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How do we stay connected to the essence of practice through life’s changing forms?

With Christelle Bonneau recorded on September 17, 2017.

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How do we keep meditation practice alive, both firm enough and flexible enough to respond to our changing needs, health issues and practical considerations? How do we stay connected to the essence of practice day-to-day, and make peace inside with reality as it actually is?

In this session we explore a few different forms of meditation, and a few postures and micro-practices that can be used at any time in the day. Above all, we clarify what makes a real, honest and engaged practice, that goes beyond physical postures and sitting meditation, to meet life’s difficulties with an aware and loving attitude towards oneself and others.

We look at the vision we have of things and the quality of the relationship we have with life, and we reflect on the way we are affected by the experiences we create out of them.

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