Hold on Tight
For several weeks, I had been meaning to attend a local group meditation practice: a sangha. I’ve been meditating irregularly for a few years. First, I would say it began with yoga nidra, which is a lying-down meditation I cannot recommend highly enough, especially for anyone who doesn’t get proper restful sleep at night. It’s powerful. Then, when I couldn’t afford that anymore, I started listening to recordings of Tara Brach’s guided meditations, and doing some on my own, using her RAIN method. I highly recommend that too. I might even say it changed my life. But really, all of the pieces came together to change my life, so it probably wasn’t just one thing. Anyway, after a while doing Tara Brach meditations, I got the itch to participate in something communal, with a group. But since we’re still in a pandemic, unfortunately, it has to be virtual. Finally, I made the time to attend one of these local sanghas online, on a gorgeous Sunday morning, when I wasn’t with the kids. The ...