Slower, cheaper, less useful…
General meditation posts, may be crossed linked to the 10 Minute Meditation Community at work
Recently, I saw the movie “The Monk and the Gun.” It’s a beautiful movie highlighting Bhutanese culture and how it intersects with some more Western values.
As a culture which practices Buddhism, it seemed appropriate to have a metta meditation as our regular 10 Minute practice.
Here’s another iteration of ocean belly…thanks to Jeff Warren.
If you are familiar with Tara Brach, you probably know about RAIN meditation. We tried it today.
For more information about Tara and RAIN, go check out her RAIN Resources.
Is it February already? Yikes.
I had a wonderful time on my trip with a good buddy last summer, and Nashville was one of the stops. It turns out that someone I know is leading a 6-day meditation retreat there this October. I also have friends in the area, and…well…I want to go!
That’s Google’s version of a bike route. It’s 551 miles long, which is doable for me if I get back in bicycle shape. It seems even easier in that I would plan on spending a few days in Owensboro at the start of the trip, a week or more in Nashville, of course, and then a few days in both Chattanooga and Tuscaloosa.
These things never go exactly as planned, so I doubt that route will hold up if I can register for the retreat.
My friend from Colorado may also want to participate for at least some of it, and we have contacts in St. Louis. So this could easily turn into something bigger and grander. Or, as things do from time to time, it might just fizzle out.
I had a bit of a headache today, so it seemed like a good time to take a break at the ocean…heck, as the ocean.
In this one, we just let thoughts happen and welcome them without judgment. Easier said than done.
Here’s the meditation I led on my birthday…I managed to keep that to myself in the video.