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This week, Andrew explores why life can feel like the same week repeating over and over, always telling ourselves, “After this, things will slow down.” Drawing on Buddhist teachings on samsara, he looks at how modern clock time fuels urgency, productivity, and endless becoming, keeping us caught in familiar cycles of stress and postponement. Rather than teaching us how to get more time, the Buddha pointed to a way of releasing the heart from time’s pressure and touching a freedom that is available here and now.

Prompt: What is a pattern that you repeat...

This week, Andrew explores why life can feel like the same week repeating over and over, always telling ourselves, “After this, things will slow down.” Drawing on Buddhist teachings on samsara, he looks at how modern clock time fuels urgency, productivity, and endless becoming, keeping us caught in familiar cycles of stress and postponement. Rather than teaching us how to get more time, the Buddha pointed to a way of releasing the heart from time’s pressure and touching a freedom that is available here and now.

Prompt: What is a pattern that you repeat...

This week Olivia reflected on how much of our stress around time comes not from the hours we have, but from our desire for more and the self-judgment that follows. She explored dukkha dukkha and the second arrow, showing how craving, aversion, and unrealistic expectations layer extra suffering onto our days. By loosening our grip on plans, softening self-blame, and meeting ourselves with compassion, we can relate to time with more ease.

Prompt: What do you wish you had more time for?

Talk segment that complements the sit portion...

​​This week Olivia reflected on how much of our stress around time comes not from the hours we have, but from our desire for more and the self-judgment that follows. She explored dukkha dukkha and the second arrow, showing how craving, aversion, and unrealistic expectations layer extra suffering onto our days. By loosening our grip on plans, softening self-blame, and meeting ourselves with compassion, we can relate to time with more ease.

Prompt: What do you wish you had more time for?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on t...

In this concluding talk, we explore the two worldly winds at the heart of nearly every human experience: pleasure and pain. Drawing from the Lokavipatti Sutta (AN 8.6), we look at what the Buddha meant when he said the world “revolves around” these conditions, and how our constant chasing of pleasure and avoidance of pain keeps the cycle of saṃsāra spinning.

Rather than rejecting these experiences, the Buddha invites us to step off the hedonic treadmill by transforming our relationship to them—recognizing their impermanence, feeling them fully, and not being pushed and pulled by every emotional...

In this concluding talk, we explore the two worldly winds at the heart of nearly every human experience: pleasure and pain. Drawing from the Lokavipatti Sutta (AN 8.6), we look at what the Buddha meant when he said the world “revolves around” these conditions, and how our constant chasing of pleasure and avoidance of pain keeps the cycle of saṃsāra spinning.

Rather than rejecting these experiences, the Buddha invites us to step off the hedonic treadmill by transforming our relationship to them—recognizing their impermanence, feeling them fully, and not being pushed and pulled by every emotional...

This week Olivia discusses the worldly winds of praise and blame, exploring how these forces shape our inner world, how clinging to them deepens suffering, and how grounding in humility and integrity can offer steady footing when approval or criticism arise.

Prompt: If you had a angel (praise) and devil (blame) on your shoulder, what do they say to you?

Talk segment that complements the sit portion on Praise and Blame

Group Date: 11/18/2025

This week Olivia discusses the worldly winds of praise and blame, exploring how these forces shape our inner world, how clinging to them deepens suffering, and how grounding in humility and integrity can offer steady footing when approval or criticism arise.

Prompt: If you had a angel (praise) and devil (blame) on your shoulder, what do they say to you?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Praise and Blame

Group Date: 11/18/2025

In this talk, Andrew explores two of the Eight Worldly Winds — fame and disrepute, reframed for modern life as Influence and Insignificance. he reflects on how our craving to be seen, paired with our fear of being forgotten, shapes identity, relationships, and the world of social media. Drawing from personal experience and Buddhist teachings, he examines how these winds create restlessness and how practice supports steadiness through awareness, equanimity, and genuine connection.

Prompt: What is a moment in your life where you've experienced Influence or Insignificance?

Talk segment that co...

