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Centering: The Gift to Ourselves and Others - Online

In this time of crisis and uncertainty, our mind can move towards confusion and fear, or towards clarity and connection. Our practice gives us tools to stay present with the swirl of mind states and emotions that naturally arise as well as the centeredness to respond with wisdom and compassion. Even more, we can be Thich Nhat Hanh’s “calm person in the boat” transmitting our own centeredness to others in our lives. Just as fear is contagious so is the collectedness that we develop within ourselves.

Join us in this 5-day online retreat. Practice at home, but not alone, as we support each other in deepening our connection in the midst of it all.

2020-04-27 (5 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  
2020-04-28 Finding Your Center (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:22
James Baraz
How can we find balance in the times of great distress? The process of first connecting with out experience, then holding what's here and finally accessing that place of peace and spacious awareness that can hold it all are discussed. Practices to help find our center are offered.
2020-04-29 Wednesday Morning Instructions (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:00
James Baraz
2020-04-30 Your Practice as a Gift to Others (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:49
James Baraz
Our own centeredness and kind awareness becomes one the greatest gifts we can offer others who are in distress. Without fixing or changing our compassionate presence is healing and a source of our own inner well-being, especially when we do't identify with being "the helper".
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