Today we sit with a practice in which we look at the mood of the mind. By tuning in to the general mood, we can see how the mind is responding to experience, not just with thoughts, but with the overall state of mind.

My body hurts today, so I thought I would offer a practice I enjoy doing with the body. We are going to practice by extending metta toward the body. We will move through the body, extending metta toward each different part of the body.

Today we are doing a practice with the Second Establishment of Mindfulness. We will begin with the body, and open up to feeling the feeling tone in our experience.

Today we are doing a mindfulness practice in which we bring our awareness to the thinking mind. The mind is constantly thinking, and this practice is  great way to investigate the thinking mind with awareness and clarity.

Today we are doing an alternate metta practice, cultivating the heart of kindness and friendliness toward others and ourselves!

Today we are doing a mudita practice, extending appreciative joy to ourselves, a good friend, a neutral person, and a difficult person in our lives.

This meditation is recorded from our online meditation group on Tuesdays at 6:00pm. We start with a body scan, and open our awareness to see what is present in the body.

Today we are practicing mudita, or appreciative joy. This is the practice of rejoicing in the joy that others experience.

Today we are practicing compassion, cultivating a caring heart toward the suffering of ourselves and others in our lives.

Today, Elizabeth leads us in a practice of investigating gratitude.