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

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July 20, 2019 chanting / meditation / meditation techniques / thoughts / Vipassana

A wacky way into wordless wonder

Thoughts are formed by words that prompt images of places and times that pull our attention away from here and

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August 4, 2018 anger / aversion / difficult emotions / difficult person / meditation / thoughts

Grudges, pet peeves and other tangled mental knots

  One of the greatest benefits of meditation for me has been to be able to see thoughts and emotions

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October 11, 2015 Five Hindrances / future / thoughts / worry

Worried? Read on!

Last week I had jury duty, so I made sure my calendar was clear in case I had to serve

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June 9, 2015 Anapanasati Sutta / emotions / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / thoughts

Thoughts & emotions in meditation, continuing the Anapanasati Sutta

In our continuing exploration of the Anapanasati Sutta, the Buddha’s teaching on mindfulness of the breath, we now come to

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March 22, 2015 being present / Five Hindrances / gravitational pull / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / mindfulness / thoughts

Gravitational Pull and the Five Hindrances

Meditation is the practice of being present in this moment, becoming more skillful in how we relate to our experience

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January 20, 2013 emotions / Four Foundations of Mindfulness / Garden/Jungle Analogy / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / thoughts

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

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January 13, 2013 emotions / Four Foundations of Mindfulness / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / Mary Wagstaff / O Magazine / poem / Third Foundation of Mindfulness / thoughts

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

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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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December 31, 2010 awareness / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / noticing / spaciousness / thoughts

Noticing: Thoughts on the Beach

Walking on the ocean’s edge yesterday, I noticed huge clumps of kelp, all tangled like beached whales. This, I thought,

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September 29, 2010 Buddha Nature / habitual patterns / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / inner exploration / Third Noble Truth / thoughts

What keeps us from knowing our Buddha Nature?

Central to Buddhism is the understanding that there is no place to get to, that enlightenment is not some distant

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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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