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# Jill Satterfield

Mindfulness, meditation, embodied mindfulness, somatic awareness, mindfulness coaching, mindfulness coaching, compassionate self care

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- [short reads](https://jillsatterfield.org/short-reads/) - Our breath is a most nuanced and intimate guide to our psyches, and following its behavior is a revealing and direct path to understanding our deepest selves. Observing our own breath or observing someone else’s is a window to the subtle body and the most subtle of habits.
- [Recalibrate those Nerves](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/recalibrate-those-nerves/) - Nerves! In the process of teaching large groups online no matter the subject there is the inevitable and perfectly understandable question about how we deal with everything going on in the world. What I believe compliments what might be suggested by others and what I suggest coming from my own practice is cultivating the capacity
- [Protect Your Heart](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/protect-your-heart/) - Greetings friends, Can you imagine what it would look like if you could see thoughts and emotions racing through the sky? I don’t think there would be enough room for them all, and it be so crowded it would be like a huge cloud blocking out the sun. This is kind of what happens in
- [Anxiety: It's not all in your Mind](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/anxiety-its-not-all-in-your-mind/) - Warm greetings friends. Understandably, almost all of us are feeling anxious about something currently happening globally, locally, privately or a combination of it all. I’m not immune to anxiety which is why I’ve tried so many different practices to help myself. As part of an ongoing process of experimentation, these practices are always evolving and
- [What is Healing?](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/what-is-healing/) - Warm Summer Greetings friends, I wanted to share some thoughts about healing because it’s is something I have experienced many, many times. And, right now I believe everyone can use a healing of some kind. Every time I’ve healed my body, heart or mind it’s been by accessing the subtle body. I know the subtle
- [No Right or Wrong Way to Discover or Experience the Subtle Body](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/no-right-or-wrong-way-to-discover-or-experience-the-subtle-body/) - Greetings Friends! One of the things I hear most often from students is how liberating it is to know that there is no right or wrong way to practice, especially when it comes to discovering the subtle body. Here’s a great example: “The subtle body work was new to me, and I never felt I
- [The Fog of Processing](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-fog-of-processing/) - Warm greetings friends. As many of you are (and I fully recognize not all of you) I’m coming out of the fog of processing the huge and difficult changes happening in the US and rippling around the globe. For many of us, it might be a time to scream or cry, maybe get some hugs
- [Gathering Together](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/gathering-together/) - Retreat, relaxation, repose, restoration and catching the last bits of longer lingering evening light — wonderful parts of Summer to hopefully find time for. I’m about to take some time to enjoy some of these things myself but before I do, I wanted to let you know of a couple of new mentor groups I’ll
- [Spiritual Friends](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/spiritual-friends/) - Kind Greetings Friends. I’m recently back from a retreat with my teacher Ajahn Amaro, still basking in the immense gratitude I have from his vast understanding of the Dharma, his generous spirit and simply from the blessings of knowing him for 29 years. It’s a long time to know someone but also a short time considering
- [Shifting, changing, always re-arranging](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/shifting-changing-always-re-arranging/) - Kind Greetings Friends, I used to think about impermanence often hoping the reality and truth of it would sink in, saving me from future disappointments and surprises. I know now that wisdom comes slowly and through experience and, that thinking about something doesn’t rush or replace its embodiment or absorption! I did try… In the
- [As 'seen' Inside](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/as-seen-inside/) - Warm greetings friends, Staying inspired especially during current difficult times in the world, for me includes taking some time to experience the more unseen but ‘felt and known’ aspects of existence. We have been mostly taught to believe in what we can see, read and or prove through science and there is a lot to
- [ Inner Resources](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/inner-resources/) - Kind Greetings Friends, How do we ‘see’ what we see? Seeing can be internal and also with our opened eyes. But, the if we rely only on external vision only it can actually blind us to what is unseen and known within. The photos above are a reflection of seen and unseen – on the
- [A Sense of Tenderness](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/a-sense-of-tenderness/) - Kind Greetings Friends, Over the past decade or so my main practice has been tending to the tenderization of my heart. Over time with this as my focus, I’ve come to more fully realize that it’s a sense not just a thought process and that the most profoundly impactful way to live a kinder gentler
- [Enhancing your Practice](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/enhancing-your-practice/) - Kind Greetings Friends, Meditation and somatic practices can be very personal, especially after the first year or so of practicing on one’s own. Every day can be a slight variation on a practice theme depending on how we are mentally, emotionally and or physically that day. Discovering the treasure trove of various practices can take
- [Clearing the Room](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/clearing-the-room/) - Kind Greetings Friends, Many times, recently, I’ve had to consciously re-arrange my ‘inner furniture.’ When something or things are troublesome, worrisome, or not as desired in my personal or larger world it’s been helpful to assess how I’m creating discomfort about something I either can or can’t control. Sensing this feels somatically like the inner
- [Together we Can](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/together-we-can/) - Kind Greetings Friends, I’m finding this summer to be a time of not really wanting to do so much on my own. I live alone most of the time and it’s become normal after 30 plus years. I actually like living by myself but I’m craving the company of others – conversations, questions, inquiry …
- [The Relevance and Irreverence of Being Curious](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-relevance-and-irreverence-of-being-curious/) - Kind Greetings Friends, Engaged in the delight of asking questions, curiosity contains a willingness to not know and a thirst to discover more. Curiosity can also contain a little irreverence, especially if held in a playful and kind way by suggesting that we question and not necessarily rely on what we may have grown to
- [Matter that Matters](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/matter-that-matters/) - Greetings friends, What might it be like if you could relax and soften your heart and then consciously shape your body around it so that you were moving about and interacting with the world with a body soft and full of heart? Maybe you could imagine how that could shift your presence in the world.
