Joan Halifax ~ In a Moment, in a Breath

Renowned Zen teacher Roshi Joan Halifax joins Banyen for a discussion of In a Moment, in a Breath. This deck is available from Banyen: https://www.banyen.com/item/DHoVYIL4l...

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In a Moment, in a Breath is a curated collection of 55 short meditations to help you tune in, cultivate compassion, and still the mind in just a moment’s notice. These short, potent meditative practices and contemplations are the perfect elixir for today’s hectic, turbulent world. Collected in a practical card deck format, the 55 meditations allow you to tune in to your natural wisdom, even amid great difficulties. The cards are inspired by the elements—Earth/Grounding, Water/Living by Vow, Fire/Meeting the Boundless Heart, Air/Being with Dying, and Space/Coming Home to Wisdom. Meditations like “Anchoring the Mind,” “Nourishing Courage,” “Transforming Grief,” and “Letting Go of Fear” help cultivate compassion, mindfulness, and calm, and will benefit both seasoned meditators and beginners alike.

Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, and writer. Her books include The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof), Being with Dying, and Standing at the Edge. She is a Founding Teacher in the Zen Peacemaker Order of Roshi Bernie Glassman and the late Sensei Jishu Holmes, and is a Soto priest and teacher. She founded The Ojai Foundation, an educational center, in 1979, and Upaya (a Buddhist study center) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1990. She has been on the faculties of Columbia University, the University of Miami School of Medicine, the New School for Social Research, The Naropa Institute, and the California Institute for Integral Studies. Halifax is a distinguished invited scholar of the U.S. Library of Congress, and the only woman and Buddhist on the Tony Blair Foundation’s Advisory Council. Joan Halifax has worked with dying people since 1970. In 1994, she created the Project on Being with Dying as a way to train healthcare professionals in contemplative care of the dying.

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