Freedom From Inner Oppressors: Independence Day Mahasati Practice & Dhamma Talk w. Michael Bresnan

This is a practice session with senior Mahasati teacher and practitioner Dr. Michael Bresnan. It was offered early morning on Tuesday 15th Aug 2023 (Independence Day in India) to the Mahasati Practice Community.
We practiced Mahasati Meditation for the first 60 minutes guided by Michael. Then he offered us an inspiring Dhamma talk correlating the non-violent nature of Mahasati practice with India's non-violent / civil disobedience movement for independence from colonial rule. This was followed by an interesting Q&A session where participants asked various questions related to this practice.
All who attended found this session to be very helpful and uplifting and so we are making it available more widely through KZbin.
Michael isn't teaching Mahasati afresh since the people on this call are already familiar with the practice. If you would like to learn Mahasati Meditation, please watch this video first:
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More about Michael:
Dr. Michael Bresnan is a trained therapist, and licensed psychologist in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. He earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from New York University, and has also trained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City. In the course of his psychological training and career, Dr. Bresnan has worked with individuals across the lifespan struggling with a wide range of issues.
Dr. Bresnan has a longstanding interest in the practice of meditation. In particular, he views the cultivation of mindfulness, or attention to present moment experience, as playing an important part in the reduction of suffering and in learning to live life in a skillful way. He has practiced formal insight meditation himself for over twenty years in the Thai Theravada tradition, and is a founder of the Mahasati Association, founder and President of the Redding Center for Mindfulness & Meditation in Connecticut, and founder and Director of the Mahsati Insight Meditation Association - all nonprofit organizations dedicated to the teaching of Vipasana or insight meditation in the local community.
In addition to teaching traditional insight meditation, Dr. Bresnan also leads Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) workshops. He has received training in MBSR at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and has led college and community-based mindfulness workshops since 2008.
To connect with Michael please visit www.mahasatime... and sign up for his newsletter to receive his Dhamma Letters.

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Happy independence day 🎆 Nithya 🎊

[@nidhilaxmi]

Beautiful message at 1 around hour mark, connecting Gandhiji’s freedom movement, non violent path and our inner liberation from thoughts & egos ❤

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❤

[@shitalpatel4877]

How can I join ur live class

[@NithyaShantiNow]

Hi Shital. If you send me an email at [e-mail] with your whatsapp number I will add you to a group where you can learn about the next batch of Mahasati practice that you can join.