- [The Field of Possibilities](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-field-of-possibilities/) - Greetings friends. Thich Nhat Hanh once said that “Imagination is the power that allows us to see beyond what is visible, to hear what is beyond audible, to touch beyond what is tangible, and to know beyond the intellectual.” Exploring what is boundless, not necessarily tangible or intellectual, is an aspect of sensing consciousness in
- [Heart Space](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/heart-space/) - Warm greetings friends. One of the most important pursuits for me especially recently is creating softness and space to rest into. This might sound abstract, but softness creates space and both can be felt. There is also instant and infinite benefits to feel and utilize – mentally, emotionally and physically. For instance, when we are
- [Awe and Inspiration](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/awe-and-inspiration/) - Warm greetings friends. I hope this new calendar year is starting off well and you’re finding inspiration in familiar and brand-new ways. I’ve been finding heart in reading and listening to folks who are creative. I’m inspired by those who manage to express and practice living with heart and dignity no matter what their lives
- [Glimpses of Beauty](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/glimpses-of-beauty/) - Greetings friends far and near. I hope like many of you, I’ve been purposeful in finding respites from what I know is going on around our planet and concerning our planet. The heartbreaking nature of some of our current personal and collective experiences can and I believe have been wearing us down so it’s really
- [The Cultivation of Internal Space](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-cultivation-of-internal-space/) - Many of us are in need of some extra space—space in our homes, our schedules, between one another, and even a little more space between our often relentless thoughts would be a relief. It’s a nice idea to have more spaciousness internally, especially when we may not have it in our outer world, but as just
- [Inner and Outer Transformation](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/inner-and-outer-transformation/) - I hope that this message finds you safe and as well and sane as possible. As we recognize our interdependence, our commonalities and how we can thrive together rather than separately we are called to re-imagine the world we wish to live in. Recognizing that our voices have to be heard if we continue to
- [Loss for Words](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/loss-for-words/) - I have been at a loss for words for many months now – the thought of writing something hopefully helpful to thousands of you when I don’t have the privilege of knowing how each of you are right now has been daunting and difficult. So, I have remained silent on a larger scale, being with those
- [Greeting Friends, Near and Far](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/greeting-friends-near-and-far/) - As I check into my own body, heart and mind I know I am tapping into a larger inner world than just my own. There is a palpable sense that everyone on the planet is feeling some of the weight of what’s going on in their own body, heart and mind – it’s become pretty
- [There is Goodness in the World](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/there-is-goodness-in-the-world/) - It might be a bit hidden at the moment -- deeply buried in the pages of the news, maybe a shelf in a corner of the grocery store, outside in someone's smile from across the street - but, it still exists. As one of my Tibetan teachers told me many years ago - there is a balance of
- [View](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/view/) - It's summer time here in the U.S. which means we can a little bit lighter in spirit, at least that's what we most of us would like to be the case!
- [Light Reading](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/light-reading/) - It's summer time here in the U.S. which means we can a little bit lighter in spirit, at least that's what we most of us would like to be the case!
- [Like a Bowl](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/like-a-bowl/) - What would it be like to receive whatever was given and not reject, close down or desire more? I’ve been imagining how to be more like this by imagining myself as a bowl. Either simply by picturing myself as a bowl, or with conscious somatic prompting I find I can more easily soften – from
- [Two Simple Practices for Sensitive Hearts in Not so Simple Times](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/two-simple-practices-for-sensitive-hearts-in-a-not-so-simple-time/) - It can be difficult to be involved in knowing about and staying up to date with the news of the world day after day. Our heart mind might feel overwhelmed, angry, triggered, some of us might even be feeling hopeless with lack of personal absolve. How can we tend and attend to others and ourselves?
