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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Jaya Rudgard – Week of October 3, 2022

Jaya Rudgard

We’re fortunate that Jaya Rudgard has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Jaya, and to view her other contributions to Sangha Live, click here. Recordings will be posted by the end of the day of the live session.

 

This week’s theme is “The Practice of Courage in Everyday Life”

 

Courage is an essential quality in life and on the spiritual path and it comes in many guises. Anything that challenges our unhelpful habits requires a capacity for determination and the stretching of our comfort zones. This week’s morning meetings will reflect on some of the ways we can cultivate courage in meditation and daily life and resource ourselves to meet the challenges of living in these times.

 

Courageous qualities and setting intentions

October 3, 2022

Finding courage in the face of difficulty

October 4, 2022

The spirit of adventure

October 5, 2022

Please note that due to technical issues, the last 20 minutes of this session was frozen.

Thursday meditation

October 6, 2022

Please note that due to technical issues, the recording of today’s session ends at the 33 minute mark.

Friday meditation

October 7, 2022

Please note that there is a brief freeze during the meditation, but the session resumes after a minute or so.

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