Wonderfully clear talk Scott Kiloby gave at the Science and Nonduality Conference. See my notes below for some of the highlights for me as I was listening. His addiction was directly linked to trauma. He was a sensitive gay kid
Understand and Heal Your Family Retreat
Understand and Heal Your Family Experience our cutting-edge mindfulness approach at the Kiloby Center Family Retreat Friday February 19 through Sunday February 21, 2016 On location at the Kiloby Center for Recovery near Palm Springs, California Short video invitation and information
Exploring Eating and Food
Exploring Eating and Food with Living Inquiries and Natural Rest: A Deepening Course with Lynn Fraser, Senior Facilitator of Scott Kiloby’s living Inquiries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBckM_pV24 Below are some issues and resources we may explore in the group and during individual facilitated
Note to self
Here is a simple way to bring the wisdom of our higher level of mind into moments when the primitive brain and limbic system have taken over. Put a message on your phone to remind yourself of what you know
Avoidance
It sounds easy, right? Simply tune in for a few seconds, a few minutes and rest. Relax the forehead and breathe. Focus on the present moment. These skills are simple to learn. So why do many of us find this
Fight or Flight?
Something happens that is painful. We have this in common. The details may differ but we all know what it is like to suffer. What happens next? We could be with it. Allow it to be noticed, to be fully
Welcoming Reality
This work is a direct way of seeing through misidentifications and unhelpful habits in the mind. When learning meditation, we’re taught don’t fight with the mind. It’s the nature of one layer of the mind to think. One benefit
Addicted to Thought
Thoughts, as expressed through words and images, are a primary source of identification with who we are. Say I meet someone new and they ask me about myself. I respond, “I’m a mother and grandmother, a writer, teach meditation, facilitate
Covering My Ears
When my six-year-old grandson doesn’t want to listen, he puts his hands over his ears and chants “covering my ears, not listening to you”. It’s a strategy with some merit. Learning to work skilfully with the mind through meditation and