- [Begin at the beginning, end at the end.](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/begin-at-the-beginning-end-at-the-end/) - Begin at the beginning, end at the end refers to a very practical and straight foward practice that I recommend to everyone. (excerpt by Norman Fischer, Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings of the Practice of Lojong, Shambhala Publications Inc., 2013)
- [On the Wrong Side of a Knife: Staying Fearless and Present in the Face of Danger](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/on-the-wrong-side-of-a-knife-staying-fearless-and-present-in-the-face-of-danger/) - “Give it up,” he said and I heard a click. I glanced down, and there was a switchblade pointed at my belly. I looked up and with genuine surprise replied, “What do you mean?” as I took my hands and arms away from my body.
- [The Wonderful Movement of Intentions](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-wonderful-movement-of-intentions/) - As you practice, and when you’ve watched your mind long enough, you are aware of its movement. Not just how one thought turns into the next, seemingly with no thread of sanity or sense, but with time, you actually experience stillness and witness when movement arises out of the stillness and, how that movement what
- [In Service](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/1297/) - Empathy and compassion are natural states for most human beings, and fortunately so. For in feeling empathy towards another we have dissolved the boundaries—even if temporarily—that frequently are imagined to exist between one another.When we are compassionate, we help each other, doing whatever it might take to alleviate suffering in someone else or in many.
- [Embody the Mind](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/embody-the-mind/) - Summertime greetings! Over the past few months I’ve met so many of you in Europe, London, and the U.S., – so many incredible heart/minds gathering to learn, practice and step into seeing things as they are, discover deeper meaning, unplug the phone, turn towards rather than against – all with a beautiful willingness and courage to
- [Planting the Seeds: Growing or Cutting the Roots of Thoughts and Feelings](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/planting-the-seeds-growing-or-cutting-the-roots-of-thoughts-and-feelings/) - Just like a garden bed, seeds can be planted in our mind to either flourish or be prevented from taking root. This all depends on the how receptive and fertile the garden bed (of the mind) is at any given moment. Mind is not matter, but it does indeed matter that we pay good attention
- [Broken Open: Accepting the Nature of the Way Things Are](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/broken-open/) - We’ve all been broken and somehow repaired at least a few times in our lives, psychically split and sewn back together. The longer we live, the more there are emotional, mental and physical bumps and bruises, parts that break down and parts that break open. Rather than think of these fractures as flaws or weaknesses...
- [Generosity: the Benefits for the Heart/Mind and Body](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/generosity-heartmind-body/) - Typically, when we think of someone as being generous, two manifestations often come to mind – the person is generous financially, or generous in their time and care. Both of these actions and traits are to be admired, and cultivated. Generosity can also be quite quiet and reserved though too. Generosity of spirit, kindness, space,
- [Skillful Means Part One: Titration (simple self care and stress management)](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/skillful-means-part-one-titration/) - Whether we need support over the holidays, post election, or just plain in general – learning how to titrate is one of the most powerful and skillful ways to self regulate, re-find balance and stay in the present moment when we’re working with strong states of mind, heart and body. Titrating is a somatic approach
- [Intention + Idea = Action](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/0-intention-idea-action/) - There’s so much going on right now (as I know you are well aware of), that it’s hard to know exactly what we can do to help someone, some cause or even ourselves. What do we contribute time, energy and/or attention to, and in what ways would help most – how do we even begin?
- [Sum and Parts](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/sum-and-parts/) - When thinking of ourselves, we generally have a pretty clear picture of who we are, our likes and dislikes, our strengths and weaknesses. What if we were to view and examine various aspects of ourselves and tease apart our various facets—our body, our heart, and our mind? Would this influence how we see ourselves? In
- [The Shape of Things](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-shape-of-things/) - What shapes our being? (If there is even a shape to be ascribed). What shapes the mind and heart? What is the shape our future, our actions, words and silence? Many things shape us, from our genes, parents, culture and the food we consume. And, many things take shape -- from the space inside, or
- [A Suitcase of Associations](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/a-suitcase-of-associations/) - One thing leads to another. Karma is created by a cause and a resulting condition. Experience is met through the 6 senses: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin (sensation) and mind. What the mind does with what is met or experienced is dependent on both what we have experienced in the past, and how aware we
- [Not Knowing](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/not-knowing/) - Not knowing, also called beginners mind can be a particularly helpful intention to work with as this new year dawns. Not knowing is a way to experience what we are experiencing with a fresh and untainted mind, as if we didn't know what was around the corner (because in truth we don't) and we had
- [Present for the Intention and the Action](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/present-intention-action/) - The processes in our mind are often so subtle that we’re unaware of them originating, proceeding, being translated into words coming out of our mouths, or moving our body in some way, or even just moving our hearts. Causes and conditions are happening all the time that we can tune into and connect with. When
- [Burning Questions and Things Unsaid](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/burning-questions-things-unsaid/) - Recently, I’ve been thinking about the potential for self-harm or self-care and the sometimes subtle differences between the two when it comes to questions we hold inside and things we don’t say out loud.
