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Relaxing the Subtle Body
WILLA BLYTHE BAKER, 2022
In this conversation with Edwin Kelley, Lama Willa Blythe Baker reflects on her journey through monastic training, long retreats, and study of The Way of the Bodhisattva. She recalls how Shantideva’s teaching to “remain like a piece of wood” once saved her from her own anger, and why “the body is key to encountering awareness.” She explores how relaxing the subtle body opens the mind, how emptiness invites awe and wonder, and how wisdom naturally flowers as compassion for all beings.

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