42 min
Our Origin Story: It's Not Easy but It's Worthwhile with Karuna Meditation Happy Hour: Tea, Talk, and Truth with Karuna
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"I think it's Pema Chodron in her book The Wisdom of No Escape, she goes to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and she's like, I'm doing everything wrong in my [meditation] practice, I can't visualize, I can't do this, I can't do that. And he just sort of pats her hand and says, Sweetheart, I always wonder about the people who say it's too easy. I wonder what's going on there. And that's been a big inspiration for me because I don't think it's easy. I think it's worthwhile."
"Just recently I discovered that if you put in the hard work, that calm thing that yoga journal likes to promote, I believe it is possible and that it's more attainable. You can touch it more frequently if you really do have a consistent [meditation] practice, but it is literally that consistency that's going to get you there. And sometimes it's hard to get to the consistency because it doesn't necessarily feel good in the beginning, so, part of a strong meditation practice is the stick-with-it-ness, and you kind of just have to trust that other people have done it in the past before you and that they. Their wisdom is boomeranging back."
~Karuna, Founder & Executive Director of Mind Oasis
Show Notes & Links 🍵🔊🙌
2022 MindOasis Yoga Immersion
~deepen your practice on and off the mat!
Get Involved & Learn More ~ https://mindoasis.org/
Free guided meditations as well as live, interactive meditation classes led by expert meditation teachers!
"I think it's Pema Chodron in her book The Wisdom of No Escape, she goes to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and she's like, I'm doing everything wrong in my [meditation] practice, I can't visualize, I can't do this, I can't do that. And he just sort of pats her hand and says, Sweetheart, I always wonder about the people who say it's too easy. I wonder what's going on there. And that's been a big inspiration for me because I don't think it's easy. I think it's worthwhile."
"Just recently I discovered that if you put in the hard work, that calm thing that yoga journal likes to promote, I believe it is possible and that it's more attainable. You can touch it more frequently if you really do have a consistent [meditation] practice, but it is literally that consistency that's going to get you there. And sometimes it's hard to get to the consistency because it doesn't necessarily feel good in the beginning, so, part of a strong meditation practice is the stick-with-it-ness, and you kind of just have to trust that other people have done it in the past before you and that they. Their wisdom is boomeranging back."
~Karuna, Founder & Executive Director of Mind Oasis
Show Notes & Links 🍵🔊🙌
2022 MindOasis Yoga Immersion
~deepen your practice on and off the mat!
Get Involved & Learn More ~ https://mindoasis.org/
Free guided meditations as well as live, interactive meditation classes led by expert meditation teachers!
42 min