Your Mindful Coach

This teaching introduces Mara, a god who tempted Buddha with desire, fear and hatred, before his enlightenment. Mara visits us often but we have the opportunity to work with it. The accompanying guided meditation invites the practitioner to bring to mind a difficult situation in their life and explore the emotions that inhabit the body. As we explore this emotion, it may shift and evolve. When we sit with it, we allow it to unfold. In a sense, we sit with the difficult emotion and share tea together because it will be with us whether we like it or not. Parts of this meditation are from Tara Brach's wonderful talk, www.tarabrach.com/inviting-mara-to-tea-3/