In this talk, Andrew explores two of the Eight Worldly Winds — fame and disrepute, reframed for modern life as Influence and Insignificance. he reflects on how our craving to be seen, paired with our fear of being forgotten, shapes identity, relationships, and the world of social media. Drawing from personal experience and Buddhist teachings, he examines how these winds create restlessness and how practice supports steadiness through awareness, equanimity, and genuine connection.

Prompt: What is a moment in your life where you've experienced Influence or Insignificance?

Sitting segment that co...

This week Olivia explores the first of the Eight Worldly Winds — gain and loss — and how these natural shifts shape our relationships and sense of self during the holiday season. As gatherings pull us into shared spaces, we’re often met with the winds of change: connection and distance, abundance and absence. Drawing from the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence, Olivia invites reflection on how clinging and aversion keep us unsteady when life moves in ways we can’t control. Through grounded examples and practice, we’ll look at how equanimity helps us meet gain and loss with balance — staying intima...

This week Olivia explores the first of the Eight Worldly Winds — gain and loss — and how these natural shifts shape our relationships and sense of self during the holiday season. As gatherings pull us into shared spaces, we’re often met with the winds of change: connection and distance, abundance and absence. Drawing from the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence, Olivia invites reflection on how clinging and aversion keep us unsteady when life moves in ways we can’t control. Through grounded examples and practice, we’ll look at how equanimity helps us meet gain and loss with balance — staying intima...

In this final talk of the Multiplicity Within series, Andrew explores the ghosts, demons, and bandits that haunt the landscapes of the mind — and how awareness transforms them into teachers. Through three ancient Buddhist stories — the monks in the haunted forest, Angulimāla the bandit, and the Buddha’s night under attack by Māra — we see how even fear, violence, and illusion can become doorways to freedom when met with compassion.Drawing from Buddhist psychology and Internal Family Systems, this talk invites us to meet our own “hungry ghosts” — the restless parts within that crave, grasp, and defend — not with fear or contr...

In this final talk of the Multiplicity Within series, Andrew explores the ghosts, demons, and bandits that haunt the landscapes of the mind — and how awareness transforms them into teachers. Through three ancient Buddhist stories — the monks in the haunted forest, Angulimāla the bandit, and the Buddha’s night under attack by Māra — we see how even fear, violence, and illusion can become doorways to freedom when met with compassion.
Drawing from Buddhist psychology and Internal Family Systems, this talk invites us to meet our own “hungry ghosts” — the restless parts within that crave, grasp, and defend — not with fe...

In this talk, we continue to explore multiplicity within and how

parts are birthed through clinging and the cost of that clinging. We again see how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation overlap. We explore how non-self and non-attachment can lead to clarity in relation to our inner identities.

Prompt: What is a part of your life you wish could stay the same forever?

Talk segment that complements the sit portion on Parts and Clinging

Group Date: 10/21/2025

In this talk, we continue to explore multiplicity within and how parts are birthed through clinging and the cost of that clinging. We again see how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation overlap. We explore how non-self and non-attachment can lead to clarity in relation to our inner identities.

Prompt: What is a part of your life you wish could stay the same forever?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Parts and Clinging

Group Date: 10/21/2025

In this talk, we explore how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation both point toward the same inner truth — the natural wisdom that arises when the mind is no longer entangled in struggle. Through the lens of the 8 C’s of Self and the Seven Factors of Awakening, we explore how qualities like calmness, curiosity, and compassion support the mind in unblending from parts and returning to balance.

Prompt: What is a moment/memory where you felt fully present and tapped into your true Self (your buddha nature)?

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In this talk, we explore how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation both point toward the same inner truth — the natural wisdom that arises when the mind is no longer entangled in struggle. Through the lens of the 8 C’s of Self and the Seven Factors of Awakening, we explore how qualities like calmness, curiosity, and compassion support the mind in unblending from parts and returning to balance.

Prompt: What is a moment/memory where you felt fully present and tapped into your true Self (your buddha nature)?

