Charlotte Center For Mindfulness // Podcasts

Charlotte Center For Mindfulness // Podcasts


Latest Episodes

Sitting Meditation- Recognizing Gift Moments
July 30, 2025

In this version of a loving-kindness practice, we pay particular attention to how we meet our moments of distraction.

When We Wake Up “Empty and Frightened”
July 22, 2025

Night time worries, sleeplessness and morning "dread" are all prevalent as we deal anxiety in our changing world. In this sharing, we will explore a neuroscience based understanding of why this is so

Sitting Meditation- Compassionate Resonating with Breath
July 22, 2025

One useful way to settle into a practice is to use the breath to attune or "resonate" compassionately with whatever is present in the body/mind/heart.

Flowing With Change
July 14, 2025

This sharing invites a grounded reflection on the 2 basic fears of impermanence: that we cant hold on to what we want and that what we dont want will last forever. - Through a meditative inquiry,

Sitting Meditation- Changes on a Mountain
July 14, 2025

A mountain meditation is a beautiful opportunity to explore a sense of a calm abiding mountain strength unmoved by the the endless natural changes of passing seasons, years and eons of time. It helps

Learning to Swim
July 07, 2025

Wise understanding of the true nature of impermanence is akin to learning to swim in the ocean's ever changing waves. - - - *Please note: technical difficulties throughout this podcast. We are wor

Sitting Meditation: Flow of Our Being
July 07, 2025

We tend to think of ourselves as solid separate entities but just a bit of investigation into our true nature we find we are part - physically, not metaphorically - of a flow of changing elements rela

Our Good Friend Sati
June 20, 2025

Last week we looked at Bhikkhu Analayo's understanding of sati or mindfulness as a good friend always available to us. This week, we come back to this with a personal reflection or contemplation prac

Sitting Meditation- Knowing Our Belonging
June 20, 2025

Being aware of the physical elements of Earth, Air, Sun and Water in the body can be an opening to seeing into a more intimate relationship with ourselves and all around us that is naturally wise and

Deepening Our Understanding of Mindfulness
June 12, 2025

This sharing draws from teachings of Andrew Olendzki's lovely short article, What's In A Word, Sati, from Tricycle and Bhikku Analayo's book, Satipatthana Meditation, both of which make clear that our