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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Zohar Lavie – Week of May 6, 2024

Zohar Lavie

Zohar Lavie

We’re fortunate that Zohar Lavie has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions this week. To find out more about Zohar, 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 “Finding Balance in the Midst of Uncertainty”

 

Dharma teachings support us in meeting the wholeness of our lives with interest, gentleness and creativity. Acknowledging the inconstancy and flux of our experience, both joys and sorrows, with sensitivity and care nourishes a deep wellbeing. Through the week we will cultivate a nurturing environment through which to connect with challenging aspects of the human condition. By prioritising spacious tenderness over contraction and demand, we can find the liberation of the true heart’s release.

Acknowledging what’s here

May 6, 2024

Gentle curiosity

May 7, 2024

Inconstant and changing

May 8, 2024

Releasing contraction, opening wellbeing

Expanding spaciousness

May 10, 2024

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