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This week we are focused on befriending our "protector" parts with compassion using the lens of Buddhist practice, specifically karuna (compassion) and upekkha (equanimity). The practice involves learning to relate to your inner parts with balance and wisdom, understanding that they arise from a place of care, not harm. By turning towards these parts instead of pushing them away, they can relax, allowing their energy to be redirected toward wholeness.

Prompt: What is a part of your personality that has been more active recently? Round 2!

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This week we are focused on befriending our "protector" parts with compassion using the lens of Buddhist practice, specifically karuna (compassion) and upekkha (equanimity). The practice involves learning to relate to your inner parts with balance and wisdom, understanding that they arise from a place of care, not harm. By turning towards these parts instead of pushing them away, they can relax, allowing their energy to be redirected toward wholeness.

Prompt: What is a part of your personality that has been more active recently? Round 2!

Sitting segment that complements...

In this talk we explore how Buddhist meditation and modern psychology work to recognize the many sides within us such as the critic, the caretaker, the worrier, and the dreamer. We look at how the Buddha taught not self as a way to see thoughts, feelings, and sensations as changing processes rather than fixed identity. We also touch on Internal Family Systems which shows how protective and vulnerable parts arise for a reason and how a compassionate self can relate to them with care. Together these perspectives reveal that our parts are not enemies but guides and when met...

In this talk we explore how Buddhist meditation and modern psychology work to recognize the many sides within us such as the critic, the caretaker, the worrier, and the dreamer. We look at how the Buddha taught not self as a way to see thoughts, feelings, and sensations as changing processes rather than fixed identity. We also touch on Internal Family Systems which shows how protective and vulnerable parts arise for a reason and how a compassionate self can relate to them with care. Together these perspectives reveal that our parts are not enemies but guides and when met...

This week Olivia reflects on change through the lens of the Fall Equinox and the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence. Together we’ll explore why change can feel so difficult, how clinging or control leads to suffering, and what it means to meet each moment with awareness and choice. By practicing with impermanence—on and off the cushion—we open space for growth, freedom, and possibility.

Prompt: What is a change that is currently impacting you and how are you responding to it?

Talk segment that complements the sit portion...

This week Olivia reflects on change through the lens of the Fall Equinox and the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence. Together we’ll explore why change can feel so difficult, how clinging or control leads to suffering, and what it means to meet each moment with awareness and choice. By practicing with impermanence—on and off the cushion—we open space for growth, freedom, and possibility.

Prompt: What is a change that is currently impacting you and how are you responding to it?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion...

In this final step of our Interpersonal Dialogue series, Olivia leads us in exploring Holding with Compassion — an active practice of presence, boundaries, and care. Meeting difficulty with compassion builds trust and prevents burnout, while opening the possibility of shared awakening. Compassion frees both self and other, reminding us that liberation arises together through love and presence.

Prompt: Think of a person, place, or thing that makes you feel safe and what about it feels compassionately?

Talk segment that complements the sit portion on Holding with Compassion.

Duration: 00:15:55

In this final step of our Interpersonal Dialogue series, Olivia leads us in exploring Holding with Compassion — an active practice of presence, boundaries, and care. Meeting difficulty with compassion builds trust and prevents burnout, while opening the possibility of shared awakening. Compassion frees both self and other, reminding us that liberation arises together through love and presence.

Prompt: Think of a person, place, or thing that makes you feel safe and what about it feels compassionately?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Holding with Compassion.

Duration: 00:10:20

In this talk, we explore what it really means to speak the truth with mindfulness and compassion. Words can feel limited, yet they also hold immense power to heal or harm, connect or divide. Drawing on the practice of Insight Dialogue and the Buddha’s teaching on Wise Speech, we reflect on the challenge and liberation of honest communication, the fears and people-pleasing habits that often hold us back, and the freedom that comes with congruency and authenticity.

Prompt: Where do you fall on the scale where one side is people pleasing and the ot...

