04-03-24: Jennifer Carter,

Social Noting Meditation: Expanding the Scope of Practice from Me to We

01:03: Sean introduces Jennifer Carter

05:36: Jennifer gives an overview of today’s session

10:41: Intra-personal, inter-personal and inter-subjective 

13:09: Noting Meditation and seeing things as they really are

16:45: Ken Wilbur and the history of Social Noting Meditation 

20:29: The benefits of Social Noting Meditation

23:54: “Together is what we’re born for.”

27:30: What are you noting right now? 

32:12: Kenneth Folk and “There Is Noting”

34:28: Agency and options 

37:14: Sean and Jennifer demonstrate the practice

44:34: Why groups of 3 or more are recommended 

*** Not recorded: Breakout room sessions***

45:50: What we noticed in the breakout rooms

52:12: Questioning which notes are beneficial and/or socially appropriate 

59:40: Revisiting the categories of experience

1:03:16: Working with fewer possible notes

1:06:30: Pacing and compression

1:10:24: Co-regulation versus co-arising

1:13:46: Kenneth Folk’s Essence Noting practice for joy

1:24:15: Practicing Essence Noting

1:33:35: Discussion about the practice

1:41:15: How to contact Jennifer Carter for more on Social Noting Meditation

1:43:19: Sean expresses gratitude to Jennifer

ABOUT JENNIFER

Jennifer Carter is a certified meditation teacher, coach, and Social Meditation facilitator.

Her diverse experience teaching English as a second language abroad and in the US led Jennifer to merge her passions for conscious communication and interpersonal connection with her long-held mindfulness practice.  

In addition to a 2-year teacher training in awareness and compassion-based practices led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Jennifer has completed MAs in Consciousness Studies & Transpersonal Psychology at The Graduate Institute and Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University.  

With a compassionate heart and an open mind, Jennifer helps individuals and groups cultivate wellbeing in relationship with themselves and others.  In addition to one-on-one guidance, Jennifer offers opportunity to expand personal meditation practice into relational experience through a variety of interactive Social Meditation practices that effectively support: concentration, collective engagement, relational awareness, embodied presence, and mindful response.

In addition to these benefits, Jennifer has witnessed in herself and others how Social Meditation brings valuable insight into the interdependent nature of our shared humanity while strengthening interpersonal connection.