- [No Harm](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/no-harm/) - In contemplative traditions there has always been an emphasis on non – harming. In the Buddhist and yogic traditions it is referred to as Ahimsa, which means to refrain from harming, or taking the life of any living being. It is one of the 5 precepts that lay people take as gifts that bring freedom and guidelines to intentionally living an ethical and thoughtful life.
- [Thoughts on Thoughts and Feelings (and befriending them)](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/thoughts-thoughts-feelings-befriending/) - Part of a mindfulness practice is noticing our thoughts and feelings as they occur. We train our mind to be more ‘on the point’ of the present moment so to speak, so that whatever thoughts we have we notice them, and if we are feeling something we notice that too. This developed quality of noticing is what builds into knowing ourselves deeply.
- [The Incredible Lightness of Resilience](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/incredible-lightness-resilience/) - Like a willowy tree with heavy, low hanging fruit – I was hooked up and laden with tubes in a hospital bed just a mere few weeks ago. Every drip and every bag contained something that my body needed and facilitated the repair and support for the surgery I had just had. I was tethered and wilted and grateful for the care!
- [Witnessing](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/witnessing/) - To witness or to be with, not as a separate entity or self is one of our most potent and powerful tools for transformation and healing (in it's many iterations). To witness is to embrace our experiences individually and collectively. To bear witness is to be with, without the normal layer of judgment, or as importantly to notice the judgment as it arises and actually feel the pain and separation it creates so that it can be let go of.
- [Life can sometimes seem long, long enough or not very long...](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/life-can-sometimes-seem-long-long-enough-or-not-very-long/) - Life can sometimes seem long, long enough or not very long. I remember thinking it was long in my 20's, long enough in my 30's, not very long now that I'm in my 50's and probably really short as I (hopefully) get much older.
- [Unplug to connect](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/unplug-to-connect/) - When was the last time you went without checking your phone for more than just the time that you were asleep? Can you remember the last time you spent an entire day without your computer? Maybe not! It's interesting to reflect on this for a moment.
- [Connection](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/connection/) - Mindfulness, recognition and awareness, are all forms of connection. True connection contains generosity and generosity of mind and spirit allows us to connect with others and to ourselves, in kindness and with care. It's a wonderful cycle that can be easily sparked by intention, attention and practice.
- [Turn on the light](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/turn-on-the-light/) - Deep within us is space -- call it spiritual space, empty space, metaphorical space, psychic space. We can intuit it, know it, ignore it, run from it, embrace it, and fill it. There are as many ways to live in our internal space as there are unique human beings with colorful personalities, needs, desires and pasts.
- [Listening to Body Language](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/listening-to-body-language/) - Listening sometimes means hearing a lot of noise. New practitioners of meditation can attest to this. Sit down, turn your attention inwardly and the sound of a million disparate voices, songs and static fill your awareness.
- [Breath as Mirror to the Mind](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/breath-as-mirror-to-the-mind/) - Our breath is a most nuanced and intimate guide to our psyches, and following its behavior is a revealing and direct path to understanding our deepest selves. Observing our own breath or observing someone else’s is a window to the subtle body and the most subtle of habits.
- [Embodying a Mind](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/embodying-a-mind/) - What happens when we are not fully rooted in our bodies, but free floating in our thinking minds? It can be an uncomfortable scenario that I'll illustrate with metaphors to share what I mean. Imagine your thinking mind is just like a balloon - then, imagine the balloon being blown around in a sky full of thunderstorms - not that great of a picture! Imagine the thinking mind as a balloon getting caught in a hurricane, or frozen in a snowstorm either way, it's not easy to stay afloat, or not be damaged, nor is it easy to have any kind of ground to land on. It's completely unsafe and harrowing to be a like a (thinking mind) balloon in these situations, imagine the stress and fatigue!
- [About a Face](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/about-a-face/) - Even with over 20 years of meditation practice, I recently re-discovered just how attached I am to my face. Yes, the pun is that we are all attached to our face, it is part of our head, but what the pun insinuates but doesn't explore is just how emotionally attached I (we as the case may be) am to my face until some recent surgery showed me the hidden extent of it.
- [Life Support](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/life-support/) - As it is holiday season it might be a good idea to consider expanding your idea of practice so that it includes some skillful means - whether you are with friends, framily, work colleagues, family of origin or even alone.
- [Loosening the Grip/Try a Little Tenderness](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/loosening-the-griptry-a-little-tenderness/) - Here's what I have come to know as a fairly universal contemporary problem - many of us are a bit too tough on ourselves. We criticize our looks, our thoughts and emotions, our progress on the spiritual path, our practice quantity and quality. And, the fact is, that it's not helpful!
