{"id":633,"date":"2019-12-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:57:48","slug":"december-31-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/december-31-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"December 31 &#8211; Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the fifth year I have offered this daily email in January, and I&#8217;m honoured that you have chosen to join me in this iteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to choosing a theme, I often find that something speaks to me in several ways through the year. The idea of balance has been something I&#8217;ve been seeking in my daily life. I found a set of talks from a retreat by recordings by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kamala Masters (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/vipassanametta.org\/wp\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Masters<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sally Armstrong (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritrock.org\/sally-armstrong\" target=\"_blank\">Sally Armstrong<\/a> on the topic of <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Equanimity and Awareness (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sr.dharmaseed.org\/retreats\/3900\/\" target=\"_blank\">Equanimity and Awareness<\/a><\/em>, which I enjoyed listening to, so I&#8217;ve chosen that to be the main source of inspiration this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to work on balance in the offering this year! I hope to pick a phrase or two from a talk from this retreat (and elsewhere) to share each day as an inspiration for the day. That should help you have balance in the day too &#8211; a short reflection, a reminder to practice, but not anything too lengthy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the emails will be archived to this blog:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation<\/a><br>Comments are open on the newer posts, and you are invited to share your thoughts and feedback on the posts, or simply reply by email too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for the guidance and support from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jeanne Corrigal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeannecorrigal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeanne Corrigal<\/a>, the guiding teacher for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/saskatooninsight.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/saskatooninsight.com\/<\/a>, and a participant in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IMS Teacher Training Program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/teachers\/teacher-training-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMS Teacher Training Program<\/a>. I also wish to acknowledge guidance from many other special teachers, including <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Susie Harrington (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/desertdharma.org\/retreats\/teachers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Susie Harrington<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ayya Anandabodhi (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/alokavihara.org\/about\/nuns-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ayya Anandabodhi<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"Adrianne Ross (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcims.org\/teachers#comp-leywb9bm1\" target=\"_blank\">Adrianne Ross<\/a>, and online teachers including <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"Vincent Horn (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vincehorn.space\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Horn<\/a> and facilitators of various <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"BCBS online courses (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buddhistinquiry.org\/online-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\">BCBS online courses<\/a>, as well as numerous teachers who generously make their teaching available through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dharma Seed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dharmaseed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dharma Seed<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Audio Dharma (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audiodharma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audio Dharma<\/a>, books, and other resources. I&#8217;m also fortunate to have admirable friendships with other practitioners in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"Living the Dharma Program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/saskatooninsight.com\/wp\/events\/2018-events\/living-the-dharma-program-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">Living the Dharma Program<\/a>, co-led by Susie Harrington and Jeanne Corrigal. (Any errors or misunderstandings are my own.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for the first email\/post tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With warmest wishes,<br>Andrea Grzesina<br><a href=\"mailto:andrea@grzesina.net\">andrea@grzesina.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, This is the fifth year I have offered this daily email in January, and I&#8217;m honoured that you have chosen to join me in this iteration. When it comes to choosing a theme, I often find that something speaks to me in several ways through the year. 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