Healing for me, among other things, involves somatic release and processing 24/7. It requires a complete surrender to something intelligent that moves through me but is not me. I call it life-force. I recognize it in every living thing. It manifests in infinitely diverse ways following it's own natural law which defies intellectual understanding. I watch in awe. …
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at the bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
This is a good guided meditation and is actually good for any level from beginner to advanced. I like to always keep in mind the concept of always being a beginner. Yes, the concept of zen mind, beginner's mind... … [click on title to read and view more]
One of my practices is to not attach to beliefs. We really know very little. What is true most often depends on context and interpretation. Both of which are always changing and differ from person to person. What is right for me may not be right for you. What is right for me today may not be what I need tomorrow. Practicing non-attachment to belief and also being aware of when perhaps I'm not able to do this has opened up my world in lovely ways. Fixation is stagnation. Dogma is a fixation of belief. Healing and resiliency, I've found, require a lack of fixation...a sort of fluidity of spirit and intention. It is from this place that much of my healing comes. … [click on title to read and view more]
Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we have, and the people who are in our lives.
I've been doing yoga nidra meditations for a couple of years as part of my collection of healing practices. Lately I've been doing a lot more of it and it's so deeply relaxing and healing I thought it was time I shared it. I have to say that even though I've been doing it for two years it's only recently from a greater state of well-being that I've come to deeply appreciate the profundity of this practice. "Yoga Nidra is an an ancient form of guided meditation that has been proven effective to reduce stress, tension, anxiety, sleeplessness and many other psychological disorders." … [click on title to read and view more]
There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips we lay on ourselves–the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and addictions of all kinds–never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink away from being fully awake. … [click on title to read and view more]
I've always found Bliss' voice incredibly lovely to listen to. She is the perfect narrator for a guided meditation and she knows exactly what folks are going through in severe protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes because she's been there and healed. This meditation is good for anyone, whether unwell or not. It's a lovely introduction to being mindful in the body. Powerful, guided, mindfulness meditation to help you maintain a calm and positive attitude and to keep you grounded and relaxed. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Letting go comes only through desperation when you know that it is beyond you – beyond your powers of action as beyond your powers of relaxation. When you give up every last trick and device for getting it, including this “giving up” as something that one might do, say, at 10 o’clock tonight. That you cannot by any means do it – that is it! That is the mighty self-abandon which gives birth to the stars. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
The primary focus of this path of choosing wisely, of this training to de-escalate aggression, is learning to stay present. Pausing very briefly, frequently throughout the day, is an almost effortless way to do this. For just a few seconds we can be right here. Meditation is another way to train in learning to stay, or, as one student put it more accurately, learning to come back, to return to being present over and over again. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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