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Scenes from Inquiry Meditation
The best way to understand the magic of Inquiry Meditation...is to watch it in action!
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Click on the video above to watch five mini-scenes of me working with experienced Inquiry Meditators.
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Below, find full openings scenes--the first 6 to 15 opening minutes--from those sessions.​​​
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After you've watched one, some, or all of the videos: you'll find some helpful notes at the bottom of this page. ​
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Scene 1: Holly: "I feel dysregulated and frantic." (6 min)
To see expanded notes on Holly's session opening, watch on Youtube.
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In the wake of Holly's home flooding recently, she has been feeling dysregulated...and, just beneath the surface, frantic.
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How can she find comfort while still in the midst of this very real displacement?
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Watch Holly’s dysregulation give way to something softer in the first 6 minutes of her recent Inquiry Meditation session.
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Watch the first half of Holly's session, plus session digestion, here.
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Watch Holly's full session (first half, second half, and digestion) here.
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Scene 2: Erin: "If nothing is permanent, how can I find home?" (10 min)
In the opening of Erin's recent Inquiry Meditation session, she grapples with the existential knowing that nothing is permanent--not even our ability to be with those we love most.
In the face of this existential reality, how can we find comfort?
Watch Erin’s existential pain release into greater grounding in her body within the first 10 minutes of her session.
Watch Erin's whole session here.
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Scene 3: Sophie: "I want my own life on my terms." (6 min)
Sophie wants to work more as a performer.
But she feels stuck by an old narrative that tells her she must wait...kind of forever.
In this Inquiry Meditation session opening (6 minutes), Sophie begins to see the origins of this narrative--and seeing is the beginning of our freedom.
Watch the first half of Sophie's session, as well as our brief session digestion, here.
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Scene 4: Kimberly: "I notice you're agitated, irritated, and pissed." (15 min)
In many Inquiry Meditation sessions, our parts—the different aspects of us that feel different things—want us to talk with them.
But sometimes, some parts don’t feel like bein’ bothered with us.
What do we do in that case?
Kimberly doesn’t start have what I call content at the beginning of her session—she doesn’t have a situation that is causing her obvious suffering in some way (anger, sadness, frustration, etc).
Instead, Kimberly notices a surprising word arising for her: agitation.
And it doesn’t wanna being bothered.
How do we be in relationship with a part that doesn’t wanna talk to us?
Watch the first 15 min of Kimberly's session, as she gently resources her agitation and allows it to begin shedding its edges…and begin healing.
Watch Kimberly's full Inquiry Meditation session here.
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Scene 5: Tumi: "We're sad, but we're fine, we're not really sad." (10 min)
At the beginning of her session, Tumi noticed a part of her that was sad.
Almost immediately, another part arose that didn't want to be sad.
How do we resolve the tension between two seemingly opposed parts?
Well, in Inquiry Meditation, we do not resolve these tensions. We don't resolve--or solve--anything, actually.
This is because resolving and solving our problems and pain are the very acts that return them stronger and stronger to us.
(I know, I know, that makes no sense!--but only to the mind. The body's like, "Bitch--you better preach!"--but I digress.)
Watch what opens in the first 10 minutes of Tumi's session when, in place of resolving the resulting tension between Tumi's "We're sad" and "We're fine, we're not really sad" parts...we instead SEE the tension.
Watch Tumi's full Inquiry Meditation session here.
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Some helpful notes
Thank you for watching one, some, or all of these session openings!
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I hope that all I explained here about Inquiry Meditation now makes more sense. ​
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As you saw, see no two sessions are alike. ​​
That is because Inquiry Meditation seamlessly adapts to each meditator's needs.
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What is alike for each session is how I begin each session.
As you saw, I begin by asking, "What is here for you in this right now?"
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That is because the fastest and most effective and elegant and easeful and powerful way to access and heal our trauma and triggers...
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Is via whatever happens to be upsetting us or arising in the present moment.
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This is how our trauma most loudly speaks to us--and it is the most direct path to it.
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Thank you again for watching, and I hope to work with you soon.
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Speaking of working with you...
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