I asked my teacher 'How long until I understand?' He laughed, genuinely amused.
'The question is the practice.' I wanted guidance, not riddles.
What shifted for you when you stopped seeking answers in your practice?
Read more
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-practice-of-not-knowing-7a04cc3267c3
#yogateacher #spiritualteaching #rishikesh
#yogaphilosophy #meditation #presence
#spiritualjourney #contemplativepractice #mindfulness
I learned ahimsa in Rishikesh, non-harming. But never connected it to my own body.
I did not eat meat, tried to be kind. But pushing through was harm.
Where in your life might you be practicing harm while calling it discipline?
#ahimsa #yogaphilosophy #nonharming
#yogawisdom #embodiedpractice #selfcare
#yogateachings #contemplativepractice #mindfulness
I asked my teacher 'How long until I understand?' He laughed, genuinely amused.
'The question is the practice.' I wanted guidance, not riddles.
What shifted for you when you stopped seeking answers in your practice?
Read more
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-practice-of-not-knowing-7a04cc3267c3
#yogateacher #spiritualteaching #rishikesh
#yogaphilosophy #meditation #presence
#spiritualjourney #contemplativepractice #mindfulness
Day five in Ubud, I realized I'd been treating meditation like a problem to solve.
My teacher said 'sit with the question, don't chase the answer.' I felt resistance rise.
What questions are you sitting with right now?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-practice-of-not-knowing-7a04cc3267c3
#meditation #spirituality #uncertainty
#contemplativepractice #mindfulness #questions
#yogaphilosophy #spiritualgrowth #beginner'smind
There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
#mountains #meditation #himalayas
#contemplativepractice #mindfulness #spiritualjourney
There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.
Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.
What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?
#impermanence #nature #buddhism
#mountains #meditation #himalayas
#contemplativepractice #mindfulness #spiritualjourney
I spent thousands traveling to India to learn meditation from gurus. My grandmother had been teaching me the same practice every summer in Granada.
I traveled to India. My grandmother taught me in Granada.
Who was your first teacher?
#meditation #authentic
#contemplativepractice #grandmotherwisdom
#mindfulness #culturalheritage #familywisdom #traditionalwisdom
Who taught u how to be still before you knew what meditation was? Before studios, before apps, before the word 'mindfulness'?
My grandmother taught me to breathe 'the way mountains breathe' when I was 10
Who was your first teacher?
Read the full reflection
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-stillness-bbc2dff19f7b
#meditation
#grandmotherwisdom #contemplativepractice
#mindfulness #presencepractice #stillness #familywisdom
10 years old, barefoot on cool tiles, watching my grandmother water jasmine. She never called it meditation, she showed me how mountains breathe
Years later in yoga class: 'find your breath.' I already knew. Abuela taught me
Who taught u stillness first?
Read more
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-stillness-bbc2dff19f7b
#meditation
#contemplativepractice #stillness
#mindfulness #presencepractice #familywisdom #breathwork
For everyone who learned stillness from a grandmother who never used the word 'mindfulness'. The first teachers rarely call themselves teachers.
Training helps us recognize what was always there.
Did your grandmother teach you presence?
#grandmother #meditation
#contemplativepractice #familylegacy
#intergenerationallove #mindfulness #culturalheritage #presencepractice
The first time I ran in Swedish winter darkness, I couldn't see ahead.
Streetlights made pools of orange. Beyond that, just darkness. My feet learned to trust what eyes couldn't see.
Read what winter darkness taught me
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-in-the-swedish-dark
#winterrunning #trust #mindfulness#embodiedpractice #nordiclife #presence#darkmornings #contemplativepractice #runningmeditation
Tema Semanal: El Silencio como Maestro Interior
El Silencio como Maestro Interior no es una mera ausencia acústica, sino la disciplina fundamental para el despertar espiritual que el Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis promueve como base de la transformación planetaria. Este silencio consciente actúa como una herramienta de ecología interior, permitiendo que la mente, aquietada de la narrativa materialista, acceda a la sabiduría y la claridad necesarias para la toma de decisiones éticas y la manifestación de una economía espiritual. Al reconectar con la esencia mediante esta presencia profunda, el ser humano reconoce la interdependencia de la vida y se empodera para construir una sociedad justa, alineando la paz interna con los imperativos de los derechos humanos y la sostenibilidad.
#InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SpiritualAwakening #ContemplativePractice #InnerMastery #SilenceIsWisdom
Top ten posts in October 2025
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Hey, Plain, Washington! I’ve missed you!
Yours truly regularly posts on #meditation and #ContemplativePractice, and have been engaged in a fairly intensive practice for 50 years now ... and I feel I'm starting to kind of get the hang of it. :)
Earlier this morning I linked to a piece of mine on the recent history of #mindfulness :
https://thesideview.co/journal/deconstructing-mindfulness/
(Some additional pieces are in my Mastodon bio.)
#introduction into:
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