Dirty Hands,
Clean Dharma.
Clean Dharma.
Former prisoner. Union tradesman. Dharma student and teacher.
Embodying refuge - November 1st, 2025
In Buddhism, mindfulness of the body is considered an essential foundation for meditative practice. Modern therapeutic approaches, like Somatic Experiencing, echo this wisdom and offer practical ways to support our capacity for resilience. In this daylong retreat, we will explore the body as refuge through traditional mindfulness practices and the contemporary tools of Somatic Experiencing.
Join us for a day of seated and walking meditation, exploring somatic tools for resilience, and community building.
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In this guided meditation, Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of elements using Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice. The meditation begins with establishing embodied mindfulness and then moves into body scans using earth, water, fire, and air elements.
The Buddha taught that the body can be a doorway to liberation from suffering, a place we can return to find steadiness and ease. With practice, the body can become a place of refuge - a fertile ground for presence and insight.
Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of anatomy using Bhikkhu Analayo's method of Satipatthana practice. The meditation begins with establishing embodied mindfulness and then moves into body scans of the body using skin, flesh, and bone.
People mediate for a variety of reasons. To slow down. To heal. To stay sane. To meet what’s here. In this talk, Matthew explores these motivations for practice and the ways they align with a more traditional, Buddhist understanding.
Can the present moment be devoid of everything that came before? How might our mindfulness practice be framed as a way of understanding the past?
Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time.