Mindfulness is like a hand to hold things; how and why and want to hold? The need for correct application, correct object, correct way of holding. The breath and its vitality.

Sati - the quality that allows remembering; different types of bodies we can experience inwardly through mindfulness of our physical senses and the mind; cultivating feelings from honesty, calm, patience and metta/ loving kindness - cultivating the citta/ heart; four places to live in a complete practice; wise attention; what do I feel/ feel like? Sankharas or energies / vitalities in the body; feeing oneself from the trap of the senses using the body of the breathing ; what knows how to breathe? Cultivating the experience of anapanasati - purifying through breathing. Discovering and working with tensions in the body - widen and soften. Breathing calm and patience into the body, nursing the body.

Talk from the 4th daylong

This talk reviews the core elements of mindfulness and how we use it to uncover our intentions

A reflection on the "five Spiritual faculties", intrinsic capacities of the human mind, open and are known in spiritual practice. Howe the relate to balance and balance each other.

The Third Foundation #2: Further Instructions and Ways of Practicing Based on the Text

The Third Foundation #1: Initial Instructions, Key Terms, and Ways of Practicing

The practice of the four foundations of mindfulness can help us to overcome the four distorted perceptions; and lead us to freedom of the heart and mind.