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Why Mindfulness of the Body Is Important

Why Mindfulness of the Body Is Important

FromToward Light: Practical Buddhism for the Modern World


Why Mindfulness of the Body Is Important

FromToward Light: Practical Buddhism for the Modern World

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jul 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode begins a series on the four foundations of mindfulness. I explore the word mindfulness and then talk about the first foundation - mindfulness of the body. I discuss how embodied awareness can help us become antiracist. The link for the sutta is here. I read quotes from: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem and Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King.
Released:
Jul 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A weekly podcast exploring early Buddhist teachings and how they apply to 21st century life. Kate Spina is trained to share Buddhist teachings in the Theravada lineage. IG: @towardlight108www.towardlight.netinfo@towardlight.netToward Light is committed to continuing the tradition of the Buddha by making Early Buddhist teachings accessible to all who are interested in them. We offer multiple tools to help people cultivate and maintain a meditation practice and a spiritually-oriented life. Toward Light was founded to fill a gap in Early Buddhist meditation offerings, which have often been passed down through patriarchal lineage, and do not always take feminist and 21st century perspectives into account.