practice

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The Five Hindrances | Martin Goodson

These are the factors that hinder progress in meditation and daily life practice.

“Is there someone else I can ask?”

Exercises in Mindfulness
Why can life be so upsetting? Cut through the mental noise in this simple exercise. 

Chanting

Exercises in Mindfulness
The benefits of chanting are many! Find out how to get started in this introduction to a key component of Buddhist practice.

What is Samadhi Power?

Exercise in Mindfulness
Daily life practice gives us the key to freeing the mind.

Enter Sandman

Exercises in Mindfulness
What can we do about sleepiness during mediation?

Seeing is Believing, Right?

The iceberg story
There's far more to ourselves than we realise.

The Blind Men and the Elephant

How Forms Shape Perspectives
Why is it that we don’t see things clearly? 

Empty the Cup

How the inner narration prevents clear seeing.
Emptying your cup is a Chinese proverb used in Zen practice. Martin explores what this means for the training.

We use it every day but are not aware of it

Exercises in Mindfulness 
Buddha Nature is closer than you think!

The Foundation of Good Meditation and Mindfulness Practice

Exercises in Mindfulness
How do we create the mind body connection? This week we have some exercises to help experience why ‘the form’ is so important in Zen training.

How is the Zen Practice going? Tips for 2023

Exercises in Mindfulness 
With the Winter break over it’s time to get back to the training. We have some tips and tricks to get the ball rolling again and how to identify areas that need a little bit more effort.

What is Rohatsu?

Exercises in Mindfulness
The memorial to the Buddha's Enlightenment is a week long Zen retreat that tests the monastic's inner strength to the full.
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EXERCISES IN MINDFULNESS
GETTING STARTED
POEMS
SITTING MEDITATION (ZAZEN)
STORIES
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