Is There An Objective Purpose In Life? | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #35

In this thirty-fifth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we delve into this question from user “xXHishamXx” we received at the end of last month’s session: “Is There An Objective Purpose In Life?” including relevance to meditation practice. My short answer is answeringContinue reading “Is There An Objective Purpose In Life? | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #35”

Real World Meditation With Ann Swanson

This Feb 19, 2024 conversation with meditator, yoga therapist and author Ann Swanson jumps into plenty of topics in her new book Meditation for the Real World and others such as the importance of science and research in mediation and yoga and the effects thereof, the eight limbs of yoga, the surprising effects of mindfulnessContinue reading “Real World Meditation With Ann Swanson”

Gratitude | November 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #14

For this fourteenth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we undertake a special and abbreviated (laden with technical challenges) Thanksgiving edition mostly about appreciation and gratitude (Ways to) join these Q & A’s when they happen live: *There’s naturally an ongoing open callContinue reading “Gratitude | November 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #14”

Dharmic Strategies For Empaths

This niche topic for empaths, or energetically sensitive beings, encapsulates years of note taking from experience, study and practice, provides nine categories of approach:

1) Gratitude for opportunities
2) Mindfulness (– especially of contact and vēdanā)
3) Hedonic Tone and the Three Characteristics of Existence
4) Self and identification
5) Equanimity and compassion
6) The Four Right Efforts and Five Hinderances
7) Energy
8) Non-attachment
9) Miscellaneous strategies