For episode 230 of the Metta Hour, Sharon sits down with her longtime friend, teacher and author, Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.

Roshi is a Buddhist teacher, the founder and head teacher of the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM, a social activist, author, and in her early years was an anthropologist. She is also a pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. Some of her books include: The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof) and her most recent, Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, and the 2023 card deck from Shambala Publications, In a Moment, In a Breath.

In this episode, Sharon and Roshi discuss:

The impetus for Roshi’s new card deck
How Roshi came to contemplative practice
The impact of COVID on inner life
Deconstructing being a beginner
How the elements correlate to Roshi’s card deck
Grounding into the body
The nuanced work of caregivers
The Brahma Viharas
Equanimity as a form of inclusiveness
Using ideology to avoid feeling
Strong back, soft front
Not cultivating a mind of poverty
Radical Inclusion
Watering the good seeds
Ram Dass in his last years
Space and wisdom

Roshi closes the conversation with a short guided meditation on Ocean Mind.

To learn more about Roshi’s work, you can visit her website right here or the website for the Upaya Zen Center right here and get yourself a copy of her new card deck, In A Moment, In a Breath, right here.

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