The Most Precious Thing In Our Lives

Expand and explore your own experience of breathing by finding certain paired qualities in the inhalation and exhalation. Establish a healthy state of mind, and then establish selflessness. Find the precious character of your breath, and use that to build compassion....

Relinquish, Rejoice, Respire

In this guided meditation, we purify our minds by attending to the compassion in our thoughts, and paying careful attention to the sensations associated with breathing. Complete this guidance by listening to the associated Dharma Talk. This guidance was given on...

Enjoy Letting Go

In this evening’s guided meditation, we practice enjoying our in breath and letting go during our out breath. We then recite a goal statement during our out breath. Complete this guidance by listening to the associated Dharma Talk. This guidance was given on December...

Undoing Breath

Jeff Hill, a resident at CML, leads us in a breath meditation. Rather than emphasizing a doing, Jeff encourages us to un-do old patterns of attention. We then focus specifically on our out breath and finally explore what we are thankful for with our minds and bodies....

Concentration to Equanimity to Thankfulness

On the evening of Thanksgiving, Toby Sola, a CEDAR resident, leads us in a meditation. We begin by focusing on and clarifying the experience of breathing, which develops concentration. We then add to the exercise by taking a moment to smile and be our own best friend...