Recent Meditations

TEACHER: Kevin Lacroix
THEME: Returning to the body
MEDITATION: Focusing on body sensation
INTERACTIVE: External sights and sounds

Kevin:  A teacher of mine recently advised: to make a meal, go into the kitchen; to attain samadhi (deep concentration/meditative absorption), go into the body. And so, for the final sit of the CEC’s month of Concentration practice, we bring our focus to body sensations. For the interactive second-half, we will explore our ability to focus on body sensations, external sounds, and sights amidst distractions.

TEACHER: James Maskalyk
THEME: Subtle is significant.
MEDITATION:  Relaxed awareness
INTERACTIVE:  Mixtapes  V

James:  Meditation is not something best saved for the cushion.   It finds its most unique expressions as it enters our daily lives.  I asked Shinzen once how often he meditated, and he said, “all the time”.  At first I thought he meant he as always using a technique, but I believe now he meant there was an aspect of awareness of the present moment, its rising and passing, available throughout his experience.  We are going to work with that in this week’s sit, the subtle awareness, not single-pointed concentration like breath-counting, but a flimsier, lighter version that can be painted gently on our experience.  Then, in the interactive session, we are going to lie down, tune in, drop out, and get played by music.