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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Wiebke Pausch – Week of December 4, 2023

Wiebke Pausch

Wiebke Pausch

We’re fortunate that Wiebke Pausch has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Wiebke, 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 topic is “Exploring the Art of Radical Rest”

 

Conditioned and surrounded by a restless culture, we are constantly driven towards self-optimisation and self-improvement. Our practice is often affected by the striving and the effort to become a perfect meditator. We will explore together how to rest in the midst of all that is unfinished and imperfect. When we allow ourselves to rest deeply, experience can unfold naturally and we come into contact with the very essence of being alive.

 

Why Radical Rest?

December 4, 2023

Resting shamelessly

December 5, 2023

Striving to become a perfect meditator

December 6, 2023

Trusting gravity

December 7, 2023

Our collective rest will save us

December 8, 2023

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