Exploring ways to open more fully to the truth of impermanence and death, then looking at equanimity as an antidote to any tendency to swing between hope and hopelessness
Beginning by steadying and stabilising the body and heart-mind, then noticing our relationship to present-moment experience, opening to the simplicity of here ... now ... this ...
An exploration of the role of mudita, appreciative joy and gratitude, as a support for equanimity during challenging times.
Includes quotes from an interview with Rebecca Solnit on hope
https://onbeing.org/programs/rebecca-solnit-falling-together/#transcript
A short guided meditation beginning with a body scan, inviting any tension held in various parts of the body to release, then a few minutes of mindfulness of breathing
Suitable for complete beginners