- [The Body of the World](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/the-body-of-the-world/) - My appreciation of the world has increased so much over the years, especially as I travel more. Lifting off into the skies I am thankful for my ability to be in my body in groundless space, and in the body of the world with it's wide open arms of sky.
- [A Part of the Many who Practice](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/a-part-of-the-many-who-practice/) - How wonderful it is to feel a part of the many who practice, who search, inquire, listen and share.Wherever I go, I am always at home when I meet others who practice - something. Something reflective, introspective and kind. What method is practiced, what lineage, where it originated actually doesn't matter. What matters, deeply, is the shape the practice takes in our lives. How does a practice show up? How do you move from it? With it and because of it?...
- [Mindfulness of the Body](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/mindfulness-of-the-body/) - Over the past 33 years my practice has changed, re-arranged, been fallow and fruitful - but one constant theme has been mindfulness of the body. By returning my mind to the home of my body I've navigated tumultuous mental storms and a myriad of emotional events. The yogis of long ago utilized asana as an anchor in their life’s storms as well - to reduce their suffering, to control their minds.
- [M of B](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/m-of-b/) - There's a wonderful exhibit called Yoga: The Art of Transformation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. It's rather mind blowing that this exhibit even exists - it's a testament to the popularity of yoga in the East, and it honors yoga's roots in a reverent and thoughtful way. Our bodies can facilitate a
- [Meditation in Motion / Tricycle Magazine ](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/hello-world/) - Meditation in Motion is a way of practicing being present by being in our body, wherever it is and whatever it is doing. When we are exactly where our body is, we are in the present moment. The body isn’t in the past or future, it’s not conceptual or imagined; it’s part of nature and contains all of nature’s elements. It houses our awareness, is shaped by our stories, thoughts, and emotions, and holds our memories within its tissues. The body is our house—and how we live in it and where we occupy it are uniquely ours, as well as being part of the common human experience.
- [Yoga Service - an interview with Jill Satterfield from the Huffington Post](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/yoga-service-an-interview-with-jill-satterfield-from-the-huffington-post/) - · What emotionally connects you to give back the gift of yoga? Sharing the boundless gifts of yoga and meditation not only pays respect to the generosity of those who have diligently practiced and cared enough to teach others, but is also a beautifully valuable way of life through which we can help others help themselves. Giving back is an organic and natural development of practice. As compassion blossoms, the pollination is action. The action aspect of compassion is what compels many of us, and those of us who are here to rise to assess where and how we might help others and make a difference.
- [Self-Practice as the Foundation for Social Action: How to thrive and sustain personal well being in the field of yoga service.](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/265/) - To be engaged with skillful action in the world requires dedication, perseverance, wisdom and compassion. I’ll describe what I mean by these terms. Dedication to a cause is a commitment fueled by enthusiasm and a conviction that we can make a difference to a particular person, circumstance or to society. Perseverance is “persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success”[1] and may be ultimately understood as a reinforcing combination of conviction, a long-term view, patience and determination (firmness of purpose[2]). Wisdom is the “quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment.”[3] Is also Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) in Buddhism an understanding, discernment, insight, or cognitive acuity. “Such wisdom is understood to exist in the universal flux of being and can be intuitively experienced through meditation”. [4] Wisdom is required to see deeply into the nature of a problem, as well as to cultivate insight into the appropriate means of facilitating solutions; it is not rash or impulsive but thoughtful and considered. Compassion emerges from three interrelated qualities: the wisdom of seeing things as they are; an experiential understanding of interdependence (i.e. the absolute connection between ourselves and others); and a genuine concern for the welfare of all sentient beings.
- [Spiritual Sanity](https://jillsatterfield.org/uncategorized/spiritual-sanity/) - Sometimes I think I know something, but more often than not these days, I don't. I'm finding great ease in not knowing which is the total opposite of what I used to think. I remember as a child thinking that when I was an adult I would have opinions, but at that point I didn't yet because I was still a kid. I remember working on developing opinions, and it paid off - but now I have way too many of them and I'm happily letting more and more of them go!

