Five Mindfulness Trainings

Five Mindfulness Trainings

Wonderful to connect with those of you who made it yesterday to the Day 30 Zoom Check In. We did not record the session, but I will record a guided meditation on cultivating composure (virtue) and share it soon! Virtue (sīla), which we can also think of as composure...
Day 30 Zoom Check In

Day 30 Zoom Check In

Tonight’s zoom check in call is all about cultivating composure and understanding habit behaviour, which is our theme for Days 31-40. Cultivating composure (self-control) allows us to reduce how much and how often we cause ourselves and others harm. When our conduct...
Four Gates

Four Gates

Every word spoken arises from thought, is born of thought. No word has ever been spoken that was not preceded by thought. In turn, thoughts are given life by speaking them. They create a reality, they have presence and weight and potency. Thoughts and speech are...
Aligning Ourselves with Truth

Aligning Ourselves with Truth

“My love language is when people’s words match their actions.” – unknownThere’s a cheeky edge and a deeper wisdom here. When people’s words match their actions, we trust them. When we trust them, we feel safe to relax in their presence. When we are relaxed, our...
Guided Meditation: Truthfulness

Guided Meditation: Truthfulness

The perfection of truth or truthfulness (sacca parami) can refer to the ‘external’ practice of truth, the ethical discipline of truth — acting with integrity and speaking the truth, rather than exaggerating, lying, gossiping. It also refers to an...