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

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Category: meditation practice

February 1, 2020 Eightfold Path / jhanas / meditation / meditation practice / Spirit Rock Meditation Center / Wise Concentration

The heart of the practice

In our ongoing exploration of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, using the Cooking Pot Analogy that I created years ago to

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January 25, 2019 concentration / meditation / meditation practice / meditation techniques

Butterfly mind knows where to find the sweetest nectar

Because this butterfly metaphor has helped me in my meditation practice, I have put together this image in the hopes that it will help you, too. Please share freely! – Stephanie

October 5, 2018 Buddha / concentration / meditation practice / Seven Factors of Awakening / Siddhartha

You can focus like Siddhartha under the ficus

Twenty-six hundred years ago, under a tree, a seeker named Siddhartha Gautama sat in meditation, determined not to stop meditating

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September 28, 2018 dharma / meditation practice

Dharma, dharma everywhere — even in my just published short story!

Yay! My short story The Homecoming  is in the Fall 2018 issue of the Birdland Journal, an online publication that celebrates

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March 31, 2018 difficulty meditating / direct experience / meditation practice

Your Meditation Practice

In the last post we looked at the Buddha’s insights into three core marks or characteristics of existence. The most

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July 15, 2017 benefits of meditation / dukkha / happiness / joy / meditation practice / sukha

How does happiness happen?

My granddaughters are seven and five years old. Their definition of happiness is getting what they want when they want

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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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July 24, 2016 breath / listening / meditation practice / meditation techniques / poem / Vipassana

Befriending the Breath

In the vipassana meditation tradition we are taught to focus on the breath. Why? Aren’t there more interesting things to

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December 3, 2011 awareness / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / loving kindness / meditation / meditation practice / power / Vipassana

Three Aspects of Mindfulness Meditation Practice

Last Thursday we spent more time than usual in class practicing, exploring and clarifying three aspects of meditation practice. (Blog

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November 14, 2011 collage / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / meditation practice / retreat / silence / Spirit Rock Meditation Center / Sylvia Boorstein / walking meditation

Day Long Retreat

Last Thursday, instead of a 90-minute class, I led a day-long silent retreat at the guest house and gardens of

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Stephanie Noble


Stephanie Noble, author of 'Asking In, Six Empowering Questions Only You Can Answer', has been teaching insight meditation since 2004, and sharing her dharma posts since 2007. She serves as a board member of the Buddhist Insight Network. She teaches her Thursday morning Marin Insight women's class on Zoom. Contact for an invitation.

“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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