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Meditations
The foundation of practice:
Cultivating loving awareness
Mindfulness of the breath
When beginning a meditation practice, the breath is often a helpful anchor to use to bring us back to the present moment. The breath gives us life, connects us to all other life, and is ever present. Whenever we are swept up by unpleasant thoughts, we can ground ourselves with the breath.
Mindfulness of thoughts
We spend a lot of our day in default mode, where we aren’t really connected to the moment and are caught up in a constant stream of thoughts. Mindfulness can illuminate the space between a thought and reality, creating space for peace, stillness, and resilience.
Body scan
Mindfulness is a practice that is rooted in somatic experiences. It is meant to be experienced, rather than conceptualized. Body scans are a great way to practice mindfulness by reconnecting to physical sensations in the body. Reconnecting to your body is the first step in discovering your true nature.
Loving kindness
Loving Kindness, or Metta, is the practice of seeing the goodness in ourselves and others. It allows us to break free from the us versus them mentality, and connect to our common humanity. This meditation can be used to reconnect you to your true nature.
Mindfulness of emotions
So many of us are disconnected from our emotions. Awareness and acceptance of our emotions reconnect us to our humanity and give us agency in how we interact with the world. Learn to recognize your emotions, and stay grounded in the midst of discomfort.
Open awareness for equanimity
An open awareness practice cultivates a mind that is vast and spacious, like the sky, so that we can find more balance and ease in the midst of chaos. It is the root of equanimity, or the ability to find composure and balance in the midst of our entire human experience. Though we can never avoid suffering, we can learn to expand our awareness so we remain grounded in the face of adversity and struggle.
Self-compassion with RAIN
Self-compassion is often a difficult practice for people to access, as we tend to judge and shame ourselves instead of offering love and understanding. Using the RAIN meditation, we can learn to access compassion for ourselves when we’re experiencing difficult emotions. Use this meditation to discover self-healing when you are stuck in a cycle of reactivity or tangled in painful stories and difficult emotions.
Elemental meditation
We spend most of our lives constructing stories about ourselves and who we are, and this never ending race wears us down. Elemental meditations are a powerful tool for leaving that race and reconnecting to our true nature. This meditation is best when practiced outdoors, where you are more connected to the Earth, but can be done in any space appropriate for meditation.