Charlotte Center For Mindfulness // Podcasts

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Mindfulness and a Spiritual Journey [2.12.25]
This is a sharing of how mindfulness became an unexpected core part of my own spiritual journey and path into and out of practice as a physician.
Sitting Meditation- Listen to Your Life [2.12.25]
This is a meditation on Fredrick Buechner's beautiful words. - "...Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and g
Sitting Meditation- Meditation as a Kindness [1.25.25]
The Tibetan teacher , Shabkar, said: To meditate without kindness is simply to inflict hardship on yourself. - What does this mean for you in this practice, right now? - - Please Note: The meditati
Bamboo
The softness of bamboo and water offer interesting teachings on strength and resilience. In this sharing we explore how bamboo houses and water can inform even the intensity of something like anger.
Sitting Meditation: Welcoming
The radical turn of mindfulness meditation is to meet whatever is here, instead of worrying about how to "fix" ourselves to stop whatever is coming up. This practice explores "The Welcoming Prayer." I
Sitting Meditation: Contemplation on Time/Space/Gravity and Now [12.3.24]
Gravity is a mysterious connecting force that is always available as an anchor. In this meditation, we open to a contemplation on the relation between time/space/gravity and this moment now. - - Ple
Growing Grass in Sidewalk Cracks [11.27.24]
Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life. -Jack Kornfield - In this sharing we explore both
Sitting Meditation- Gratitude Sitting Practice [11.27.24]
Gratitude can be a useful resource, but is not always accessible. In this practice, we start where we are, experimenting and exploring the region of gratitude. -
Relating to Tigers [11.13.24]
here are different ways of relating to the "tigers" we encounter in this life. In this sharing we explore two possibilities. - Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our po
Sitting Meditation- The Breath’s Connection with Everything [11.13.24]
This is a practice on the sanity of grounding with our inter-relatedness.