To be awake in life means engaging with intention in order to develop attention and attitude. To put this into practice calls for us to slow down, open, and observe ourselves and life happening. Sitting meditation is a time-honored means of practice. In sitting regularly, we can learn to relax, give space to and receive experience. With growing courage, we can learn to be vulnerable, which helps us to recognize what is true. If we can open to modes of dissonance, destabilizing, and dismantling, we can encourage “the deep to come to the surface.” Over and over we can be re-configured and re-born into the moments of this life, as we sit. We can learn to move with the knowing, intelligence and wisdom available as life itself unfolds and unfolds.

In this workshop we will focus on the practice, challenges and benefits of sitting meditation, all in service to waking up. Each week will include guided sitting practice, discussion and dialogue around intentions and experiences in a life of wakefulness. Between classes, assignments for formal sitting practice and inquiry in daily life will provide inspiration for our collective learning.