This sharing explores teachings from the book, Difficult Conversations. This book examinesthe ways conversations we care about can so easily get "hijacked," and ways to help us stay grounded in havi

The is a meditation on bringing care to our internal "bad student"-- i.e. meeting the part of us we want to get rid of, the part we see as disrupting our meditation. This willingness to meet our troub

This is a practice of grounding in the physicality of here and now in a way that naturally allows a connecting with our experience in alignment with our deepest values. This basic practice of the Arr

We explore three necessary steps for a healing, empowering acceptance that more deeply engages us with meeting life as it is.

How does welcoming things as they are-- not as we want them to be, but as they actually are in this moment now-- open to healing? This meditation is a chance to explore working with a radical, freeing

Acceptance is a mind/heart quality that is so easily misunderstood... What is the difference between a reactive (i.e. fight/flight/freeze) misunderstanding this quality and an empowering opening to li

We use the Arriving Sequence (Arriving, Being Available, Aligning) to ground ourselves in order to open to an exploration-- what does it mean somatically, emotionally with curiosity to be accepting in

Contemplating our "elemental" nature is a powerful way of breaking apart a sense of a separate self and understanding how fundamentally we are part of a flow of all things.

This meditation again explores the "Arriving Sequence" from Phillip Moffit and Dharma Ground. These 3 steps of 1) arriving, 2) being available and 3) aligning with our values and what inspires us is s

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