## Pages

- [Home](https://jillsatterfield.org/) - Our Home of Practice The body is our house—and how we live in it and where we occupy it are uniquely ours, as well as being part of the common human experience. The body is a treasure trove and an exquisite vehicle for our practice of waking up and being with what is. ~ Jill
- [Thursdays Group](https://jillsatterfield.org/thursdays-group/) - Register HereThursdays 10 – 11:30 PT Next Group Dates (apologies to anyone who was working with the January start date, we’ve had to push back to February as a start date) Mentor group with Jill: February 12, March 5, April 16, May 14 Peer Group with Alan: February 26, April 2, April 30, May 21
- [Workshops, Series, Retreats](https://jillsatterfield.org/workshops-classes/) - 2026 Events: Workshops, Classes, Retreats 2026 Mentoring Groups Tuesday Group Mentor Group: A new series will begin in January, 2026 Thursday Group: Mentor Group: January 8, February 12, March 12, April 16; 10:00 – 11:30 am PT Peer Group with Alan: January 22 , February 26, April 2; 10 – 11:15 am PT March 1,
- [Tuesday Mentoring Group](https://jillsatterfield.org/tuesday-group/) - Register HereTuesdays 10 – 11:30 am PST, 2026 This (online) group is for anyone who has previously practiced with Jill, or has taken at least 1 retreat of 5 days or more. Alternatively, please take a look at the Thursday Group if you are new to subtle body practices and haven’t yet had a retreat.
- [Small Group Mentoring, Thursdays, Sep–Dec 2025](https://jillsatterfield.org/small-group-mentoring-thursdays-sep-dec-2025/)
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- [Home](https://jillsatterfield.org/home-3-2/) - Our Home of Practice The body is our house—and how we live in it and where we occupy it are uniquely ours, as well as being part of the common human experience. The body is a treasure trove and an exquisite vehicle for our practice of waking up and being with what is. ~ Jill
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- [Skills for Living: Mindfulness and Meditation for Chronic Health Conditions](https://jillsatterfield.org/skills-for-living-mindfulness-and-meditation-for-chronic-health-conditions/) - Skills for Living: Mindfulness and Meditation for Chronic Health Conditions Living with a chronic illness and or pain can not only be debilitating but becomes the unrequested focal point of life. Fortunately there are tools to support living with chronic pain or illness, many coming from the mindfulness and meditation traditions. Equally fortunate is that
- [Trainings](https://jillsatterfield.org/trainings/) - Trainings “As we inhabit our body with increasing sensitivity, we learn its unspoken language and patterns, which gives us tremendous freedom to make choices. The practice of cutting thoughts and dispersing negative repetitive patterns can be simplified by attending to the patterns in the body first, before they begin to be spun around in the
- [Embodied Mind Immersion, and 200 Hour Teacher Training Application](https://jillsatterfield.org/embodied-mind-immersion-and-200-hour-teacher-training-application/) - Embodied Mind Immersion, and 200 Hour Teacher Training Application [si-contact-form form=’2′] Please note: We occasionally have problems with forms, so if you do not hear back from us within 48 hours please email: Jill at vajrayoga dot com.
- [Teacher Training and Resources](https://jillsatterfield.org/teacher-training-and-resources/) - The Embodied Mind 200 hour Teacher Training is underway in San Francisco, the next training will be announced soon. The School for Compassionate Action Training will also be announced and will begin in the East Bay soon! Work Study Scholarships are available! Please write for details "The Embodied Mind training at ZaZen studio
- [About Vajra Yoga + Meditation](https://jillsatterfield.org/about/) - Vajra Yoga & Meditation (VY&M) integrates and embodies the practices of mindfulness, meditation, compassion, Buddhist philosophy, psychology and yoga asana. Developed by Jill Satterfield, named “one of the 4 leading yoga and Buddhist teachers in the country” by Shambhala Sun, this integration of mind and body, opens practical portals to being present with each moment and in turn, fertilize the ground of kindness
- [Daylong Retreat Recordings](https://jillsatterfield.org/daylong-retreat-recordings/) - DAYLONG RETREAT RECORDINGS Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind, New York Insight Meditation Center Three Recordings http://www.jillsatterfield.org/audio/introduction_pain_and_anxiety-60311.mp3 Anxiety, It’s Not All in Your Mind – Pain and Anxiety http://www.jillsatterfield.org/audio/q_a_practice_with_experiential_examples-60314.mp3 Q & A: Practice with Experiential Examples http://www.jillsatterfield.org/audio/subtle_body_and_the_imagination_guided_practice_and_talk-60318.mp3 Subtle Body and the Imagination: Guided Practice and Talk Four Recordings http://www.jillsatterfield.org/audio/felt_sense_sitting_and_standing_demonstration-60315.mp3 Felt Sense, Sitting and Standing
- [Working with Stored Emotions and Trauma Somatically and Safely](https://jillsatterfield.org/working-with-stored-emotions-and-trauma-somatically-and-safely/) - Working with Stored Emotions and Trauma Somatically and Safely May 19–20 The body experiences thoughts and emotions before they are cognized by the mind. The body is also a storehouse for unprocessed thoughts and emotions – especially those that were traumatic and uncomfortable. Tending to the body is imperative when working with trauma, as the