In this talk, we explore what it really means to speak the truth with mindfulness and compassion. Words can feel limited, yet they also hold immense power to heal or harm, connect or divide. Drawing on the practice of Insight Dialogue and the Buddha’s teaching on Wise Speech, we reflect on the challenge and liberation of honest communication, the fears and people-pleasing habits that often hold us back, and the freedom that comes with congruency and authenticity.

Prompt: Where do you fall on the scale where one side is people pleasing and the ot...

This talk explores attuning to connection as a practice of relational mindfulness, moving from inner awareness toward presence with another person in real time. Grounded in the dharma teachings of mutuality, interbeing, and dependent origination, we highlight how awakening is nurtured through community and the ways our lives are deeply interwoven.

Prompt: What is a place that makes you feel small but deeply connected?

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Attuning to Connection.

Group Date: 8/12/2025

This talk explores attuning to connection as a practice of relational mindfulness, moving from inner awareness toward presence with another person in real time. Grounded in the dharma teachings of mutuality, interbeing, and dependent origination, we highlight how awakening is nurtured through community and the ways our lives are deeply interwoven.

Prompt: What is a place that makes you feel small but deeply connected?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Attuning to Connection.

Group Date: 8/12/2025

This week, Olivia explores mudita—the practice of sympathetic joy—and how it helps us celebrate the happiness of others without diminishing our own. We reflect on why joy can feel scarce or complicated, especially during Pride Month, and how mudita offers a path to connection and abundance. Joy is not a limited resource—it grows when shared.

Prompt: What is the most recent video or event that sparked immediate joy in your life?

Talking segment that complements the sit portion on Joy.

Group Date...

This week, Olivia explores mudita—the practice of sympathetic joy—and how it helps us celebrate the happiness of others without diminishing our own. We reflect on why joy can feel scarce or complicated, especially during Pride Month, and how mudita offers a path to connection and abundance. Joy is not a limited resource—it grows when shared.

Prompt: What is the most recent video or event that sparked immediate joy in your life?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Joy.

Group Date...

This week, Olivia reflects on karuṇā—the practice of compassion—as a way to meet suffering with care. Compassion helps us stay open without collapsing, especially during Pride Month when both joy and grief may surface.

Prompt: What is a helpful boundary you have?

Talking segment that complements the sit portion on Compassion.

Group Date: 6/10/2025

This week, Olivia reflects on karuṇā—the practice of compassion—as a way to meet suffering with care. Compassion helps us stay open without collapsing, especially during Pride Month when both joy and grief may surface.

Prompt: What is a helpful boundary you have?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Compassion.

Group Date: 6/10/2025

This week, Olivia discusses mettā, or loving-kindness, as a radical practice of care that supports both personal healing and collective liberation—especially during Pride Month. She reflects on how mettā invites us to meet suffering with unconditional friendliness, even when it feels unfamiliar or hard, and explores the challenges many of us face when directing compassion toward ourselves.

Prompt: What evokes your heart? Could be a song, person, etc.

Talking segment that complements the sit portion on Metta.

Group Date: 6/03/2025

This week, Olivia discusses mettā, or loving-kindness, as a radical practice of care that supports both personal healing and collective liberation—especially during Pride Month. She reflects on how mettā invites us to meet suffering with unconditional friendliness, even when it feels unfamiliar or hard, and explores the challenges many of us face when directing compassion toward ourselves.

Prompt: What evokes your heart? Could be a song, person, etc.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Metta.

Group Date: 6/03/2025

In this talk, we explore how anxiety—rooted in future thinking and inner pressure—can be met not with resistance, but with stillness and compassionate presence. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings and the insight of Yong Oh, we look at how restlessness and worry obstruct clarity and how samādhi, or collectedness of mind, offers a healing alternative.

Rather than shaming or fixing anxiety, we’re invited to meet it gently—to slow down, listen, and release the inner struggle. Stillness, in this view, becomes a radical act of love and faith.

Prompt: W...

In this talk, we explore how anxiety—rooted in future thinking and inner pressure—can be met not with resistance, but with stillness and compassionate presence. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings and the insight of Yong Oh, we look at how restlessness and worry obstruct clarity and how samādhi, or collectedness of mind, offers a healing alternative.

