What I find really cool is how he communicates with her, and establishes a mutual understanding of the situation. I feel this is very tricky to wrap one's head around when I try to help or get help from others. He should do a video on communication, this is great!
revisiting this 2 years later and it still has helped so much...If you are working with fear and sadness and know mindfulness Shinzen style this is very helpful indeed.
This has been very helpful, I've watched it and parts of it many times. There are many applications of technique so when I'm dealing with the "samadhi pain" I usually find something that helps. I know this is about intense emotion rather than feeling unbearable, but the stuff about simultaneously zooming in and out at 35:00 has worked for me very well.
Wonderful video. Skeptical about how much easier it is to break through physical pain even with considerable powers of mindfulness, I cite Adyashanti who has the same medical condition I do and is significantly more practiced. But I have spent countless hours especially in the evening holding nevre pain in awareness and once it gets to a certain point it sure feels like something deeply primal kicks in to do something about and is just awash with ego's aversion. There is no catharsis. Just a neural cricuit that is so ancient our considerable powers of attention cannot override or change their effect on us.
My comments should be read in reverse order relative to their position. There used to be a saying in A.A. - "you are only as sick as your secrets". Sharing is good. Sharing saves lives, if you're into that.
To my horror, my meditations revealed an interesting difference between Steph's experience and my own. I didn't just believe that I would be killed, but that I should be killed. I had carried this secret belief for 59 years. This "core" belief had been simmering beneath my consciousness for a long time and these marvelous techniques exposed that long held feeling. Equanimity, indeed.
Oh and I remember now being a bit shocked that Steph would so openly share her process on youtube...this is a bit beyond meditation teacher :-) I have been working with her since the end of 2009 I think. after my Mom passed I was sure I would break-half many times...she gently, lovingly and kindly was able to help me through some majorly "difficult" times.
bamboosa...ditto...I would quite say it that way though! So glad to see Steph put it up again. For me it was not just Shinzen's guidance but the whole interaction.
I thought that my "bhanga" (catharsis) experience was eerily identical to Stepanie's so when this session was first posted I gave it my complete attention. When I mindlessly walked into walked into a speeding Escalade in March 2012 I had a lot of opportunity to engage in this very protocol. A wheelchair life presents some interesting challenges, and considering I had been crossing the street without injury for over a half century, my survival demanded some major concentration and clarity.
ok, I am on a roll here, but I was remembering a few weeks ago when I was needing some "help" Steph was in retreat, BUT I found one of the cd's of one of our sessions from june 2011 and it pretty much addressed what I needed for that moment and more. I feel that Life which is totally intelligence knows what we need. I mention this because this video helped me in a very similar way. For me there is so much transmitted in such a Livingness of ones Life and interactions etc.
What I find really cool is how he communicates with her, and establishes a mutual understanding of the situation. I feel this is very tricky to wrap one's head around when I try to help or get help from others. He should do a video on communication, this is great!
revisiting this 2 years later and it still has helped so much...If you are working with fear and sadness and know mindfulness Shinzen style this is very helpful indeed.
Very helpful. Thank you both for sharing!
This has been very helpful, I've watched it and parts of it many times. There are many applications of technique so when I'm dealing with the "samadhi pain" I usually find something that helps. I know this is about intense emotion rather than feeling unbearable, but the stuff about simultaneously zooming in and out at 35:00 has worked for me very well.
So thankful this was posted on UA-cam 💖
Wonderful video. Skeptical about how much easier it is to break through physical pain even with considerable powers of mindfulness, I cite Adyashanti who has the same medical condition I do and is significantly more practiced. But I have spent countless hours especially in the evening holding nevre pain in awareness and once it gets to a certain point it sure feels like something deeply primal kicks in to do something about and is just awash with ego's aversion. There is no catharsis. Just a neural cricuit that is so ancient our considerable powers of attention cannot override or change their effect on us.
wonderful, thank you.
24:40 Holy shit that’s what happened to me during my mushroom trip.
This session saved my ass when it was originally posted.
My comments should be read in reverse order relative to their position. There used to be a saying in A.A. - "you are only as sick as your secrets". Sharing is good. Sharing saves lives, if you're into that.
To my horror, my meditations revealed an interesting difference between Steph's experience and my own. I didn't just believe that I would be killed, but that I should be killed. I had carried this secret belief for 59 years. This "core" belief had been simmering beneath my consciousness for a long time and these marvelous techniques exposed that long held feeling. Equanimity, indeed.
Oh and I remember now being a bit shocked that Steph would so openly share her process on youtube...this is a bit beyond meditation teacher :-) I have been working with her since the end of 2009 I think. after my Mom passed I was sure I would break-half many times...she gently, lovingly and kindly was able to help me through some majorly "difficult" times.
bamboosa...ditto...I would quite say it that way though! So glad to see Steph put it up again. For me it was not just Shinzen's guidance but the whole interaction.
I’ve been dealing with working with something similar, but for me it’s the muscle tension only that’s distressing. Can’t get it to release!
I thought that my "bhanga" (catharsis) experience was eerily identical to Stepanie's so when this session was first posted I gave it my complete attention. When I mindlessly walked into walked into a speeding Escalade in March 2012 I had a lot of opportunity to engage in this very protocol. A wheelchair life presents some interesting challenges, and considering I had been crossing the street without injury for over a half century, my survival demanded some major concentration and clarity.
ok, I am on a roll here, but I was remembering a few weeks ago when I was needing some "help" Steph was in retreat, BUT I found one of the cd's of one of our sessions from june 2011 and it pretty much addressed what I needed for that moment and more.
I feel that Life which is totally intelligence knows what we need. I mention this because this video helped me in a very similar way. For me there is so much transmitted in such a Livingness of ones Life and interactions etc.
Pure nonsense.