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Meditation + Talk: Equanimity – What It Is, Why It’s Good, and How to Develop It
March 7, 2025

Life can shake us—whether it’s personal loss, financial uncertainty, or just the stress of the world. Maybe you’re struggling to move forward after a major change, or feeling stuck in frustration and resentment. Perhaps you’re simply exhausted from trying to keep it all together.

This week I explored equanimity—what it really is (hint: it’s not numbing out or ignoring reality), why it’s so powerful, and how you can develop it to stay grounded, even when life feels like… too much.

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Meditation: Being an Openhearted Body Breathing

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Talk: Equanimity – What It Is, Why It’s Good, and How to Develop It

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I offer up practical tips for:

  • Being with your emotions without being hijacked by them
  • Letting go of stress, frustration, and resentment that keep you stuck
  • Building up the inner strengths that help you stay calm, clear, and resilient

Through mindfulness, self-compassion, and growing the inner resources you need, you can expand your capacity to handle life’s ups and downs with greater ease.

These teachings are offered freely, at no charge. 

And if you like, you may wish to participate in the age-old tradition of generosity through making an offering yourself – called “dāna” – to support Rick and the Wednesday Meditations. Generosity itself is a beautiful practice that opens and gladdens the heart, relaxes the contraction of “self,” and ripples out into the world to touch many people – and perhaps, eventually, even oneself. 

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