourselves and all that is happening in our mind, leading to greater ease and contentment. As we progress, we experience both moments of clarity and increased awareness of our challenges, allowing us to respond more skillfully and live with greater openness and intention.
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A surgeon shares about the importance of sleep and how we can contend with sleepiness in our meditation.
The new awareness yoga sequence can be performed sitting, standing, or even reclining. Instead of starting from the crown and working down the body, the flow is reversed, beginning from the ground and integrating movements upward and outward to the extremities.
In today’s fast-paced world, when everything is at our fingertips, we may expect immediate responses and instant results in all areas of life–including our meditation practice.
“If we remember why we meditate and the possibilities that meditation offers us in this life, we will come back to the cushion easily and with enthusiasm. It is up to us to determine our own narrative — one that is alive and true for us.” — Tim Olmsted
What I have learned and what Rinpoche emphasizes is that the quality of experience – up or down – is absolutely irrelevant.
“Trying harder and putting in that extra bit of exertion was so counterproductive!”
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