Equanimity Practice

Maintain equal attitude toward pleasure and pain, success and failure.

EmotionalAdvanced15-25 minutes

Technique Summary

Difficulty

Advanced

Duration

15-25 minutes

Origin

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Category

Emotional

Tags

equanimitybalanceacceptancewitnessing

Benefits

  • Emotional balance
  • Freedom from preference reactivity
  • Witnessing development
  • Inner peace amid life's extremes

Step-by-Step Instructions

  • 1

    Recall a recent pleasant experience and fully feel it

  • 2

    Now recall a recent unpleasant experience and fully feel it

  • 3

    Observe your natural preferences and reactions to each

  • 4

    Practice seeing both with equal acceptance

  • 5

    Recognize the witnessing awareness that remains unchanged through both

  • 6

    Rest in this equanimous awareness beyond preferences

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