30. How Meditation Deepens Our "We"

Meditation is often seen as a solo practice, but in our experience, it can have a deep impact on your relationship with your partner, team members, or really anyone that you come in contact with. In this episode, we describe what our meditation practices look like and how we apply the benefits of it both on and off the cushion. 

When you train your brain to quiet the chatter, it creates an opportunity for profound listening both internally and externally. Though we had different entry points and teachers, the guiding principles of discovering what’s going on in your mind and recognizing the filters you listen through are common threads of our meditation practices. But, it’s one thing to practice in a dedicated setting and another to implement the takeaways in daily life. 

Meditation gives us so much information when we dive below the surface of words, opinions, and thoughts. In many ways, it’s a non-medicinal framework for connecting with the subconscious and opening up your perspective. Regardless of where you are on your mediation journey – maybe you’ve never tried it, or fallen out of practice, or it’s already part of your routine – we invite you to find a local community or try out a new app to experience the richness that mediation can bring to your relationships. 

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Topics Covered:

• Meditation as a tool for feeling solid and centered in your life 
• How becoming a more present listener impacts your relationships 
• Recognizing what gets in the way of your listening: ego, assumptions, filters 
• The gap between what you feel during mediation and what you experience in daily life 
• Getting in deeper contact with your “We” through meditation 
• Advice for how to get started with developing a consistent mediation practice 

Resources Mentioned: 

• The Art Of We Weekly Newsletter
• Genpo Roshi 
• The Collaborative Way 
• Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationship by John Wellwood
• Headspace 
• Insight Timer
• Waking Up

Get in Touch: 

• The Art Of We Website
• The Art of We Instagram 
• Integrative Psychiatry Institute: Integrative Mental Wellness & Psychedelic Therapy Training

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