Kristina Baré is an insight meditation teacher, therapist, and Somatic Experiencing practitioner. She has trained primarily in the Burmese lineages of Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw and Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw. She enjoys supporting students deepening samadhi, loving-kindness and insight. Opening the door to an expansion of the heart and to liberating wisdom. In support of the Buddha’s teachings, Kristina also draws on knowledge from western psychology and Somatic Experiencing. She invites a kind, patient, and embodied approach as a base for samadhi, loving-kindness and insight meditation practices.
Guided instructions moving from body and breath through calming, subtle joy, and contentment toward the wholehearted attention of the third tetrad. The practice invites a gathering of body, heart, and mind while holding the map lightly and responding to the territory of present-moment experience.
An exploration of samādhi as a gathering of body, heart, and mind into wholeness. The talk considers how mindfulness, contentment, joy, and letting go support this natural settling, and how the steadiness and clarity of samādhi provide a foundation for insight and deeper freedom.
A guided exploration of calming the body and breath, with practices for settling the body, softening effort, and cultivating ease. The instructions emphasize patience and receptivity, while offering ways to work skillfully with agitation, distraction, and other experiences that arise.
Exploring the first four steps of mindfulness of breathing: knowing the breath, experiencing the whole body, and inviting the body to calm. The talk emphasizes finding a sustainable balance of energy and relaxation, supported by interest, patience, friendliness, and trust in the unfolding of practice.
Forgiveness can support releasing the heart from patterns of resentment and emotional pain. It supports the heart to more fully open to loving-kindness
When strong experiences such as fear, grief, shame or desire become predominate in our awareness, we can meet them with mindfulness and interest. Asking “what is happening?” rather than “why is it happening?”. With mindfulness we can feel emotions as ripples of sensations within the body that arise, peak and fade when we dont feed the story in the mind. At times we need to fortify mindfulness by turning to other parts of the body such as feet or hands to allow for more space around intense sensations. This helps us not get caught in aversive tightening in response to the emotion.
