Beyond the Cliché: What Is Joy, Really? And How Do You Access It? | Bonus Meditation with La Sarmiento
Dec 17, 2023
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La Sarmiento, mentor for MMTCP, discusses cultivating resilience through joy and transforming difficult times into growth opportunities. They explore the importance of joy, provide a meditation practice to cultivate joy, and mention the 10% Happier app.
Cultivate resilience by choosing joy and transforming difficult times into growth opportunities.
Shift perspectives and find joy even in difficult times by choosing the lens of joy and gratitude.
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Podcast Recommendation: The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Cultivating Joy through Meditation
The podcast episode features a bonus meditation led by La Sarmiento, a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. La emphasizes the importance of joy in our lives and suggests a mindfulness practice to cultivate it. The listeners are guided to imagine playing as a child or engaging in playful activities with loved ones or pets. This practice aims to evoke feelings of joy and transform challenging situations into blessings. By choosing the lens of joy and gratitude, it is possible to shift perspectives and find joy even in difficult times.
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Amazon Prime, Jordan Harbinger Show, and Exploring the Meaning of Joy
Cultivate resilience by choosing to turn towards joy, and transform difficult times into growth opportunities and heartache into gratitude.
About La Sarmiento:
La Sarmiento is a mentor for the MIndfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) and a teacher with Cloud Sangha. They have taught meditation retreats for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Teens, and Young Adults, and everyone in-between around the United States since 2010 and are a 2012 graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader Training.
To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, you can search for “Opening to Joy.”