Part 2: The Hindrances that prevent deepening in focus and calm, and how they can be worked with as activation in the nervous system. How all the hindrances are manifestations of the 3 Poisons: greed/lust, anger/hatred, and delusion. And how this means that they’re also manifestations of the primal defense and survival instincts of fight, flight, and freeze.

Talk
(Recorded on 12.12.17 at Insight Meditation Satsang, Berkeley, CA)

Meditation: Settling in your center, then skillful observation and intervention as distraction and activation arises
(Recorded on 12.12.17 at Insight Meditation Satsang, Berkeley, CA)