Tag: Vipassana

Let’s get physical

Over the past few days I have come to see how the body almost dictates our feelings. Now I would like to think that it’s mind over matter, but it appears to work in reverse of that. Whenever you are…

So what happens next?

OK, so I sat down and did my meditation, but now I have to deal with regular life. Life off of the cushion, and outside of meditation. This was actually a question that was brought up by a Sangha member…

Breathing made easy

So last nights meditation was Vipassana (Mindfulness) meditation. But first I would like to share some advice I read recently about breathing. And that is, if you are doing mindfulness meditation and start feeling overwhelmed with disturbing emotions, it’s quite…

Three forms of meditation (Part 3)

Vipassana meditation Listening to Thought In opening the mind, or ‘letting go’, we bring attention to one point on just watching, or being the silent witness who is aware of what comes and goes. With this vipassana (insight meditation), we’re…

Letting go of nothingness

Last night as I began my meditation, I decided to try something different. I usually either do Loving kindness (Metta) meditation, where the focus is on loving myself and all other beings. Or I do Mindfulness (Vipassana) meditation, where my…