These articles provide conceptual and practical material to help prepare for Home and Onsite Retreats and support ongoing meditation practice.

Enjoy!

     Shinzen

Interviews

Shinzen talks about the 5 Ways
Interview with Stephanie Nash - November 9, 2007

In this interview I describe the 5 Ways system to Stephanie Nash. Stephanie is a great interviewer and managed to draw a lot out by asking pointed questions, making sure I "connect all the dots" so that people with little or no background can get a sense of how the system works and why it's so effective. For more about Stephanie, please visit her website www.nasharts.com. Enjoy!

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Readings

About the 5 Ways

5 Ways to Know Yourself as a Spiritual Being
Introduction to the Summaries
Focus on Positive Summary
Focus In Summary
Focus Out Summary
Focus on Rest Summary
Focus on Change Summary
Easy Rest: Reference Manual
Basic Mindfulness 3-2-1  NEW!
5 Ways - 6 Themes (diagrams) NEW!

Further Reference

What is Mindfulness?
About Posture
How to Note and Label
The Significance of Restful States
What is Equanimity?
What is Flow?
Total Happiness  NEW!
Spiritual Alchemy: Transmuting Negativity Into Loving Kindness
12 Basic States (diagram)
Restful Systems (diagram)
The Subjective Triad, The Objective Triad (diagram)
Circuminsession (diagram)
Return to the Source
Getting the Lingo
Getting the Lingo (Short version)
A Pain-Processing Algorithm
Working with Physical Discomfort During Meditation