Letting Go (Nekkhamma Parami)

This 22-minute guided practice begins with mindfulness of breath in the body and then shifts into a contemplation of renunciation (nekkhamma). We consider four possibilities for the practice of renunciation: letting go in meditation of everything other than the body breathing; cultivating an easeful attitude that experiences this moment as enough; generating self-compassion for what is difficult or uncomfortable; and finally, loosening the sense of being an ‘I’ or ‘me’ who is meditating.