This is day twenty four of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, in our dharma talk we will explore working with pain & discomfort. Everyone without exception encounters pain. Most of us have the conditioning to not like pain, to be afraid of it. It's a signal to pay attention. Often in the West, pain is considered to be bad and not natural, and that it needs to be controlled. But often, our reaction of not liking and being afraid of the pain can end up taking over and our body and heart contract.

The invitation here is to turn toward the pain because working with pain and discomfort can bring huge freedom in our life. 

We will practice with a 20 minute meditation as we explore what is arising with an open and kind heart.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Je Te Vois - Kora

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day twenty two of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, in our dharma talk we will explore working with trauma & fear. The reaction to trauma is natural and common-- the way the body-mind is trying to protect itself, so it's natural to move towards healing. This body wants to heal. And with this, the very place of trauma became transformed into a place of profound awakening and freedom.

This can be a heavy subject-- but if we can remember what Ernest Hemmingway said, “We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in,” we can pay attention to the cracks in a beautiful, creative way.
 
We will practice with a 20 minute meditation as we explore what is arising with an open and kind heart.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Time To Time By Time - Ultimae | records 

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day twenty two of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, in our dharma talk we will explore the practice of "forgiveness."
Why forgive?
When do we know when it is time to forgive?
What does forgiveness offer us?
How do we do it?
 
We will practice with a 20 minute meditation as the thoughts and emotions arise as we practice forgiveness of ourselves and others.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Time To Time By Time - Ultimae | records 

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day twenty one of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, we will explore the practice of "Tonglen," originally taught by Trungpa Rinpoche to his students like Pema Chödrön, who has taught me through her teachings. We will start with a dharma talk where I share about Tonglen, a buddhist technique to breath in suffering, and breathe out loving compassion  for ourselves and for the world. Then, we will drop into a 20 minute meditation where we can practice Tonglen with all the thoughts and emotions that arise.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Prism 4 - Alex Theory

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day twenty of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, we will explore the common humanity of us all. We will start with a short dharma talk and then drop into a 20 minute meditation where we can practice bringing different humans to mind and saying, "that person is just like me." This allows for us to feel our interconnectedness so that we will take care of each other and rebuild a more connected and kind world.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Sleep Well (Lauge Rework) - Endless Melancholy + Quiet Dust - Blurstem + The Circle - Chihei Hatakeyama, Field Works

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day nineteen of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, we will explore the fourth brahmavihārā, the last Divine Abode, equanimity, upekkhā. The brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues. Equanimity is the balance among it all. The steadiness. We don’t need to get taken away by the storm. We can watch, notice, observe,  zoom out and respond.

We will start with a dharma talk and then drop into a 20 minute meditation where we can practice tuning into the qualities of equanimity and balance.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Miraviglia (Beatless) - Bross (RO) + Verses III - IV (Jupi/ter Edit) - Benoît Pioulard

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day eighteen of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, we will explore the third brahmavihārā, the third Divine Abode, empathetic joy, muditā. The brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues.

Fundamentally we are joyful creatures. Yes life is suffering, life is also joy. We have to have both! Can you see the joy in this moment? Can you  feel it? We will start with a dharma talk to explore these questions and then drop into a 20 minute meditation to practice tuning into empathetic joy and feeling it somatically in our bodies.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Paddy Field (Sleeping Pill Mix) - Happiness - Jonsi & Alex + Levity - v e n n

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day seventeen of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

In this episode we we explore the second brahmavihārā, compassion (karuṇā). The brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues. Compassion literally means to suffer together. It's the feeling that arises when we encounter suffering, and we feel motivation to relieve it. 

We will drop into a 20 minute meditation where you can practice karunā, compassion and feel it in your body, right here, right now.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Los Océanos - Julia Gjertsen, Nico Rosenberg + Sunfall - B.A.X. + Kassel - Robot Koch + Fire Tree - Keeno + acedia (ov) - deadmau5 + Agua - Oliverio Sofia

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day sixteen of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

In this episode we explore the first brahmavihārā, loving-kindness (maitrī/mettā). The brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues. 

We will drop into a 20 minute meditation where you can practice tuning into practicing mettā, loving-kindness with a loved one, someone you experience difficulty with, and yourself. The more we practice, the easier it can become. ❤️

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Upon the Winds of Change - Marty Hicks, Luis Miehlich

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.

This is day fifteen of a 29 day journey where you will learn the fundamentals of mindful meditation while syncing yourself with the cycles of the moon, the gorgeous feminine mass in our solar system. Begin this podcast on the new moon to follow the cycle that is outlined over the next Synodic month: The harmonization of the movement of both the sun and the moon.

Today, we will explore a brief overview of the brahmavihārās, the Four Divine Abodes. The brahmavihārās are a series of four Buddhist virtues. Over the full moon cycle, we will practice meditations made to cultivate each one of them. 

1. loving-kindness or benevolence (maitrī/mettā)
2. compassion (karuṇā)
3. empathetic joy (muditā)
4. equanimity (upekṣā/upekkhā)

We will drop into a 20 minute meditation where you can practice tuning into each brahmavihārā.

Resources + Connection:
More info on my practice | The Makaranda Method @themakarandamethod
Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield | Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program (MMTCP)
Learn more about Vedic Astrology and Multi Dimensional Time | Ayurveda Dave @ayurvedadave
Music | Paddy Field (Sleeping Pill Mix) - Mariposa - Chronotope Project

Thanks for listening! To stay connected, follow us on Instagram @themakarandamethod and @eleanor.evans.medina

Visit our website: www.themakarandamethod.com

About Eleanor Evans Medina:
Eleanor is a spiritual teacher, formally trained marriage & family therapist, death doula, bee keeper and daughter of the Earth. She founded her private practice, The Makaranda Method in 2018. She guides her students towards self-discovery and healing by reconnecting them with love for our Mother Earth. Through one-on-one, group coaching and retreats, Eleanor helps her students release energetic blockages to connect with their intuition for greater peace, freedom, and authenticity.