Use code SUMMERPRACTICE for a 25% discount on all On Demand Courses through August 31.

Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward / Kaira Jewel Lingo – Week of April 20

photo of Martin Aylward smiling
Kaira Jewel Lingo

Martin Aylward

Kaira Jewel Lingo

We’re fortunate that Martin Aywlard and Kaira Jewel Lingo have generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK this week.

Links mentioned during these sessions can be found at the bottom of this page.

To find out more about Martin, and to view his other contributions to Sangha Live, click here.

To find out more about Kaira Jewel, and view her other recordings on the platform, click here.

The fleeting nature of experience

April 20, 2020

Wholesome and powerful qualities

April 21, 2020

Honouring mother earth

April 22, 2020

Coming home to ourselves

April 23, 2020

Softening boundaries by reflecting on kindness

April 24, 2020

Links from this week’s sessions

Tuesday April 21st

Song Breathing in breathing out.

Lyrics and the guided meditation:
Breathing in, breathing out Breathing in, breathing out I am blooming as a flower I am fresh as the dew I am solid as a mountain I am firm as the earth I am free Breathing in, breathing out I am water reflecting What is clear, what is true And I feel there is space Deep inside of me I am free, I am free, I am free

Wednesday April 22nd

SongI entrust myself to the earth.

Satish Kumar article

Thursday April 23rd

Song “Arrived arrived“.

The words of the guided meditation:
I have arrived, I am home
In the here, in the now
I am solid, I am free
In the ultimate I dwell

Discover more from the Dharma Library

  • Ronya Banks

    Embodied Wisdom: the Fruit of Buddhist Practice

    Cultivating embodied wisdom can provide us with lasting equanimity in the face of life’s inevitable ups and downs. During this session, Ronya offers Buddhist practices and frameworks to help us access deep peace and profound contentment for life’s precious journey.

    Read More

  • Glimpse of Being

    There are many ways to practice mindfulness, from the focused and deliberate to the expansive and relaxed. In this session, Diana teaches about natural awareness, which is a wide open, spacious, effortless awareness of awareness. Learn simple meditative shifts and ‘Glimpse Practices’ to connect with our radiant awareness and the innate capacity we all have…

    Read More

  • How to Find Balance in Difficult Times

    Equanimity is balance that comes from wisdom; it’s our heart and mind’s capacity to roll with the inevitable challenges and changes of life without taking it personally, without falling into despair or hopeless. Rather than a bland state of neutrality, or a cold state of indifference, equanimity gives us a wide space to feel the…

    Read More

  • Mindfulness Approaches to Working with Anxiety

    Who is not anxious these days? Whether faced with the daily stresses of finances, jobs, responsibilities, parenting, family, or the ongoing anxiety of political events and ecological crisis, most of us are anxious. In the US, anxiety rates have risen to 18% of the population, and 25% in Europe for those struggling with depression and…

    Read More

  • Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison

    Wake up to your Life: Cultivating Courage & Compassion in the Everyday

    Awakening to Life means harmonizing our values and our actions. Many of us merely go through the motions, sleepwalking through the hours, without actually feeling alive. Cultivating courage and joy entails slowing down, paying close attention, and practicing being fully engaged with what each moment has to offer. Koshin Sensei will share Zen teachings and…

    Read More

  • Nina la Rosa

    Sometimes Bodhisattvas need a rest!

    The life of a bodhisattva can be tough. There is immense suffering on our planet at this moment in history. It can be joyful work, but it can also be difficult to live a life aligned with values such as serving others with compassion. How can the wisdom of the dharma help? Join Nina La…

    Read More