What is MINDFULNESS MEDITATION?

• shamatha means calm, abiding, or resting in peace, which is also known as Mindfulness Meditation, as the foundation for cultivating self-knowledge and confidence in your own goodness, insight, and compassion.

• Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.

• While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis.

• We practice with our eyes open as this practice is inherited from Shakyamuni Buddha. Buddha means Awake, so this is a practice of awakening.  (When we close our eyes, it signals our body to sleep and our mind to get dreamy and hallucinate). 

• Meditation is called a practice.  We are practicing being awake, grounded, spacious and centered. We do this with our eyes open so that it becomes a familiar way of being that helps open to each moment and become more available to others when we are off the cushion and in the field of our daily life.

• Practice is different than perfect.  We are not trying to hold our eyes open and our mind empty.  We are practicing noticing when we do feel alert and present and when we don’t.  In this way we are also getting familiar with how our mind works, which is that sometimes it is full of thoughts and sometimes there are natural clearings.

Please note that this practice is taught only through the Receptive Class, with a combination of other practices. Click the button here below to book your class.