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SUMMARY:Coming Home To The Body with Breath
DESCRIPTION:Imagine not being able to find your way home to your loved one’s\, to your friends and family. Imagine how traumatic this would be. And this is the same trauma we experience when we have split from our body and can not find our way back into the body. We have to find our way back home to our body if we want freedom from the prison of our minds. \nThe Buddha was teaching us to breathe through the body\, feelings\, mental formation and all mind objects with calm.  The anapanasati meditation\, the mindfulness of breathing is teaching us to come back to the body. \nThe journey of wisdom is learning to find our way back to the body. But some of us have lost our way home because our bodies were violated in childhood. To protect ourselves we made sure nobody was at home in our body. We switched all feeling off. \nIf we are able to find our way back home. Turn all the\nfeelings back on in the body. We will learn to turn towards our direct experience unfolding in every moment. \nIn Vipassana meditation we are saying come back to the body\, come back to the breathing\, inhabit your body\, and be in direct experience with whatever is arising in the now. \nThe body is the home for all of us. It’s where we live all our lives\, and if we are not at peace in our body\, we will not be at peace in any other areas of our lives. We have to learn to befriend our body\, and not treat it like an enemy. And know it is safe to have our feelings now. \nWe come home to the body with breath. (This is an edited version from Vimalasara’s new course for Insight Timer launching September 10th) \nThree tips for practice \n\nBreathe\nDo nothing when discomfort\, comfort or neutral sensations arise in the body or mind\nBe kind and compassionate to yourself by remembering to pause\n\nVimalasara (Valerie) was the co-founder and guiding teacher of Healing and Insight\, an online faculty that explored the sharp edges of suffering. Award-winning author of 8 books\, she is the co-founder and co-author of Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction\, with 8 step meetings in 3 continents. And she is also the co-founder of Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery. Vimalasara is a senior teacher in the Triratna Order and Community.
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LOCATION:BRN Academy
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