Charlotte Center For Mindfulness // Podcasts

Please join us for a guided sitting meditation on grounding and re-centering through body and 5 senses.

Today’s offering is a bit like a patchwork quilt of odd pieces that have been present in my heart over the last week that, at least to me, come together in an interesting pattern or whole.  These include research about joy in babies, thoughts on what makes a good day in the midst of deep suffering, and a poem from Kabir– I Said to The Wanting-Creature Inside Me.

Please join us for this short teaching and guided meditation.  Thanks!

Join us in this sitting meditation as we explore accessing the four foundational qualities of the heart: goodwill, appreciative joy, compassion and equanimity.  

Mindfulness teacher Christina Feldman says, when practicing with the heart qualities,   “ it’s not the feeling that matters most, but rather the intention.”   This simple insight is freeing for practicing with strong heart even when we are not “feeling it.”  This week we explore this beautiful insight.

Today I draw upon the wisdom of Darlene Cohen in her article, “One Button At a Time” about working with chronic physical pain and how beautifully those teachings apply to chronic emotional pain as well.

This body scan is a deep centering and grounding for the nervous system.

In this meditation, we take the time to acknowledge whatever pain and hurt might be present, and then to ground and re-center our own nervous systems in order to make ourselves more present in a healing way in our world .

For this week of so many layers of pain and hurt in our nation, we take the time to acknowledge the pain, to ground and re-center our own nervous systems, and to look at ways to help support healing in our world by not being part of the problem.

Please enjoy this sitting meditation that begins with grounding in body and breath, and then moves into insight questions contemplating agreements of care with ourselves. If you would like to join the live group, we meet Wednesdays at 930A ET on Charlotte Center for Mindfulness YouTube channel. (5-27-20)

This week is part 2 of the second agreement- Don’t Take Anything Personally- from Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, The Four Agreements. (5/22/20)

“I long as does every other human being to be at home wherever I find myself.”  Maya Angelou Please enjoy this short teaching and body scan based on being at home within ourselves. (5/22/20)

Please enjoy this sitting meditation that begins with grounding in body and breath, and then moves into insight questions to contemplate around life. If you would like to join the live group, we meet Wednesdays at 930A ET on Charlotte Center for Mindfulness YouTube channel. (5/20/20)

Today we look at the 2nd Agreement from Ruiz’s book, The Four Agreements– don’t take anything personally. (5/20/20)

Today we look at the first agreement from Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, the Four Agreements and how it relates to a need for deep self-acceptance. (5/13/20)  

Please enjoy this sitting meditation exploring the physicality of the 4 elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water in the body, using this physical nature of body as a resource for grounding. If you would like to join the live group, we meet Wednesdays at 930A ET on Charlotte Center for Mindfulness YouTube channel. (5/13/20)  

Enjoy this sitting meditation from the Community Drop In Group on goodwill, empathy and letting go– three basic foundations for all of mindfulness practice. If you would like to join the live group, we meet Wednesdays at 930A ET on Charlotte Center for Mindfulness YouTube channel. (5/6/20)

Today we explore the archetypal story of Cinderella and how it relates to the basic attitudes of meditation of goodwill, empathy and letting go. (5/6/20)

Today’s teaching on the poem Birdwings from the poet Rumi, and knowing how to swim safely in riptides.

Please enjoy this guided mountain sitting meditation from our Wednesday Morning Community Mindfulness Drop In on 4-21-20.  If you would like to join the live group, we meet Wednesdays at 930A ET on Charlotte Center for Mindfulness YouTube channel. (4/21/20)

This week we explored an Akido Story from Terry Dobson and how it relates to our own moment to moment life and practice. (4/14/20)

Today we are looking at the quality of curiosity as inspired by the Unwinding Anxiety app. This is a beautiful app for very practical mindfulness based skills for working with anxiety that can make a big difference. (4/1/20)

In this sharing, we explore the insights of the old Brothers’ Grimm story,  The Water of Life, and how these insights relate directly to our lives. (2/11/20)

Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drums. “Come back, come back.” This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. -Rumi In this podcast we explore re-invigorating our practice as a means of turning towards what we deeply love. (2/4/20)

Boundless joy, not to be mistaken for frenzied exultation, is delight in others’ happiness. It banishes jealousy and stabilizes our capacity for engagement. – Anne Klein Today’s sharing is about tapping into the joyous capacity of the heart in order to strengthen and ground ourselves in the midst of challenges. (1/20/20)