So happy to join Teacher of the Month, Christiane Wolf, for a live meditation and Q&A on this final Tuesday of November. If you missed it, you can watch (or rewatch) any time. Paid subscribers get the full session, and the opening 10-minute guided meditation is free for everyone.
Christiane kicked things off with a gratitude meditation, guiding folks to tune in to a recent moment of connection or joy that caught their attention, remember what it felt like, and track that feeling in their bodies.
After that, we took a bunch of questions on:
Managing loneliness over the holidays
What to do when gratitude brings up sadness/worry
Noticing that the nervous system’s response to worrying is to suffer—and learning to ask the question: Is there something else to do that would be more helpful?
Is worry ever helpful? Spoiler alert: barely ever
How to deal with Black Friday and wanting all the things
How to let go of worrying when waiting for a health diagnosis
Christiane also talked about working with the inner-critic part of yourself by separating the intention from the method and getting curious about how different parts may be trying to be of use. The goal is not to let the hurt, younger aspects of ourselves “drive the minivan.”
Thank you to everyone who joined, and thank you again to Christiane. Our next live meditation and Q&A is Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m. ET with December Teacher of the Month, Jeff Warren, and me. You can find the Zoom link beneath the paywall below.
IPMF,
Dan
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Upcoming schedule:
Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 4:00 p.m. ET: Dan and December Teacher of the Month Jeff Warren
Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 4:00 p.m. ET: Dan and Jeff Warren
Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 4:00 p.m. ET: Dan
Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 4:00 p.m. ET: Jeff Warren and executive producer DJ Cashmere
Tuesday, Dec. 30: NO LIVE TODAY
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