Lion's Roar

RAIN Meditation

WHEN I LIVED IN BOULDER, Colorado, I was amazed at how quickly the weather changed. There, in the foothills of the Rockies, it can be a sunny 80 degrees one day and the next day it’s blizzarding.

Our emotional landscape can look a lot like that, changing rapidly and unpredictably. Yet amidst these ups and downs, we can learn how to rest in the freedom of stillness and experience an intimate relationship with our own precious life. One way to

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