The following talk looks at the idea of monkey mind and how we can work with the mind and its countless thoughts without trying to control it. The meditation includes a guided visualization that works with this concept. Check out Mooji, who I reference in the talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VsXNURolJc.

Enjoy this brief practice that helps work with a challenge or difficulty in our life and helps us open to possibility as we let go of what we can and let be what we can't.

In this short meditation, we scan through the body, noticing and allowing our experience.

I have countless inspirations for this talk and the accompanying body scan and inquiry practices including Lester Levenson who created the Sedona method and so many of my teachers and guides. You'll find meditations at the 2:45 and 22:30 marks. Enjoy.

The ancient Tale of the Two Wolves suggests that within us exists a fearful side and a loving side. The one that grows is the one we feed. Many of our most beautiful qualities: empathy, compassion, joy and connection are the product of practice. This meditation invites the practitioner to consider the qualities that they intend to cultivate and encourage.

This practice brings awareness to the body through a gentle scanning. The body supports us in being in the present.

One of the principles of mindfulness meditation is bringing the mind, heart and body together. We spend quite a bit of time "in our head." This practice invites you to drop below the neck and into the body, feeling sensation with the body itself as opposed to analyzing it with the mind.

In this guided practice, we open to the experience of sound around us. Sound can be a powerful anchor to presence. The meditation concludes with a poem, Everything is Waiting For You, by David Whyte.

Today's talk begins with a guided lovingkindness meditation based on the work of Thich Nhat Hanh and concludes with a reading from Pema Chodron.

A guided meditation inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh