Growing Older and Growing Wiser

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In your book, i love how you explore this whole idea through the turrain of growing older and growing wiser. I think we can all look around and maybe notice this with some ofthe people in our lives. And if it's not love that feeds your heart, then inevitably it will be its opposite. If your heart can't give itself up into caring and kindness, it will be left in the prison of suspicion and grump. But goodness is we can fed the opposite with caring and kindness. We've all maybe got a few more decades left to experience the aging,. but i'm 52 right and in buddhist teachings, reflecting on teachings is very central.

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