Rather than shaming or fixing anxiety, we’re invited to meet it gently—to slow down, listen, and release the inner struggle. Stillness, in this view, becomes a radical act of love and faith.

Prompt: W...

In this talk, we explore how past trauma — both big "T" and small "t" — shapes how we show up in the world today. Using the powerful Buddhist story of Kisā Gotamī and teachings from Gabor Maté, Larry Yang, and Polyvagal Theory, we dive into the ways trauma impacts our bodies, relationships, and spiritual lives. We look at how healing doesn't happen in isolation, but through connection — in community, in sangha, and through being seen and held in our truth.

Prompt: How has trauma shaped who you are today?

Talk segment t...

In this talk, we explore how past trauma — both big "T" and small "t" — shapes how we show up in the world today. Using the powerful Buddhist story of Kisā Gotamī and teachings from Gabor Maté, Larry Yang, and Polyvagal Theory, we dive into the ways trauma impacts our bodies, relationships, and spiritual lives. We look at how healing doesn't happen in isolation, but through connection — in community, in sangha, and through being seen and held in our truth.

Prompt: How has trauma shaped who you are today?

Sitting segment t...

In this episode, we explore the connection between mindfulness, stress, and burnout through personal reflection and practical tools. Drawing from both modern psychology and Buddhist practice, we talk through two key approaches to working with stress and highlight how mindfulness helps us listen to the heart, understand our limits, and reorient toward balance.

Prompt: What is the first sign where you recognize stress and/or burnout in your life? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Talking segment that complements the sit portion on Stress, Burnout...

In this episode, we explore the connection between mindfulness, stress, and burnout through personal reflection and practical tools. Drawing from both modern psychology and Buddhist practice, we talk through two key approaches to working with stress and highlight how mindfulness helps us listen to the heart, understand our limits, and reorient toward balance.

Prompt: What is the first sign where you recognize stress and/or burnout in your life? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Stress, Burnout...

This week, Andrew explores the overlap between Humanistic Psychology and Buddhist Philosophy, reflecting on how both traditions highlight inherent human goodness, personal growth, and the pursuit of meaning.. The talk explores how self-actualization, ethical living, meditation, and wise paths offer practical tools for helping us live with greater authenticity, agency, and alignment in everyday life.

Prompt: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Buddhism and...

This week, Andrew explores the overlap between Humanistic Psychology and Buddhist Philosophy, reflecting on how both traditions highlight inherent human goodness, personal growth, and the pursuit of meaning.. The talk explores how self-actualization, ethical living, meditation, and wise paths offer practical tools for helping us live with greater authenticity, agency, and alignment in everyday life.

Prompt: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Sitting segment that complements the sitting portion on Buddhism and...

This week, Andrew explores Honoring the Earth in connection with Buddhist practice, focusing on the earth element as a doorway to insight and interconnection. This talk invites us to see the earth not as separate from us, but as part of who we are — and to remember this at a time of environmental crisis.

Prompt: What part of this earth do you feel connected to or love? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Appreciating the Earth.

This week, Andrew explores Honoring the Earth in connection with Buddhist practice, focusing on the earth element as a doorway to insight and interconnection. This talk invites us to see the earth not as separate from us, but as part of who we are — and to remember this at a time of environmental crisis.

Prompt: What part of this earth do you feel connected to or love? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Appreciating the Earth

This week, Andrew explores Inner and Outer Alignment through the lens of two powerful Buddhist principles: hiri (inner conscience) and ottapa (awareness of impact on others). We will reflect on how we can live more authentically and ethically while addressing the impact of capitalism and systemic inequality on our ability to survive and stay true to our values. At its heart, this subject is a reminder that real well-being is about integrity, care, and the ongoing practice of aligning our actions with what matters most.

Prompt: If you were to create an entity or...