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- [Women’s Embodied Meditation and Dharma Group online and open to all self identified women](https://jillsatterfield.org/womens-embodied-meditation-and-dharma-group-online-open-to-all-self-identified-women/) - Women’s Embodied Meditation and Dharma Group – Open to all self identified women. Online Monday’s 9-10 am PT. Noon – 1 pm ET. Somatically Sensing In working with what is as gracefully as possible during this time of COVID, political uncertainty, environmental emergencies and general unsettling times we are in, it’s good to bear in
- [Self Compassion](https://jillsatterfield.org/self-compassion/) - Self Compassion June 16, 2018, Amsterdam Befriending ourselves and the critic within is a practice that is learned, not always innate. In order to grow compassion, we start with ourselves by rooting out the internal weeds of criticism and replacing the unhealthy habits with those more supportive, kind and fruitful. How do we practice with
- [Inner Awareness, Triyoga, London](https://jillsatterfield.org/inner-awareness-triyoga-london/) - Inner Awareness, Triyoga, LondonJune 22, 2018, Triyoga, London Join Jill Satterfield in this exploration of deliberate sensitivity to heart/mind and body that when coupled with wise discernment and compassionate responses can cultivate an ease of being and tender care towards oneself and for others. Inner awareness has many applications — as developed attention to what
- [Body as House: A Somatic Exploration of the Mind Body Relationship](https://jillsatterfield.org/body-as-house-a-somatic-exploration-of-the-mind-body-relationship/) - Body as House: A Somatic Exploration of the Mind Body Relationship June 23, 2018, Triyoga, London The body feels thoughts and emotions before they are cognized by the mind. The body is also a store - house for thoughts and emotions unprocessed – especially those that were traumatic and uncomfortable. Tending to the body is
- [Recharge & Reconnect: Inner Awareness, Resilience, and Self Care for Care Providers](https://jillsatterfield.org/recharge-reconnect-inner-awareness-resilience-and-self-care-for-care-providers/) - Recharge & Reconnect: Inner Awareness, Resilience, and Self Care for Care Providers July 13 – 15, 10:00am - 4:30pm Much of a working day is spent disconnecting from our own needs to serve the needs of others. Taking time later doesn’t always pan out, the stress gets buried and builds, leading to compassion fatigue and burn
- [Loving Kindness and Self Compassion: The Development and Embracing of Both](https://jillsatterfield.org/loving-kindness-and-self-compassion-the-development-and-embracing-of-both/) - Loving Kindness and Self Compassion: The Development and Embracing of Both February 3–4, 2018, 10am–5pm This mini retreat is open to anyone with interest in taking better care of themselves. The tools and techniques offered are practical, accessible and translatable to many of life's circumstances and environments, including personal and professional. Both days will incorporate
- [The Body as House](https://jillsatterfield.org/the-body-as-house/) - The Body as House June 15, 2018, Amsterdam Every body has a story -- our every bone has history and each muscle can be patterned in a unique way; our every breath is like a wind generated from our thoughts and emotions, distinct and emblematic. Our bodies hold an individuated interior that records and stores
- [Inner Awareness for Emotional Intelligence at Spirit Rock](https://jillsatterfield.org/inner-awareness-for-emotional-intelligence-at-spirit-rock/) - Inner Awareness for Emotional Intelligence at Spirit Rock Friday, February 9, 2018, 10:00am - 4:30pm Listen to Jill on Dharma Seed Inner awareness is key to understanding and taking care of our mental and emotional landscapes. Awareness of sensations, breath, thoughts, and emotions culminate in recognizing what is. By repeatedly observing each moment, we become sensitive
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- [Integrating Mindfulness into Your Profession](https://jillsatterfield.org/integrating-mindfulness-into-your-profession/) - Integrating Mindfulness into Your Profession Monday, March 5, 5:30pm – 6:30pm It’s true, mindfulness can be an excellent non-invasive, complimentary support and intervention for working with the mind, body, and heart. You may have read the research findings and maybe even practiced enough to recognize the benefits for yourself. Integrating mindfulness into your personal life
- [Open House Integrating Mindfulness into your Profession](https://jillsatterfield.org/open-house-integrating-mindfulness-into-your-profession/) - Open House Integrating Mindfulness into your Profession March 23, 4 – 5:30, Pacific DBT, Oakland By donation Please RSPV as space is limited: info at jillsatterfield dot org It’s true, mindfulness can be an excellent non invasive, complimentary support and intervention for working with the mind, body and heart. You may have read the research
