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An Intro to the Inner Task: Eight Exercises in Sensation Part II

In this two-part post, Jeanine Siler Jones invites us to work with foundational approaches through a cycle of eight Inner Tasks. These exercises were originally designed to be used, one […]

From an inner work practice suggested by Cynthia in a recent Wisdom School: “See what you can discover for yourself about the relationship between inner relaxation and outer perception. As […]

Our aim this week is to have a constant inner body sensation of ourselves. Throughout the day, try to keep an organic sensation of the body. Sense your body again […]

Our task this week comes from Maurice Nicoll’s Commentaries (Vol. 1, pp. 265-268): “Now suppose you have to live with a person called yourself. I once read a story of […]

I am in the New Mexico desert with Bill Plotkin, Richard Rohr and 300 men. One of the exercises taught to us last night was called the Hineni practice. When […]

We all have our own “sad songs” that we sing to ourselves. This week, let’s try to observe the typical songs we sing, especially the ones we sing when we […]

A suggestion for this week’s practice comes from Elizabeth O’Connor, Our Many Selves: A Handbook for Self-Discovery, “From Judgment to Empathy: Exercise Four”, page 71: “What you criticize in another, […]

We have a walnut tree in our back yard, and about this time of year walnuts come crashing to the ground all day and all night. One of my daily […]

Inner Task

An Intro to the Inner Task: Eight Exercises in Sensation Part II

An Intro to the Inner Task: Eight Exercises in Sensation Part I

Inner relaxation and outer perception

Keeping a constant inner body sensation

Seeing yourself through another’s eyes

The Hineni Practice

Singing our inner secret songs

Finding in ourselves what we criticize in another

Liking What We Dislike