Part 3 from the GBF 2023 Fall Retreat is now available:
"Extending the Retreat into Your Daily Life"
How do we embody in our lives the practices we learn and the qualities we develop on retreat?
In this talk, Donald Rothberg examines how we can 'bring the retreat home' with us and make our practice real in everyday life. He suggests key methods for accomplishing this, including:
A rich Q&A dialogue follows.
In this talk, Donald Rothberg examines how we can 'bring the retreat home' with us and make our practice real in everyday life. He suggests key methods for accomplishing this, including:
- Become grounded in one's body.
- Meditate on a different quality each week, such as impermanence, reactivity, non-self,
- Commit to engaging in one heart practice daily: loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, or equanimity (the Four Immeasurables).
- Set an intention before each interaction with others, such as kindness, empathy, or presence.
- Examine the priorities in one's life and then commit to following one each week.
A rich Q&A dialogue follows.
Listen on your favorite podcast player or the GBF website:
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