The Four Noble Truths offer the fundamental roadmap for our practice. Our daily lives offer countless opportunities to integrate and embody our understanding of the Four Noble Truths. Bringing compassion to the dukkha of our lives helps them transform into wisdom and understanding. In this way, we learn to embody the Four Noble Truths.

Equanimity can be a dynamic balancing between the ups and downs of our lives. We also explore working with worry and the joy and wonder of equanimity.

Practice "being equally near" all aspects of our bodies, minds, and emotions.

Equanimity and the Brahma-viharas balance each other and bring about their full expression.

Meditation with Sympathetic Joy

Using "So Much Happiness" by Naomi Shihab Nye, we explore how releasing the sense of self allows unbounded happiness to emerge.

Guided meditation on Sympathetic Joy, including self, dear one, and friend whom you are envious of.

Sympathetic Joy sometimes reveals its opposite, such as envy or jealousy. This can be a gift that grows into wisdom.

When we relax the thinking mind, a natural joy is revealed, independent of the conditions of our lives.

Compassion meditation with the body and breath.