10 Days of Silence and Meditation in Rural Illinois
/In September of 2017, I took a second course, this time at Dhamma Pakasa in rural Illinois.
Read MoreI began practicing mindful meditation on Feb 12, 2015.
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Takeaways: Gil Fronsdal's Intro to Mindfulness, Class 5, Daily Life Practice
/I’m listening to Gil Fronsdal’s five Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation podcasts, which were recommended to me as good listening for novice meditators. My prior posts were about “Posture and Breath”, “The Body”, “Emotions”, and “Thinking”. This post is about the final lesson, Week 5, “Daily Life Practice”.
Read MoreTakeaways: Gil Fronsdal's Intro to Mindfulness, Class 4, Thinking
/I’m listening to Gil Fronsdal’s five Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation podcasts, which were recommended to me as good listening for novice meditators. My prior posts were about Week 1, “Posture and Breath”, Week 2, “The Body”, Week 3, “Emotions”. This post is about Week 4, “Thinking”.
Read MoreTakeaways: Gil Fronsdal's Intro to Mindfulness, Class 3, Emotions
/I’m listening to Gil Fronsdal’s five Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation podcasts, which were recommended to me as good listening for novice meditators. My prior posts were about Week 1, “Posture and Breath”, and Week 2, “The Body”. This post is about Week 3, “Emotions”.
Read MoreTakeaways: Gil Fronsdal's Intro to Mindfulness, Class 2, The Body
/I’m listening to Gil Fronsdal’s five Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation podcasts, which were recommended to me as good listening for novice meditators. The last post was about Week 1, which focuses on Posture and Breath. This post’s about Week 2, focusing on "The Body”.
Read MoreTakeaways: Gil Fronsdal's Intro to Mindfulness, Class 1, Posture and Breath
/I mentioned in the last post that Gil Fronsdal’s five Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation podcasts were recommended to me as good listening for novice meditators. Each podcast is an hour and a half long and a recording of a class taught at the Insight Meditation Center. I don’t know how good a course it is overall, but I’m listening to it and will note my takeaways as I go. This post’s about Week 1, Posture and Breath.
Read MoreProgress Report: Four Months!
/Almost four months in and I’m meditating 15 minutes a day. I was doing ten-minute sessions for a while, and thought I’d keep it at that. Ten minutes felt like a sweet spot—long enough that it felt impactful, brief enough that it’d never be a scheduling burden. And yet here I am at 15 minutes, and once again convinced I’ve found the sweet spot. This mindfulness thing grows on you...
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