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Breathe in. Feel the energy, life force, the upward flow.
Aaah. Breathe out. Let go, relax, put down the load.
But in this messy jumble of troubles and issues that is my life, going with the natural ebb and flow of energy and release can seem irrational, counter-intuitive and even impossible. The patterns of holding and tension in my body and mind become the very flavour of what I know as ‘myself’. I’m holding myself together, holding myself up, in, holding back, holding forth – in obvious and subtle ways I am walled in by tension, with my thoughts buzzing around inside like bees trapped in a jar.
The Buddha taught a way of being where we can be realistic and engaged and, at the same time, free from unnecessary tension, able to hold experience in an open and compassionate understanding. Learning how to let go and give up the struggle is the very heart of Buddhist meditation and, with practice and commitment, we can become skilled at it.
Relaxing and letting go opens our perception so that we can know ourselves more intimately and see our dysfunctional patterns more clearly. The walls around our heart naturally melt and love and compassion can flow.
This course will offer practices for grounding and relaxation which can radically transform our meditation practice, so that we no longer struggle to achieve the meditative ‘state’, but rather learn to align ourselves with the meditative awareness that is already inherent in the very breath and body that is here now.