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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Milla Gregor – Week of 11 November, 2024

Milla Gregor

We’re delighted to have Milla Gregor leading our Daily Meditation sessions this week. May these sessions support and deepen your practice.

This week’s theme is: Warm Solitude, Beautiful Nature

 

There are many ways to be solitary, whether alone or in company. How might we cultivate a warm, friendly solitude? Nature is beautiful, both ‘out there’ and ‘in here’. How might we appreciate and support nature’s beauty? This week we’ll explore these questions together through practice, reflection and experiment.

Warm solitude - leaving one another alone without separation

November 11, 2024

Beautiful nature - woodlands as dharma teacher

November 12, 2024

Warm solitude - leaving ourselves alone without separation or banishment (Bhaddakeratta Sutta)

November 13, 2024

Beautiful nature - listening to the earth

November 14, 2024

Warm solitude - who's on your meditation bus? (dharma games)

November 15, 2024

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