This week, Andrew explores Inner and Outer Alignment through the lens of two powerful Buddhist principles: hiri (inner conscience) and ottapa (awareness of impact on others). We will reflect on how we can live more authentically and ethically while addressing the impact of capitalism and systemic inequality on our ability to survive and stay true to our values. At its heart, this subject is a reminder that real well-being is about integrity, care, and the ongoing practice of aligning our actions with what matters most.

Prompt: If you were to create an entity or entities...

This week, Andrew explores Inner and Outer Alignment through the lens of two powerful Buddhist principles: hiri (inner conscience) and ottapa (awareness of impact on others). We will reflect on how we can live more authentically and ethically while addressing the impact of capitalism and systemic inequality on our ability to survive and stay true to our values. At its heart, this subject is a reminder that real well-being is about integrity, care, and the ongoing practice of aligning our actions with what matters most.

Prompt: If you were to create an entity or...

This week, Andrew draws parallels between social media algorithms and the workings of the human mind. We will reflect on how our repeated actions, thoughts, and patterns shape the way we experience life while diving into karma, perception, discernment, and neuroplasticity.

This week's prompt: In general, what is something you want to see more of? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Talking segment that complements the sit portion on Inner and Outer Algorithms

This week, Andrew draws parallels between social media algorithms and the workings of the human mind. We will reflect on how our repeated actions, thoughts, and patterns shape the way we experience life while diving into karma, perception, discernment, and neuroplasticity.

This week's prompt: In general, what is something you want to see more of? Send us an email or DM us with your answers!

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Inner and Outer Algorithms

In this talk, Andrew explores how mindfulness can support the mind to not get swept away by technology and distractions.  The discussion investigates some core questions: How am I using technology? And how am I being used by technology?

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Mindfulness, Distractions, & Technology

In this talk, Andrew explores how mindfulness can support the mind to not get swept away by technology and distractions.  The discussion investigates some core questions: How am I using technology? And how am I being used by technology?

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Mindfulness, Distractions, & Technology

An exploration of “wise concentration” and the profound impacts it can have on the mind and heart. Andrew offers some practical thoughts on how to use the five “jhanic” factors to cultivate and sustain unification of mind.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wise Concentration

An exploration of “wise concentration” and the profound impacts it can have on the mind and heart. Andrew offers some practical thoughts on how to use the five “jhanic” factors to cultivate and sustain unification of mind.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wise Concentration

An exploration of “wise mindfulness” as a factor of the Noble Eightfold Path. Andrew discusses mindfulness as a “dropping beneath” mental proliferation and projections and tuning in to direct experience with bare awareness. He also discusses practical applications of mindfulness offered by the Buddha, including the body, feeling tone and the heart-mind.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wise Mindfulness

An exploration of “wise mindfulness” as a factor of the Noble Eightfold Path. Andrew discusses mindfulness as a “dropping beneath” mental proliferation and projections and tuning in to direct experience with bare awareness. He also discusses practical applications of mindfulness offered by the Buddha, including the body, feeling tone and the heart-mind.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wise Mindfulness

Balance and a compassionate attitude of mind are the foundations of a sustainable effort in a meditation practice.  We also explore the four great endeavors and how mindfulness can be used to abandon what is not needed and sustain what is beautiful.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wise Effort

Balance and a compassionate attitude of mind are the foundations of a sustainable effort in a meditation practice.  We also explore the four great endeavors and how mindfulness can be used to abandon what is not needed and sustain what is beautiful.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wise Effort

An exploration of directing mindfulness towards work and the daily grind.  We cover central themes such as non-harm, cultivating skillful interpersonal relationships, and addressing systemic inequities.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wise Livelihood

An exploration of directing mindfulness towards work and the daily grind.  We cover central themes such as non-harm, cultivating skillful interpersonal relationships, and addressing systemic inequities. Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wise Livelihood

This week, as a part of our Black History Month Series, we explore wise understanding and the teachings of Tuere Sala.  Cultivating Wise Understanding is a practice of acknowledging how suffering arises and how to free the heart and mind from habitual patterns that perpetuate stress. 

