Zen Commuter

Karma is a word we have all heard, but as westerners we really don't fully understand it.  So how about you and I figure it out together.

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Today I share an article from Tricycle that helps us become more responsive and less reactive.  It was written by Trungram Rinpoche and is titled The Power of the Third Moment.

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Meditation itself is pretty easy, but the things that trip people up are concerning a consistent practice. Today I talk about the quitting spiral, and how to not have it paralyze you.

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There are multiple ways of sitting when meditating, but today I want to revisit posture notes that will allow you to meditate without discomfort.  I will also give my honest opinion of a meditation cushion, or Zafu as it is named.  Come listen.

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Our lives are a constant mix of exhibiting our humanness and our higher self. Each day we have moments of kindness and compassion mixed with worry, selfishness and hate. It’s the nature of our life here on Earth. Today I talk about how sometimes being in the depths of despair can lead us to realizing our divinity.

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Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR® Institute (www.pabrinstitute.com) with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 12 years. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute gave her the foundation to develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions.

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There are three things that come to mind that might have the ability to derail a practice before it starts.  Let's get ahead of them today.

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Yesterday we talked about what a sankalpa is.  Today we are going to discuss how to create a sankalpa. It's made possible by a great post in Yoga International by Kelly McGonigal.

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There are some words that even though they are linked to Buddhism, make their way into common meditation practice. Such is the word Sankalpa.  Today we talk about the word, and how it differs from a mantra.

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For many types of meditation, the breath is the most common focus.  But whether it is the focus or not, at the beginning of many sessions deep breaths are practiced.  Today, let's perfect our ability to take nice deep breaths.

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