(from the 2014 IMCW New Year’s retreat) This meditation shifts attention from form to the formless source of all Being. Discover and rest in continuous space, filled with the light…
We spend many life moments in a trance of thinking. This meditation awakens the senses through a body scan, and attention to sound. We then rest in the presence that…
The meditation begins with a body scan, filling the body with aliveness. Then we widen attention, becoming aware of the sounds that are happening moment-to-moment, aware of the sensations, feelings,…
Tara leads a guided Metta meditation with instructions….
A guided Lovingkindness (Metta) meditation from Tara….
In our everyday life we are conditioned to feel that life is happening to us, or that we are the doer. This meditation deconditions that self-centrality by bringing attention to…
…meditation will help cultivate access to relaxed attentiveness and a pathway to ease-filled sleep. Visit Community Wisdom on Sleep In French: Détendue le jour, et dormir la nuit venue- trouver…
Our suffering comes from tensing and resisting the life that’s here. This meditation guides us to relax and awaken our body and senses, and resting in presence, allow life to…
The pathway to presence does not involve efforts or striving. As you will find in this simple, gentle meditation, a vibrant and healing presence is possible as we wake up…
Vipassana meditation with Instructions (from 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat)……
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of…
When our hearts open to the life that is here, just as it is, we discover vast loving presence. This meditation engages the smile as we scan through and awaken…
…flow of life. The meditation ends with the poem, “Hokusai Says” by Roger Keyes. Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. He…
Our habitual ways of avoiding pain keep us from experiencing intimacy with our inner life and with each other. This short talk and guided meditation offers instruction in saying “yes”…
…feelings in the foreground. As we let go into the sea of presence, we discover am increasing sense of wholeness and peace. The meditation ends with a brief lovingkindness prayer….
When we attune to the inner body, we discover a field of energy and aliveness that is the portal to pure presence. This meditation guides our attention to the inner…
When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In this meditation, we rest in this open awareness, and when the attention narrows into…
This meditation awakens the senses with a mindful scanning of the body, establishes an anchor for presence, and invites us to arrive again and again, deepening the pathway home. When…
While meditation begins with purposeful collecting of attention, it leads to non-doing presence, to Being. In this guided practice, we arrive in presence through a body scan and attention to…
…evolving ourselves beyond the anxiety that grips and confines our lives. Listen: Part 2 – Healing Anxiety – How Meditation Frees Us Visit: Community Wisdom on Sleep “Be empty of…
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