Heartful: Practices to Awaken the Heart
What does it mean to live from the heart and what will it take from us? On Heartful, mindfulness meditation and yoga teacher Emilía Rún answers these questions while touching on many of the challenges we face in our lives. These talks and meditations are designed as guides to help us befriend our lives and regularly water the seeds of joy, love, and compassion in our hearts. Drawing from Buddhist wisdom, the resources and practices you will find on Heartful will help you awaken your heart and remember your true nature.
Heartful: Practices to Awaken the Heart
Trudy Goodman on Impermanence, Conflict & Belonging
In this episode, Emilía sits down with leading dharma teacher and psychotherapist Trudy Goodman for an open and honest conversation about how mindfulness can support us through the real challenges of life. Trudy shares her own experiences with illness, divorce, and aging, and how her practice has helped her meet seasons of transition with compassion and steadiness.
“Impermanence is really good news when you don’t like what’s going on.”
Trudy and Emilía discuss parenting as a powerful mindfulness practice, the role of community and spiritual friendship in fostering a felt sense of belonging, and navigating conflict with difficult people in our lives. This conversation is a gentle reminder that mindfulness, at its core, involves meeting life as it is. Trudy demonstrates a contagious sense of acceptance that is liberating to those who surround her, that permeates through this conversation.
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Trudy Goodman’s Website (scroll down to join her newsletter)