ABOUT THE MEDITATION
This week’s meditation session is led by Jon Aaron and the theme is Interconnectedness.
The episode begins with an opening talk followed by a 20-minute meditation. In this episode, the guided meditation begins at 11:34.
RELATED ARTWORK
Making offerings to deities is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Offerings can take many forms, including, food, incense, and flowers. Seven distinct offerings are typically placed in offering bowls and arranged in a straight line before the deity in a shrine room or shrine cabinet. Offerings are a poignant way of expressing our appreciation and gratitude. They remind us of the interdependence between all beings.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Jon Aaron teaches meditation, Buddhist dharma, and is a Somatic Experience Practitioner® in New York City. He is well known as a teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as well as a trainer of new teachers of this seminal eight-week curriculum. Among his primary interests are the use of meditation and somatic work in healing trauma and working with individuals with chronic pain and grief. Recently he has been teaching for the New York Police Department in an eight-hour intervention called Cultivating Mindfulness—expanding the capacity of mind and body to work with stress, anxiety, and trauma. He is a co-founder of the MBSR Teacher Collaborative of Greater New York and a founding member of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative, and is a long-time teacher at New York Insight Meditation Center. When the pandemic hit, along with his partner he cofounded Space2Meditate, an online community of meditators that is still going strong six days a week. Learn more about Jon Aaron at www.jonaaron.net.
This program is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg and teachers from the New York Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine and supported by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism.
