Finding Belonging in the Body
Dharma teacher Sebene Selassie discusses why we are divided from ourselves and each other—and how we can find belonging even in the midst of conflict and contradiction.
Sebene Selassie
Sebene Selassie is a Brooklyn-based dharma teacher, writer, coach, and consultant. She began studying Buddhism over 30 years ago and received a BA from McGill University in Religious and Women’s Studies and an MA from the New School where she focused on cultural studies and race. She is the former Executive Director of New York Insight Meditation Center, has served on the boards of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and Sacred Mountain Sangha, and is a teacher on the Ten Percent Happier app. Her first book, You Belong: A Call for Connection, was published by HarperOne in August 2020.
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Podcasts
Remembering Our Belonging
Dharma teacher Sebene Selassie discusses how we can find connection and belonging in times of division.
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You Belong
In this episode, Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen talks with Selassie to discuss You Belong and what it means to be alive in a time when our separateness is more emphasized than our connection.
Listen Now on Tricycle | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Dharma Talks
Mindfulness of the Four Elements: Reconnecting with the World
In the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha taught practitioners to contemplate the four elements—earth, fire, water, and air—as a foundation of mindfulness practice. Our Meditation Month teacher, Sebene Selassie, shows how this oft-overlooked practice of examining the…
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