For the Moment

Konda Mason is a dharma teacher and social justice activist. For our Buddhism and Ecology summit this past spring, Mason led a guided meditation on being present with the natural world. This practice helps us connect more deeply with nature by using all of our senses.

On September 14, tune in for another practice from the Buddhism and Ecology Summit, led by Tara Brach.

Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student. Today, she will guide us through a short practice to help us come to peace with what we can’t change – and ground our actions in what we do have control over.

Today, Kimberly Brown, a meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student, will guide us through a short practice on metta, or lovingkindness. Brown encourages us to extend metta to all beings in our lives—including people who we may not like or agree with.

This is the second of three practices from Kimberly Brown that we’ll be releasing over the next several weeks. Tune in on August 24th for Part Three, Accepting What We Can’t Change.

Meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student Kim Brown teaches us how to work with anger by moving toward, noticing, receiving, and loving sensations as they arise.

This is the first of three practices on anger from Kim Brown that we’ll be releasing over the next several weeks. Tune in on August 10th for Part Two, Loving the People You Don’t Like.

Loch Kelly is an author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist. In this short practice, Kelly demonstrates a technique for pain relief through “Effortless Mindfulness,” a synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions, contemporary psychology, and current neuroscience.

Abdi Assadi is a spiritual counselor in his 37th year of clinical practice. In this short practice, he guides us through grounding our conscious awareness in our physical body.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the technique of welcoming-offering, which can help foster compassionate exchange within our relationships.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates awareness of the outbreath as a path to open and relaxed presence.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the use of “panoramic vision,” a relaxation technique to help us take in our environment with increased openness and clarity.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the use of gentle touch to integrate body and breath, forming a bridge to open awareness.