Watch Susan talk about caring with wisdom and compassion on Tergar Meditation Community’s YouTube Live channel.
Skip ahead in the video to hear Susan talk about:
5 min - Whether helping is always helpful.
6:30 min - How the nervous system responds to stress and how to recognize and connect with innate qualities of awareness, wisdom and compassion.
14 min - Why even teachers need teachers and why it’s important that meditators have meditation teachers.
15:30 min - Mingyur Rinpoche’s 4 step process for working with strong emotions.
18 min - Susan describes open awareness and compares it to driving a car.
20 min - Using a snow globe, Susan demonstrates the mindful game Seeing Clearly.
24 min - Susan looks at the booster emotions behind strong emotions that bubble up.
27 min - Why remembering to take a break is especially important in times of crisis like COVID.
30 min - Susan demonstrates three mindful games to help kids and adults become more comfortable with uncertainty.
37:45 min - Susan describes how she talks to kids about mindfulness and suggests ways to integrate mindfulness into life at home and school.
39:30 min - Susan demonstrates a few appreciation games.
41:20 min - Susan demonstrates two mindful games that teach kids (and adults) about discernment.
44:25 min - Susan talks about control battles and the backward law.
47 - 60 min - Q & A