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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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 &ndash; there&rsquo;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">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It&rsquo;s that simple and we&rsquo;ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p> <p>La Sarmiento and I Discuss Suffering and Acceptance and&hellip;</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&rsquo;t prepare her Dharma talks ahead of time</li> <li>The questions to ask when suffering&nbsp;</li> <li>How being mindful doesn&rsquo;t mean doing it right, it&rsquo;s being aware of what you&rsquo;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/">La&rsquo;s Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BodhiLa">Facebook</a></p> <p>Explore the science behind&nbsp;weight&nbsp;loss&nbsp;and p