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Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 3: The Safety of a True Friend
Todays sharing on safety is an inquiry practice into the qualities that make a friendship a safe place and how these qualities are manifesting, or not, in our mindfulness practice. - Note: One qualit
Sitting Meditation- The Water of Our Being
Opening up to the shared physical nature of our being is an avenue for contemplative experience of safety, connection, and respect.
Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 2 [4.3.24]
This time we look at a reliable sense of safety more through the lens of neuroscience/modern psychology as well as introduce the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness-- which was originally taught as an
Sitting Meditation- The Interwovenness of Compassion and Safety [4.3.24]
How do we learn to meet ourselves, just as we are, in a way that provides an internal sense of safety? Erich Fried, translated by: ANNA KALLIO - It is nonsense says reason It is what it is says lov
Cultivating a Reliable Sense of Safety, Part 1 [3.27.24]
We look again at the necessary nourishment of an internal sense of safety that is not dependent upon having things be the way we want them to be-- this time primarily from a spiritual standpoint, draw
Sitting Meditation- Leaning Into the Tree of Our Spine [3.27.24]
This meditation draws heavily from Amanda Blake of Embright Organization and the field of somatics. Much as we would know we can rely on the support of a strong mature tree, this mediation uses the im
Safety, Connection and Respect Inquiry Practice [3.14.24]
We come back again to safety, connection and respect this week-- this time with inquiry questions to consider these qualities for yourself. Consider a time in your life where you know something about
Sitting Meditation- Cultivating an Unshakable Sense of Safety, Connection, and Respect [3.14.24]
Again, drawing from the field of Somatics understanding that an inner sense of safety, connection and respect are foundational for our well-being, we use the body as a focus in cultivating these qual
Basic Nourishment of Safety, Connection and Respect
Just as sunlight, water and soil are basic nutrients for plant life well-being, safety, connection and respect are basic nutrients for our own human well-being. In this sharing we explore how we might
Sitting Meditation- Safety
This meditation considers how opening in the direction of safety, connection and respect is useful in our formal practice.