- [Embodied Mind 6 Month Immersion and/or 200 Hour Training](https://jillsatterfield.org/embodied-mind-6-month-immersion-200-hour-teacher-training/) - The Embodied Mind 6 Month Immersion and/or 200 Hour Training Two Options with Jill Satterfield, starting August 11, 2018! *Info Session + Practice — Monday, August 16th at 5:30pm* The Embodied Mind Training and Immersion draw together the practices of mindfulness and meditation, somatic therapy, yoga asana and contemplative psychology. As continuing education, life long learning
- [Mindfulness in Motion - Integrating Mindfulness into Asana: For Teachers, London](https://jillsatterfield.org/mindfulness-in-motion-integrating-mindfulness-into-asana-for-teachers-london/) - Mindfulness in Motion - Integrating Mindfulness into Asana: For Teachers, London June 24,10:00 - 17:00, Triyoga A daylong for teachers. Mindfulness from the Buddhist tradition is a practice that leads to wisdom and compassion, a steady mind and the ability to notice the present moment as it arises, with kindness. Directly integrating this intentional practice
- [Integrating Mindfulness: Anxiety, Yoga Moves](https://jillsatterfield.org/integrating-mindfulness-anxiety-yoga-moves/) - Integrating Mindfulness: Anxiety, Yoga Moves June 17, Utrecht The seeds of anxiety originate from a variety of sources: repeated trauma, an illness and /or chronic pain, hormonal or neurotransmitter imbalance, a mind caught in fear of the unknown future, and gut discordance among them. How we skilfully work with our own and the mind and
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- [Integrating Mindfulness into your Clinical Practice Online Group](https://jillsatterfield.org/integrating-mindfulness-into-your-clinical-practice-group/) - Integrating Mindfulness into your Clinical Practice Online Group Improve your outcomes with clients and your own understanding and practice of mindfulness. Practice, discuss and engage with a small group of like - minded clinicians. This 1.5 hour online mentoring group will offer the following: 20 minute guided meditation practice Discussions about why the practices were
- [Thursday Morning Guided Meditation](https://jillsatterfield.org/thursday-morning-guided-meditation/) - Thursday Morning Guided Meditation 9 – 9:30 am PT Your donation can be of any size - no donation too small, or too much! You can pay per session or for a month - and please consider paying forward for someone who is struggling financially during covid time. Please donate before noon on any Wednesday
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- [Anxiety: It's Not All in Your Mind at Spirit Rock](https://jillsatterfield.org/anxiety-its-not-all-in-your-mind-at-spirit-rock/) - Anxiety: It's Not All in Your Mind at Spirit Rock April 13, 2018 10 - 4:30 The seeds of anxiety originate from a variety of sources: repeated trauma, illness, chronic pain, hormonal imbalance, a mind caught in fear of the unknown future. How we skillfully work with ourselves when anxiety takes root, including before anxiety
- [Chronic Pain: The Choices and the Burdens](https://jillsatterfield.org/chronic-pain-the-choices-and-the-burdens/) - Chronic Pain: The Choices and the Burdens May 5–6 Chronic illness or severe pain can be like quicksand – we can get overwhelmed and “go under.” Our bodies and minds become entangled in a messy confusion of pain and strong emotions. Many of us have little knowledge on how to find mental or emotional relief
- [Embodied Mind:  A Mindfulness, Contemplative and Somatic Psychology Deep Dive: A Four Week Online Mentoring Group](https://jillsatterfield.org/embodied-mind-a-mindfulness-contemplative-and-somatic-psychology-deep-dive-a-four-week-online-mentoring-group/) - Embodied Mind: A Mindfulness, Contemplative and Somatic Psychology Deep Dive – A 4 Week Online Mentoring Group 4 Thursdays at 4 PM PST/ 7PM ESTMay 23 and 30, June 6 and 13 For too many years, meditation and mindfulness have been primarily a mind only practice, with little to no true homage paid to the
- [Insight Meditation Retreat: Remembering the Heart of Practice](https://jillsatterfield.org/insight-meditation-retreat-remembering-the-heart-of-practice/) - Insight Meditation Retreat: Remembering the Heart of Practice with Kevin Griffin, Walt Opie and Greg Pergament at Black Mountain, N. Ca. email Greg Pergament for information: wakanmonk@aol.com April 18 – April 25, 2020 Join us for an Insight Meditation retreat in Northern California at Black Mountain Retreat Center — that will provide the opportunity to
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- [Embodied Spacious Awareness](https://jillsatterfield.org/embodied-spacious-awareness/) - Embodied Spacious Awareness Thursday’s 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 ET, September 3, 10, 17, 24 Spaciousness is something we hear about and would love to have more of but often need some support and guidance to discover it for ourselves. This 4 class series will offer practices that contemplatives from different Buddhist and Yogic traditions have utilized
- [Embodied Compassion (in English and Spanish)](https://jillsatterfield.org/embodied-compassion-in-english-and-spanish/) - Embodied Compassion August 13, 2020, 4:00pm-5:30 pm PT/US Compasión encarnada 13 de Agosto 8 – 9:30 pm Hora Argentina There are a variety of portals that lead to the spaciousness and understanding that fertilizes compassion for oneself and others. The body is one of the ways in which compassion can be cultivated over time. This class

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