Balancing Active and Receptive Mindfulness with Rebecca Bradshaw

Online via Zoom

Skillful practice involves balancing the active and receptive components of a moment of mindfulness. Given dominant society’s leaning towards more active modes of being, we will encourage engagement with the Buddha Dhamma from the paradigm of receptivity, allowing ourselves to be touched by life and recognizing our deep belonging in this world. By dropping out of our usual mind-oriented relationship with the world and down into the body, we will nourish awakening from the heart. Our time together will include meditation, a dharma talk, and time for questions and discussion.

About the Instructor:

Rebecca Bradshaw, author of Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart, has practiced vipassana and metta meditation since 1983 in both the United States and Burma. A Guiding Teacher Emeritus of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, she has been teaching since 1993. “My passion is encouraging students to drop into embodied presence, and grounding this presence in wisdom and lovingkindness. When a sense of love and kindness underlies our practice, we can explore life deeply in a truly integrated way, bringing together mind, heart, and body. Wisdom then holds it all in spaciousness. I especially enjoy connecting with young people in the Dharma and teaching students on longer retreats.” For more information about Rebecca and/or to make a donation to support her teaching, visit her website at www.rebeccabradshaw.org.