Already we’re on day 5 of another 30 sits in 30 days. I haven’t sat yet today. I’m not following Soyen Shaku’s first rule: “In the morning before dressing, light incense and meditate.” My own rhythm is more like this: “In the morning before dressing, make tea, pick up notebook and fountain pen, write something. [...]
Four of the 12 people in our 30-day cyber-sitting Sangha got together last night to sit in the same room. We improvised, used yoga mats, sofa cushions, bed pillows and one chair. We sat for 30 minutes and it felt like 10 to me. The smell of incense, other people breathing and sitting still, Romeo, [...]
30 days ago today, one of my students had a brilliant idea. We were on hiatus from our weekly class (more on the hiatus and the class later), and without the support and encouragement that she got from the group sitting practice she was finding it challenging to get to the cushion every day. In [...]
