This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 60-minute talk and guided meditation and a 21-minute discussion, with guest teacher Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Tina learned to meditate at age 13. In 2003, after years of practice in Buddhist and non-dual traditions, she completed an intensive year-long solo retreat during which a profound opening to true nature occurred. In 2005, she attended a retreat with Burmese meditation master Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw, during which Tina was ordained as a nun, and became the first Western woman to complete the entire Samatha path and be authorized to teach. She has been studied by Yale Neuroscience Lab for research on the effects of meditation on consciousness and the brain. Tina is co-author of Practicing the Jhanas (Shambhala), and now teaches students worldwide.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Talk and Meditation: How to Steady Your Mind and Enter the Deep States of Meditative Absorption
Discussion: How to Steady Your Mind and Enter Deep States of Meditative Absorption
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 the teacher and the Wednesday Meditations.
