How to (constructively) lower the bar on your meditation practice.
Ofosu Jones-Quartey is a meditation teacher, hip-hop artist, and author based in the DC area. He’s a certified teacher with over 20 years of experience bringing mindfulness, self-compassion, and creativity to people of all ages. His stage name is “Born I,”, and his new book is called Lyrical Dharma: Hip-Hop as Mindfulness.
In this episode we talk about:
- The definition of open-awareness meditation
- How it differs from classical concentration practices (such as focusing on your breath, or loving kindness phrases)
- Why Ofosu chose open-awareness meditation (in direct response to his struggles with OCD)
- How you can practice open-awareness meditation
- The benefits of a technique called “mental noting”
- The “practice self-assessment tapes” that we run in our mind
- Self-compassion and “lowering the bar” in your meditation practice
- The relationship between neurodiversity and meditation in general
- How to depersonalize the experience of suffering
- And we hear some of Ofosu’s music and the life experiences that inspired it
Related Episodes:
- How to Become a Regular Meditator (and More) | Alexis Santos
- A More Relaxed Way to Meditate | Alexis Santos
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Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more here.
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