Hello and in today's

welcome back to Practicing Human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little

better at life.

I'm your host, Kory Muscarra, and in today's episode I'm going to share how you can meditate better.

Ooh, provocative title. Is there a way to meditate better?

Doesn't that kind of sound like a judgment? We'll find out. More to come

on that in a moment, but first, let's tune into the sound of the bell. I will ring it. You listen, and let it drop you more deeply into the present. So the other day I was listening to a podcast episode with Tara Brock.

Yes, podcasters also listen to podcasts.

And Tara Brock is one of the great meditation teachers of our time

she just came out with another book radical compassion so I've been enjoying

listening to her thoughts and I've always enjoyed her

teachings over the years and she said one thing in particular in a recent

interview that that I enjoyed and she she said this thing as if it's like a well-known idea in the

meditation world or a lot of people say it, you know, when people say like,

you know, it's sort of like when you say blah blah blah. She kind of said it like that as if most

people would have heard it before but I had never heard it and I was like wow that

is a really great idea or a really great way to shift the orientation in a

meditation practice in such a way that reduces the strain, the effort, and also the reinforcing of like a strong

sense of self and ego trying to get somewhere with the meditation practice.

So what is this thing she said? to get somewhere with the meditation practice.

So what is this thing?

She said.

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