In this episode, Axel speaks with Alexis Santos about the experience of coming home and how to live a more present life. Alexis is a meditation teacher who leads retreats internationally. He has been a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya and spent several years training as a Buddhist monk under his guidance. Alexis also completed the four-year teacher trainingprogram through the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock. His teachings emphasize knowing the mind through a natural and relaxed continuity of awareness.
We talk about:
- The difference between natural and focused awareness
- What Alexis has learned from Sayadaw U Tejaniya
- The feeling of coming home
- The fruits of being kind to others
- Common misunderstandings on the path
- The habits of the mind
- Skillful and unskillful actions
- The superpower of saying sorry
- How we can help others let go
- Wise understanding and wise attitude
- Worldly and unworldly joy
- Why Alexis and Axel practise
Alexis ends our conversation by guiding a meditation on returning home.
For more information about Alexis, visit alexissantos.io.