To find more of Tuere’s teachings visit

https://www.tueresala.org/

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wise Understanding

This week, as a part of our Black History Month Series, we explore wise understanding and the teachings of Tuere Sala.  Cultivating Wise Understanding is a practice of acknowledging how suffering arises and how to free the heart and mind from habitual patterns that perpetuate stress. 

To find more of Tuere’s teachings visit

https://www.tueresala.org/

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wise Understanding

In Buddhist teachings one of the heaviest weights to carry is the burden of me & mine.  In this talk, we explore the concept of “annatā” or “not-self”, and how it can be a lens for insight practice at various levels including material things, the body, emotions and thoughts. Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Not-Self

In Buddhist teachings one of the heaviest weights to carry is the burden of me & mine.  In this sit, we explore the concept of “annatā” or “not-self”, and how it can be a lens for insight practice at various levels including material things, the body, emotions and thoughts .Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Not-Self

Dukkha, often translated as suffering, can be a liberatory practice of seeing into the unsatisfactory nature of grasping to phenomena which are always in flux. In this talk, we explore who seeing the stress of grasping can lead to a natural process of insight and release.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Dukkha

Dukkha, often translated as suffering, can be a liberatory practice of seeing into the unsatisfactory nature of grasping to phenomena which are always in flux. In this sit, we explore who seeing the stress of grasping can lead to a natural process of insight and release.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Dukkha

Equanimity is a practice of being at peace and staying balanced amidst the ups and downs of life. In this talk we explore a few definitions/meanings of equanimity and how it fits into the arc of a meditation practice as a means of finding poise in the middle of the “worldly winds.” Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Equanimity.

Equanimity is a practice of being at peace and staying balanced amidst the ups and downs of life. In this talk we explore a few definitions/meanings of equanimity and how it fits into the arc of a meditation practice as a means of finding poise in the middle of the “worldly winds.” Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Equanimity.

Metta or loving-kindness meditation is a practice of cultivating a genuine intention towards love or goodwill. In this talk we explore what Metta is, how to practice it in daily life, and how it can develop into an embodied openness of heart. Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Loving-Kindness (Metta).

Metta or loving-kindness meditation is a practice of cultivating a genuine intention towards love or goodwill. In this sit we explore what Metta is, how to practice it in daily life, and how it can develop into an embodied openness of heart. Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Loving-Kindness (Metta).

Cultivating three forms of wisdom: learning, reflection, and non-conceptual wisdom.  Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Wisdom within the Paramis teachings.

Cultivating three forms of wisdom: learning, reflection, and non-conceptual wisdom.  Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Wisdom within the Paramis teachings.

Renunciation/Minimalism is a means of simplifying life and freeing the mind from attachments to things and experiences.  Taking a minimalist approach creates a mental and physical environment which supports spaciousness and ease of mind. Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Renunciation within the Paramis teachings.

Renunciation/Minimalism is a means of simplifying life and freeing the mind from attachments to things and experiences.  Taking a minimalist approach creates a mental and physical environment which supports spaciousness and ease of mind. Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Renunciation within the Paramis teachings.

Often less discussed, but of central importance to mindfulness practice, is the cultivation of virtue in daily life.  Virtue simply put is refraining from causing harm and cultivating what is skillful or beautiful. Early Buddhist teachings point towards five “precepts” or areas of training in virtuous conduct.

Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Virtue within the Paramis teachings.

Often less discussed, but of central importance to mindfulness practice, is the cultivation of virtue in daily life.  Virtue simply put is refraining from causing harm and cultivating what is skillful or beautiful. Early Buddhist teachings point towards five “precepts” or areas of training in virtuous conduct.

Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Virtue within the Paramis teachings.

Cultivating generosity can support the dissolution of grasping, craving, and attachment to self.  Offering generosity can positively impact the giver, receiver, and the building of resilient communities. Talk segment that complements the sitting portion on Generosity within the Paramis teachings.

Cultivating generosity can support the dissolution of grasping, craving, and attachment to self.  Offering generosity can positively impact the giver, receiver, and the building of resilient communities. Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on Generosity within the Paramis teachings.