Meditation Misconceptions with Tasshin Fogleman
In this episode of the Strangely Earnest Podcast, we chat with Tasshin Fogleman. Tasshin has been meditating for over a decade, and has trained and taught extensively at the Monastic Academy. We talk about:
- Different types of meditation you might not have heard of
- Common meditation misconceptions
- Recommendations for beginners
- And much more
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:57 Introducing Tasshin Fogleman
01:19 How Tasshin started meditating
03:44 Why join a monastery?
07:18 Vocabulary for describing different meditation practices
12:08 Style of meditation at the Monastic Academy
12:47 Common misconceptions about meditation
15:23 How would you approach meditation if you had to do it all over again
18:36 You don't have to sit still to meditate
20:55 On Loving Kindness (Metta) meditation
28:31 For beginners, Consistency matters more than technique
30:32 On standing or moving meditation
34:26 Why is most of the focus on sitting first?
36:49 Hatha yoga was prep work for sitting meditation
37:40 100 days of solitary retreat
44:19 The role of exercise in Tasshin's meditation training
46:42 On Non-Doing meditation
51:57 Final thoughts
52:21 Where to find Tasshin online
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