Meditation can be a challenging practice for both beginners and long-time practitioners alike. It can also be profoundly healing, grounding, and transformative when we have a healthy understanding of what the practice is and what it is not and continue to open ourselves to fresh guidance in how to engage it skillfully.
I have practiced and studied meditation for nearly 20 years because it is the single most effective way for me to feel that I have the mental, emotional, and energetic resources that I need to face anything that arises in my life. Meditation gets me through the hard stuff, and meditation helps me be more present for the good stuff.
In addition to my graduate school training at Naropa University, I have studied under the direct guidance of several highly skilled and realized meditation teachers including Rev. WonGong So, Dr. Larry Ward, Shinzen Young, Lama Rod Owens, and Repa Dorje Odzer.
Foundational to establishing, maintaining, and refreshing a disciplined meditation practice is ongoing training with experienced teachers and the support, motivation, and inspiration of practice companions and community. Understanding how to adapt and specialize meditation practice to meet you right where you are right now in your life (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually) is key to experiencing the kind of deep and sustaining refuge that a regular meditation practice can provide.
There are as many styles and techniques of meditation practice as there are thoughts in your head. Together we can find the ones that resonate most for you and that compel you to truly look forward to spending time in meditation as one of the best parts of your week.
Just as the ocean’s salty water taken into the clouds turns sweet, the stable mind works to benefit others, and the poison of the world turns into healing water.
songs of saraha
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