Welcome to Tricycle Meditation Month, our annual challenge commit to a daily practice throughout March. Whether you’re new to meditating or a longtime practitioner, our free 31-day challenge is a great way to kickstart your practice and set aside more time for calm and clarity in your life. We’ll be supporting you along the way with an array of meditations, tips, inspiration, and resources. Our free offerings throughout the month include:
- A new guided meditation video each week from our Meditation Month teacher Martine Batchelor, a leading mindfulness instructor, author, member of the Gaia House Teacher Council, and former nun who studied in the Korean Zen tradition of Master Kusan for ten years
- Live calls with Martine to ask any question you have about your practice
- A steady stream of helpful articles on Trike Daily, including classic and contemporary Buddhist teachings
- A Facebook discussion group where you can share your experience and connect with practitioners from all over the world
- A weekly newsletter to keep you up to date on everything going on
- Our evergreen meditation section of Buddhism for Beginners
Sign up here to take the Meditation Month challenge.
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Four Practices for a Firm Foundation
with Martine Batchelor
Starting on Friday, March 1, Martine will lead weekly guided meditation videos from her home in Southern France. New videos will be posted every Friday.
In this series, Martine takes a look at the nuts and bolts of meditation to help you develop a firm foundation that you can return to for the rest of your life. Each video builds on the previous one and introduces new meditation techniques so that you can feel confident and comfortable in your practice and figure out what works best for you. Martine will also offer exercises for bringing the mindfulness cultivated on the cushion into the rest of your life.
The schedule is:
- March 1: Beginning with Mindfulness
- March 8: Listening with Compassion
- March 15: Noting Pleasant, Unpleasant, and Neutral Sensations: Exploring Feeling Tone
- March 22: Practicing with Joy and Gratitude
You can also watch a recording of Martine’s introductory live call from Saturday, March 9 here, and her closing live call on Saturday, March 30 here.
Related Meditation Month articles:
- On Starting by Lauren Krauze
- Fear of Silence by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Why Can’t I Get to the Cushion? by Oren Jay Sofer
- One-Breath Meditation by Ken McLeod
- Zen’s Seven Wonders by Guo Jun
- Meditation Beyond the Method by Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
- The Zen of Not Knowing by Zenkei Blanche Hartman
- Meditations Off the Beaten Path by Ayya Khema, Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Ken Kushner, and Dharmavidya David Brazier
- Walking Meditation—Anywhere by Nguyen Anh-Huong and Thich Nhat Hanh
- Meditating with Beethoven by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
- Directed and Undirected Meditation with Andrew Olendzki
- Dharma Talks for Going Deeper with Zen Master Bon Yeon, Lama John Makransky, and Ralph Steele
- How to Fail by Pema Chödrön
- Escaping the Meditation Guilt Trip by Alex Tzelnic with Tara Brach
- How to Create a Mini-Retreat at Home by Chris McKenna
- Hiking the Zen Path by Christopher Ives
- Mindfulness at Knifepoint by Jill Satterfield
- These Are Not “Your” Thoughts by Joseph Goldstein
- Love Is a Skill by Ayya Khema
- Tibetan Yoga Techniques for Better Breathing by Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo
- Glimpsing Mindfulness by Loch Kelly
- Joy Is a Radical Act by Scott Tusa
- Write Concentration: Using a Pen and Paper to Meditate by Lauren Krauze
- 11 Benefits of Loving-Friendliness Meditation by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
- Zen All Day by Rev. Grace (Sangjin) Song
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