How to Deal With a Difficult Situation at Work?

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Meditation comes first, but you can also take the meditation experience to the office. If you don't learn too be abe to stay with yourself when you're sitting down quietly, then the chance is tat you'll be triggered in the meeting by the old grumpy man. So if you want to deal with that difficult situation at work, i know it sounds like a few steps removed,. But my first advice woud be, ok, let's first develop some skill in how to be in a non charged moment. And so then when something potentially painful or disorientating or difficult happens, you tend to notice it much, much earlier.

Martin Aylward has practiced meditation intensively since the age of 19, spending four years in Asian monasteries and with Himalayan hermits. He’s been teaching worldwide since 1999, leading retreats and courses in mindfulness, meditation, and inner freedom. Martin co-founded the Mindfulness Training Institute with Mark Coleman, which runs year-long professional mindfulness teacher training in Europe and the U.S.

In this episode, Eric, Ginny, and Martin discuss his book, Awake Where You Are: The Art of Embodied Awareness.

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Martin Aylward, Ginny, and I Discuss How to Embody Awareness and …

His book, Awake Where You Are: The Art of Embodied Awareness
The habits of “Grabby Mind”, “Resistant Mind”, and “Check Out Mind”
The good news that can learn to meet our experience more kindly and more spaciously
How aging can be humiliating or humbling depending on how much we try to hold on to our younger self-image
The distinction between what is true vs. what is useful to focus on
How to recognize and work with the deficient age gap
The way our life experiences are stored in our bodies
Sometimes meditation isn’t quite psychological enough. It can help dissolve inner states in the moment but further understanding is needed in order for them to really resolve
Waking up, growing up, showing up, cleaning up
No rehearsal, No replay
Inhabiting this moment is the best way to prepare for the next moment