Our Practice:
In the demanding and fast paced world we live in we need to take time out to stop and look
inside, to create a space within ourselves in which to hold our inner world and to see clearly
what is true, what brings us joy and what causes suffering. We do this through the practice
of Natural Meditation (Effortless Being) and Loving Kindness Meditation.

Natural Meditation (Effortless Being): is one of the central
teachings of the Buddha. Through opening to all experience we experience for
ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to
accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life
inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the
face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles
of our lives. At its heart is the practice of non-dual awareness, which cultivates a clear,
stable and non-judgmental awareness. In non-dual awareness we open to a space, our
true nature, in which we can include all of the sensations of body and mind and life.
While natural meditation is highly effective in helping bring calm and clarity to the
pressures of daily life, it is also a spiritual path, which gradually dissolves the barriers
toward the full development of wisdom and compassion.

Some of the physical and psychological benefits of meditation include, stress management,
feeling of centered-ness & balance, improved concentration, improved function of the immune
system, decreased anxiety, quieter mind, increased alertness and more energy and Creates a
less reactive mind in the face of difficult emotions.

Loving Kindness Meditation: It is a fact of life that many people are troubled by difficult
emotional states in the pressured societies we live in, but do little in terms of developing
skills to deal with them. Yet even when the mind goes sour it is within most people's capacity
to arouse positive feelings to sweeten it. The object of metta meditation is to cultivate loving
kindness (love without attachment, non-exclusive love) towards all sentient beings. The practice
usually begins with the meditator cultivating loving kindness towards themselves, then their
loved ones, friends, teachers, strangers, their enemies and finally all beings. It is a good way to calm
down a distraught mind because it is an antidote to anger and other difficult emotions. Someone who
has cultivated metta will not be easily angered and can quickly dissolve anger that arises. It is possible to be
more caring, more loving, and more likely to love unconditionally. It is my opinion that one should spend
some quality time practicing Metta meditation as a new meditation student to generate kindness
for self and others. When we start to practice meditation we need to have a great deal of
kindness and patients for ourselves as we constantly lose our balance and then come back
to the present moment, a committed presence, over and over till there is no beginning or end to presence.
The coming back to the present, to our true selves, generates the kindness and equanimity we need to
move freely through life.

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