Session Quotes
Series 7 • Session 1 • Kingdom of Sleep
LESSON - Matthew Walker
Six Rules of Sleep
PRACTICE - Deepak Chopra
"Guided Sleep Meditation"
Further Reading on Kingdom of Sleep
“I want to sleep but my brain won’t stop talking to itself.” - Anonymous “Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day… it’s Mother Nature's strongest hedge against death.” - Matthew Walker “Sleep is the best meditation.” - The Dalai Lama “Practice, by itself, does not make perfect. Rather, it’s practice, followed by a night of sound sleep, that is perfection.” - Matthew Walker
Series 7 • Session 2 • Heart Coherence
LESSON - Heart Math
"Heart & Brain Relationship"
PRACTICE - Gaia
"Heart Coherence Meditation"
LESSON - Rollin McCraty
"Heart Coherence for Wellbeing"
Session Quotes
Further Reading on Heart Coherence
“When we’re engaged with our hearts, the mind slows down and our thoughts become more rational and focused.” - Doc Lew Childre “The moment you change your heart’s perception, is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body.” - Bruce Lipton, PhD “A coherent brain and heart begin to change a person’s biology from living in the past, to living in the present. This is how you create your best reality.” - Dr. Joe Dispenza
Session Quotes
Series 7 • Session 3 • Non-Attachment
LESSON - Michael Stone
"The Heart of Non-Attachment"
PRACTICE - Soulaia
"Non-Attachment"
Further Reading on Non-Attachment
“Attachment is a binding force. Non-attachment is a liberating force. Attachment tells us that we need. Non-attachment tells us we need nothing.” - Sri Chinmoy “When you don't get what you want, you suffer. When you get what you don't want, you suffer. When you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because it will end. Change is not optional… it is the very essence of life.” - Dan Millman “When you are not attached to the outcome, every moment can be fresh, young, and new.” - Osho
Series 7 • Session 4 • Vulnerability
LESSON - Brene Brown
"Embracing Vulnerability"
PRACTICE - Fatima Farmer
"Cultivating Vulnerability"
Session Quotes
“Vulnerability may be the first thing I see in you, but it’s the last thing I want you to see in me. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it feels like weakness.” - Brene Brown “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.” - Brene Brown “We are at our most powerful, the moment we no longer need to be powerful.” - Eric Micha'el Leventhal
Series 7 • Session 5 • Loneliness
LESSON - Harvard Gazette
"The Power of Rest + Renewal"
PRACTICE - Julie Peters
"Embracing Loneliness"
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LESSON - Johann Hari
"Antidote for Loneliness"
Further Reading on Loneliness
Session Quotes
“I hold my heart in my hands… hands to keep the loneliness warm… two hands for protecting, and two hands nourishing my soul.” - Thich Nhat Hanh “If love is universal, no one can be left out.” - Deepak Chopra “Ordinary men hate solitude. But the master makes use of it, realizing he is actually one with the whole universe.” - Lao Tzu “Being alone allows your soul room to grow. That is not lonely.” - Janet Fitch
Series 7 • Session 6 • Deep Listening
LESSON - THNK School
"Four Levels of Listening"
PRACTICE - Mark Coleman
"Listening Meditation"
LESSON - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Listening with Compassion"
Session Quotes
“We can not believe in ourselves… until another shows us that we are worth listening to. then suddenly, we can risk curiosity, wonder… anything.” - e.e. cummings “Listening is the most generous way to give. Because, when one speaks to us, whether their words are deep or shallow, they are probably baring their souls.” - Jan Karon “Magic happens when deep silence emerges to attentive ears. By following that silence, you can now go where life is deepest.” - David Whyte
Series 7 • Session 7 • True Wonder
LESSON - Katie Mack
"Disorientation"
PRACTICE - The Quiet Mind
"Five Minutes of Calm"
LESSON - Alan Watts
"Wonder"
Further Reading on True Wonder
Session Quotes
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” - Socrates “We must make our own beauty and meaning, and then share it.” - Dr. Katie Mack “I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by certainty.” - Gerry Spence “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” - Ralph Washington Sockman
Series 7 • Session 8 • Amazing Now
LESSON - TJS Mind
"Present Moment"
PRACTICE - Andy Puddicombe
"Be Present"
LESSON - Alan Watts
"It Starts Now"
Further Reading on Amazing Now
Session Quotes
“When one thought ends, before the next one begins, is the small, precious gap called Now.” - Spring Washam “If you're always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you're in? - Nanette Mathews “Time itself isn’t precious… because it’s a construction. But, what is precious… is the moment we call Now.” - Eckart Tolle “Life is what happens while you’re planning for tomorrow.” - John Lennon