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STEPHANIE NOBLE

STEPHANIE NOBLE

At the center of your being, you have the answer. – Lao Tzu

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Category: beginning meditation

April 9, 2022 aging / beginning meditation / meditation / present moment / time / veils

Forget minutes! Choose this moment

Maybe it’s time to make a change in our relationship to time.

April 14, 2018 beginning meditation / difficulty meditating / inner aspects / inner critic / inner wisdom / meditation / wise inner voice

Meditation: Chore or Pleasure?

Developing a meditation practice may feel like another chore to do, like taking out the garbage or cleaning the kitchen.

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March 7, 2017 beginning meditation / guided meditation / Insight Timer / meditation practice / Uncategorized

Meditating with Insight Timer

If you don’t have a regular meditation practice and would like to establish one, I highly recommend using Insight Timer.

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September 5, 2015 balance / beginning meditation / CA / three refuges / women's meditation class in San Rafael

Three Supports Needed for a Balanced Happy Life

When we sit in meditation, there are three points of support: the buttocks and two knees, if sitting on a cushion

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September 3, 2011 autumnal equinox / balance / beginning meditation / gyroscope / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / living at extremes / tree

Finding Balance

Here we are in September. Notice how that feels, what thoughts come up for you around the end of summer,

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July 1, 2011 anger / beginning meditation / difficult emotions / Dr. John Sarno / emotions / mind-body connection / negative emotions / suppressing anger

The Dungeon of Difficult Emotions

We’ve seen how holding tight to our established identity creates contraction as we grasp and cling to that hard rock

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February 16, 2011 beginning meditation / Buddhism / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / Slug / spacious effort / thoughts

Eightfold Path: Spacious Effort

Imagine a bird soaring in the sky, held aloft by the air currents. Spacious effort is like that. Out of

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October 30, 2010 beginning meditation / exhaustion / feeling overwhelmed / finite vs. infinite energy / people pleasing

The Red Balloon

In a recent speech to a group of mostly non-mediators, I shared the story of an illness I went through

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July 23, 2010 beginning meditation / cause of suffering / Four Noble Truths / future / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / judgment / present moment / Second Noble Truth

Coming into relationship with what is

Coming into relationship with what is – that’s what we are doing in our practice. We can stop running around

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March 18, 2010 awareness / beginning meditation / Buddha's Brain / challenges / Dragons at the Gate / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / walking meditation

Curiouser and curiouser

I have been reading Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson because it’s the book my class read in my absence and

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Stephanie’s most recent book


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Stephanie Noble

Since 2004, Stephanie has taught her Thursday women's insight meditation group, now on Zoom. Contact for an invitation. She serves as a board member of the Buddhist Insight Network.

“Stephanie is an experienced Buddhist teacher with a deep practice and a very kind heart. My meditation group is fortunate to receive the benefits of her presence and teaching.”
– Rick Hanson, PhD., N.Y. Times bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Neurodharma, and other books

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  • ABOUT
    • TESTIMONIALS
  • AUDIO
  • BOOKS
  • CALENDAR
  • MARIN INSIGHT
  • MEDITATION
    • MEDITATION BASICS
    • PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH MEDITATION
    • THE UNVEILING SERIES
    • WOMEN’S MEDITATION CLASS
    • 10 TIPS TO CALM THE MIND
    • BIRTH OF BUDDHISM
    • BUDDHIST CONCEPTS
    • COMO MEDITAR
  • POETRY
  • CONTACT

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