00:30: Guided meditation led by Sean Fargo (Surrendering to Quiet)

28:30: How might quiet help ease physical pain?

31:52: How what we do just before (or at the start of) a meditation affects the practice

35:00: Question: How can I push my tinnitus into the background during meditation?

40:10: Sean discusses the experience of meditating in the quietest place he’s ever been

44:50: Mindfulness invites us to notice our reactivity to sound

47:51: Practicing with quiet as a way to honor seasonality, winter, darkness

55:11: Question: Was spending time in a cave intentional? Was that part of your training?

1:00:48: The most striking thing about meditating in the cave, and how it inspired Sean

1:03:05: The invitation to surrender to the shadows and step into the darkness within

1:05:07: The comfort, peace and spaciousness that’s available in silence

1:07:14: Bringing curiosity to quiet, and allowing for what arises

1:09:53: The quiet of winter and finding unexpected pleasure in that

1:12:14: Question: What is your advice on how to deal with sudden rage?

1:27:02: Jennifer introduces Social Meditation, bringing noting practice out loud

Resources Mentioned In This Q&A:

Lisa Caldwell, Mindfulness Coaching for Tinnitus
Chris Germer’s workshop on self-compassion for shame
Social Meditation by Kenneth Folk