by Neil McKinlay | May 9, 2022 | Daily Life, Meditation Instruction
Bruce Cockburn is on tour right now. I’ve written before of the fact that, having followed his career for so long, every new release from this artist feels like checking in with an old friend. Since the advent of YouTube, every new tour provides something...
by Neil McKinlay | Apr 7, 2022 | Daily Life, Meditation Instruction
I have, over the years, been asked all kinds of questions about meditation. There have been big questions and small. Difficult questions and easy. Questions I’m able to respond to immediately and others that have required time – in some instances, a span of...
by Neil McKinlay | Mar 7, 2022 | Daily Life, Meditation Instruction
I offered a livestream meditation practice earlier today. This is something I do on Insight Timer with some regularity now. Usually the first Monday of every month sees me host a very short (15-20 mins) exploration of embodiment there.Livestreaming is not something...
by Neil McKinlay | Jan 29, 2022 | Buddhist Teachings, Meditation Instruction
I’ve been working with a practice known as ‘labelling’. This is something I find useful when my attention begins to wander a lot in meditation. And my attention has certainly been wandering of late.In brief, this practice involves acknowledging moments of distraction...
by Neil McKinlay | Nov 8, 2021 | Buddhist Teachings, Daily Life
The meditative tradition makes frequent use of the verb ‘solidify’. We have a tendency, the teachings assert, to do this. To the extent that we do solidify, we suffer. All of which seems pretty straightforward in a 1 + 1 = 2 kind of way. But what the heck is meant by...
