Wise Effort & the Elements
The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path is an excellent tool to investigate what’s up in your life at this moment. ‘Why
Category: Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Three Marks or Characteristics
Over the past many months of exploring the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, we have looked at the nature of impermanence.
The Awakening Factors
The regular practice of meditation develops a refined quality of attention to the micro-events of the present moment experienced through
What’s Up with all the Buddha’s Lists?
All matter and all experience is conditioned, dependent on something else having happened or existed. Try to think of any
Come Home to the Senses — Day Long Retreat
In the midst of a series of extremely cold windy days, the morning of our daylong retreat started with more
It’s a Jungle In There! Coming into Healthy Relationship with Our Minds
Continuing with our focus on the Third Foundation of Mindfulness… Imagine ‘pleasant’ ‘unpleasant and ‘neutral’ as seeds scattered in the garden
Third Foundation of Mindfulness – Awareness of Mental Phenomena
Last week we discussed the Second Foundation of Mindfulness and in class we practiced noting whether a current experience was
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness — Feeling Tones
To most of us the word ‘feelings’ is pretty much interchangeable with the word ‘emotions.’ But the Buddha grouped emotions
Positions – First Foundation of Mindfulness
Last class we focused on the breath as the first aspect of the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This week
The Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness – an introduction
In our meditation practice we notice physical sensation, emotions and thoughts as well as any insights that arise in the
