Reflections on Disappointment
Rashid Hughes
During this talk with the Bhumisparsha Community, Rashid explores how he holds disappointment. To watch the full video click here: https://www.bhumisparsha.org/events/2020/12/16/community-dharma-sharing
Learning To Live Again
Ayesha Ali
During this talk at Heart Refuge, Ayesha explores how meditation practice supports her capacity to live as a portal for love to flow through rather than a source for others to feed off of.
When I Hit Rock Bottom
Rashid Hughes
During this short talk at Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community for People of Color, Rashid reflects on the wisdom and potential within the experience of brokenness.
We Need Each Other
Ayesha Ali
During this talk at Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community, Ayesha explores the importance of community as a spiritual practice. Ayesha also encourages listeners to find ways to stay connected when times are tough and when times are ok.
Aggression Masquerading As Compassion Part I
Rashid Hughes
We talked about Rashid’s original dharma talk of the same title - how it is he came to explore the embodied sensations related to aggression through his yoga practice; how aggression-as-compassion is a manifestation of living in bodies that have sustained trauma from colonization and racialization; the incredible importance of “rest” as the natural state of the body’s awareness and a powerful function of a healthy relationship to social justice practices; and how mindfulness which is cultivated with the intentionality of true compassion can help to heal us all from internalized white supremacy…followed by a really sweet practice that we designed to help integrate these lessons-of-love.
#BlackLivesMatter: For Children & Adults Too
Ayesha Ali
Ayesha explains to children the collective heartbreak they are now witnessing, some American history, and how to be brave in the face of injustice. WHITE PARENTS allow your children to hear this. They are NOT too young.
Mindfulness & Trauma: Sometimes You Need To Just Move
Rashid Hughes
During this talk, Rashid shares his reflections on how to “literally move” through trauma related challenges that may arise during meditation practice.
Mindfulness & Caring for Pain in the Body
Ayesha Ali
During this talk at Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community, Ayesha explores the difference between pain and suffering and how mindfulness supports freedom from suffering in the midst of pain.
Aggression Masquerading As Compassion Part II
Rashid Hughes
In the second part of this series, Rashid and Dr. King will explore the Buddhist philosophy of the 8-fold path as a pathway and a “map” to help guide participants expiration of “Aggression Masquerading as Compassion”. They will offer both a discussion as well as guided meditation practice and an opportunity for community sharing/questions.