We reside in challenging times. Life occasionally seems like a roiling and turbulent river intimidating to drown us. Why, in the face of that, shouldn’t we cling for safety towards the certainty from the shore-to our easily familiar patterns and practices? Because, Pema Chödrön shows, that kind of fear-based clinging qualified prospects only to sustained suffering.

Within this recorded retreat, predicated on the program Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change held at Omega Institute, Pema Chödrön and her teaching assistant, Meg Wheatley, give a wealth of wisdom for understanding how to step directly into the river: to be completely, fearlessly present actually in the hardest occasions, the most challenging situations. It’s the secret of being fully alive. The teachings and procedures they present includes:

• A teaching predicated on a Local American prophecy for cultivating the capability to take nothing personally

• A guided meditation for developing persistence amid irritation

• Techniques for being able to access your innate strength and confidence-simply by altering your posture