*Audio Only* When was the last time you were soft with yourself? For some, this is a foreign concept, indeed. Bringing a sense of tenderness to the relationship with ourselves can allow us to be more open, more compassionate, and just have an over-all better life experience. This talk is followed by a guided meditation that allows us to begin to cultivate such a softness. 

Referenced:  The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron

Poem:  Gentle by James Crews
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**Audio Only**  In this guided meditation we walk through resting our awareness in the energy centers of the body.  !Please note: I forgot the heart chakra.  My apologies!

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*Audio Only* What is our relationship to Joy? Do we give ourselves permission to feel it, to cultivate it, to focus on it despite the difficulty in our lives and our world. In this talk we delve into these questions among others so we can understand more fully our innate capacity for joy (and that we are worthy of it). The talk is followed by a 15 min guided meditation. 

Poem "Adrift" by Mark Nepo

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**Audio Only** When we delight in the happiness of others, we access a connection of spirit that dissolves all sense separateness. Sympathetic Joy or being happy for another’s happiness is one of the four highest qualities of the heart in Buddhism. It is innate in each of us and always accessible, though many things and ways we have experienced life may make it seem otherwise. This talk is followed by a 20 min. guided meditation that walks us through cultivating greater access to this quality of heart. Poem "For Celebration" by John O’Donohue.

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**Audio Only** In our culture, attaching ourselves to a strong set of certain beliefs is central to who we think we are as individuals. But in Buddhism, it is said that attachment is the very core of our suffering. What can we learn about how attached we are (to things, beliefs, ideas, people) and how to allow ourselves to step back from those attachments so we can see the true nature of things in the world?

*Audio Only* We have the strength to approach the world in an open-handed way, rather than with a closed fist. Bringing this sense of tenderness and compassion to our experience can help us immensely to grow into a more authentic relationship with ourselves and the world.

There is so much power is acknowledging what is happening in the present moment, what situation you find yourself in right now, how that feels, allowing it to be there whether we like it or not. Its not necessarily about liking it or wanting it to be that way, but in the allowing we open space to choose how we will be with it. And in that lies the

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This week we talk about the pillars of mindfulness, what Jon Kabat-Zinn calls the Attitudinal Intentions of Mindfulness. The talk is followed by a guided meditation.

**Audio Only*** We live in a goal-oriented society; “where do you see yourself in 10 years?”.  We are always encouraged, told specifically and directly, that doing, accomplishing, attaining, striving is the way toward something, toward happiness.  We are never told to just be, that it’s okay to be in a state of non-striving.  The talk is followed by a 25 minute guided meditation.  Poem:  Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

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