La Sarmiento on Suffering to Acceptance
La Sarmiento has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. They are the guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington’s BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Sanghas, a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and Cloud Sangha, a contributor to the Ten Percent Happier app, and a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader Training Program.
In this episode, Eric and La discuss how to move from suffering to acceptance and belonging through mindfulness practices.
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La Sarmiento and I Discuss Suffering and Acceptance and…
Finding connection and acceptance with someone who has very different beliefs Their feeling of not belonging in the dominant culture When they decided to claim their belonging Their important work helping teens How they intentionally doesn’t prepare her Dharma talks ahead of time The questions to ask when suffering How being mindful doesn’t mean doing it right, it’s being aware of what you’re doing Taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and Sangha helps them to remember to mindful The practice of learning to be more comfortable with being uncomfortable How the dominant culture needs to better understand inclusion and assimilation How their dog Casey opened her heartLa Sarmiento links:
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