491: La Sarmiento on Suffering to Acceptance

<p>La Sarmiento has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. They are the guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington’s BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Sanghas, a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and Cloud Sangha, a contributor to the Ten Percent Happier app, and a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader Training Program.</p><p>In this episode, Eric and La discuss how to move from suffering to acceptance and belonging through mindfulness practices.</p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>La Sarmiento and I Discuss Suffering and Acceptance and…</p><ul><li>Finding connection and acceptance with someone who has very different beliefs</li><li>Their feeling of not belonging in the dominant culture</li><li>When they decided to claim their belonging</li><li>Their important work helping teens&nbsp;</li><li>How they intentionally doesn’t prepare her Dharma talks ahead of time</li><li>The questions to ask when suffering&nbsp;</li><li>How being mindful doesn’t mean doing it right, it’s being aware of what you’re doing</li><li>Taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and Sangha helps them to remember to mindful</li><li>The practice of learning to be more comfortable with being uncomfortable</li><li>How the dominant culture needs to better understand inclusion and assimilation</li><li>How their dog Casey opened her heart</li></ul><p>La Sarmiento links:</p><p><a href="https://www.lasarmiento.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">La’s Website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BodhiLa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>Explore the science behind&nbsp;weight&nbsp;