What if we never closed ourselves off to mettā, but always had an open door towards it? It takes a courageous heart. So when we feel that our bodies, hearts, and minds are being gripped and colonized by fear and rage, we can turn towards this practice as a refuge, to protect us so we don’t get swallowed up.
Talks
December 5, 2024
| 48 min 27 sec
Mettā as Refuge
Leslie Booker
Leslie Booker
Residential Retreat Teacher, Movement Teacher
Booker is a heart-centered activist and meditation teacher focused on creating a culture of belonging. A co-author of Practicing Liberation, she was a 2020 Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellow, graduated from Spirit Rock’s Teacher Training, and was named one of Mindful's 12 Powerful Women. She's the Guiding Teacher of NY Insight.