Tuere Sala
Tuere Sala is a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Retreat Center. She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 30 years. Tuere is committed to lay practice and inspired by bringing the Dharma to nontraditional places. She is a strong advocate for practitioners living with high stress, past trauma and difficulties sitting still. Tuere has been teaching since 2010 and has a long history of assisting others in establishing and maintaining a daily practice. Tuere can be contacted at tueresala.org and at https://www.dharmaground.org.
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Oct 25, 2021 - The Importance of Practice
In the beginning of practice, we just observe what’s happening. But if we stay with mindfulness, with effort and concentration, we begin to build a real willingness to be here. And we begin to know tension. Tension in the body is a signal that there’s a habit here. We’re trying to see a moment in time—what’s actually happening in that moment—and it’s usually tension! Some amount of not wanting what the moment is offering us, wishing it was better, or wishing we could get rid of whatever is present. But right in that tension, that is a moment that we can awaken.