Poems, Guitar and Meditations

In this episode, I read and reflect on the Buddhist concept of Equanimity. In short, equanimity is about finding balance and protecting yourself from attaching to external forces like praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain, or gain and loss. Alongside the reading: sounds of a Tibetan singing bowl. Though I will not attach to the results of putting this episode out, I will send out hopes that anyone who listens may find fleeting moments of peace, calm or balance. For more on equanimity, check out: https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/cultivating-equanimity-2/ Thanks for listening, Jonah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Please enjoy this first episode of what might become a 10-epislde journey into the experience of one hobbled British man in California at a silent retreat. Please share it with anyone who has even a mild senae of humor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Elderly hoops aficionado Saul J Morgenstern discusses the Clippers and Sixers and the winter slog portion of the NBA season. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Elderly hoops aficionado Saul j Morgenstern discusses the trends of the NBA season and responds to callers from around the globe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

This epispde of Hoops Talk with Saul! gets an assist from Boston‐based voice artist Andy Robichaud. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Elderly Hoops aficionado Saul Morgenstern talks about the upcoming NBA season with his elderly cousin, his nephew and a stranger from Orlando named Rico. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Elderly NBA aficionado Saul J Morgenstern reminisces about his fantasy hoops history, dating back to 1955. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

This episode is a compilation of 9 previously published episodes, and several musical interludes. If you enjoy this, please consider my book of collected poems: The Spirit In: Poems from the First Year of Fatherhood. $4 e-book, $10 paperback. http://www.blurb.com/b/8760343-the-spirit-in-poems-from-the-first-year-of-fatherh In addition, you can support the podcast via Anchor (as low as $1 per month)  or one-time only directly via PayPal. Thanks for listening. Keep breathing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Sometimes all your ears need is rain. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

5-minutes of bliss while you sit in gridlock. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

The sun wanders. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Playing with Reverb. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Piano, looped with reverb. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Thursday morning rain nap (piano) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Self-compassion is complicated for me. I understand I must love my self before I can love anyone else. But that love is not simple and easy. Love for myself is complicated. I value certain aspects of who I am and what I bring to the relationships in my life, my work and my creative projects...but I also get stuck in negative thought cycles. I can spiral. I can ignore my own needs and then become irritable and irritating. In other words, I need more self-compassion. It's a practice. There are days I won't have enough compassion for my body, or my health, or my need for rest, or my desire for fun. There are days I will stumble through. But keeping in mind that self-compassion is a practice, I will keep reminding myself to practice it. Hope you enjoy this episode. Be kind to yourself. The episode starts with a reading of Jack Kornfield's, called Awakening Self-Compassion. https://jackkornfield.com/self-compassion/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Fun with familiar Radiohead chords and effects --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

1. Cascading (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 2. Sunday Morning (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 3. We Turned Six (keyboards and vocals) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Walking Meditation (Being Sick, Watching NBA Playoffs With Young Child, Mother's Day, Political Fears) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Remember the pop hit "Steal My Sunshine" by Len? I took some of the sparkle out and added some droning guitar. Also...two instrumentals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Acoustic Covers 1. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds 2. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung 3. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 4. Horse With No Name - America 5. Shelter From the Storm- Bob Dylan 6. Steal My Sunshine - Len --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support