March 21, 2021 | 28 min.

Bringing Equanimity to the Experience of Impermanence and Dukkha

Alisa Dennis

Understanding the truth of impermanence supports the practice of equanimity and cultivating equanimity strengthens our understanding of impermanence. We are often conditioned to want things to be different from how they are. Whenever we find ourselves thinking that things would be better if they were different, we are in our egos or separate selves. This creates suffering. This meditation is an invitation to explore first bringing compassion to the experience of dukkha, then opening to equanimity as space and acceptance of how things are in the present moment.

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March 21, 2021 | 28 min.

Bringing Equanimity to the Experience of Impermanence and Dukkha

Alisa Dennis

Understanding the truth of impermanence supports the practice of equanimity and cultivating equanimity strengthens our understanding of impermanence. We are often conditioned to want things to be different from how they are. Whenever we find ourselves thinking that things would be better if they were different, we are in our egos or separate selves. This creates suffering. This meditation is an invitation to explore first bringing compassion to the experience of dukkha, then opening to equanimity as space and acceptance of how things are in the present moment.

March 21, 2021 | 28 min.

Mettā to Self

Alisa Dennis

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March 21, 2021 | 28 min.

Mettā to Self

Alisa Dennis

March 20, 2021 | 49 min.

The Truth of Impermanence and Death as Transformation

Alisa Dennis

"There are infinite opportunities for us to notice impermanence all around us. Nature is a never-ending dance of arising and passing away. It's never static, never fixed. The flower bud opening into a blossom, leaves falling from a tree, the sun rising and setting, the moon waxing and waning, ocean waves swelling, cresting, crashing and receding, or birdsong that emerges and dissolves back into silence—impermanence is everywhere. All of these sights and sounds are reminders of this dance and how, if we hold things lightly, we can live more in the flow of life, open to this mysterious intelligence that animates everything."

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March 20, 2021 | 49 min.

The Truth of Impermanence and Death as Transformation

Alisa Dennis

"There are infinite opportunities for us to notice impermanence all around us. Nature is a never-ending dance of arising and passing away. It's never static, never fixed. The flower bud opening into a blossom, leaves falling from a tree, the sun rising and setting, the moon waxing and waning, ocean waves swelling, cresting, crashing and receding, or birdsong that emerges and dissolves back into silence—impermanence is everywhere. All of these sights and sounds are reminders of this dance and how, if we hold things lightly, we can live more in the flow of life, open to this mysterious intelligence that animates everything."

March 19, 2021 | 36 min.

Natural Awareness of the Sense Doors

Alisa Dennis

Establish the stable base of the body sitting, and feel the support and stability of the earth beneath you. No matter what floor you may be on, arriving in your space, feel the ground rising up beneath you—ground supported by the foundation of the building you’re in, the foundation of the building supported by the earth. Feeling into this connection, grounding, allow the weight of the body to settle into the support of the earth. As the body begins to relax, you may feel the lower half of the body connecting more firmly with the earth, and sense the subtle pull of gravity toward the ground beneath you.

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March 19, 2021 | 36 min.

Natural Awareness of the Sense Doors

Alisa Dennis

Establish the stable base of the body sitting, and feel the support and stability of the earth beneath you. No matter what floor you may be on, arriving in your space, feel the ground rising up beneath you—ground supported by the foundation of the building you’re in, the foundation of the building supported by the earth. Feeling into this connection, grounding, allow the weight of the body to settle into the support of the earth. As the body begins to relax, you may feel the lower half of the body connecting more firmly with the earth, and sense the subtle pull of gravity toward the ground beneath you.