Jack Kornfield, a Buddhist teacher and author and a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, gives this talk on the fruits of meditation practice. He describes a greater sense of well-being in the body that can come from loving-awareness, mindfulness, and balance.
This talk explores the fruits of meditation practice. What are the opportunities that arise from meditation practice and how can we embody the wisdom, compassion, and insights that arise through these practices?
Embodying Wisdom, Compassion, and Mindfulness
Some research has linked ongoing mindfulness meditation practice with changes in brain structure and gene activity, though the evidence is still developing. Consistency is important as it helps us to evolve alongside our practice until embodiment flows more easily into our experience.
Daily meditation is practice – practice for the unavoidable waves of life that will continually cross our paths so long as we are in this human form. Every wave that comes is another opportunity to become mindful, and the more we practice, the easier it can become to find flow with these waves of life.
Growing Your Mindfulness: Fruits of Practice
The free 28-Day Mindfulness Challenge is an opportunity to strengthen your practice by making mindfulness a daily experience. It follows one short lesson per day for four weeks, so you can practice at whatever time of day best suits you.
The 28 lessons move through breath awareness, body scans, gratitude, loving-kindness, concentration, compassion, and positive intention, which may help you apply mindfulness to more of your daily life.
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