CBD 2024: iPause Guided practice #5, Meditation for Opening, Andrew Holececk, DDS

This guided meditation session will lead you through several practices that sensitize you to the cognitive, affective, and somatic experience of contraction and expansion – the combustion cycle of the path. The central practice of open awareness will be supported by contemplations that allow you to recognize contraction, and then transform contraction into openness, thereby transforming obstacle into opportunity. 

Andrew Holecek, DDS, has completed the traditional three-year Buddhist meditation retreat and offers seminars internationally on the art of dying, meditation, and lucid dreaming. He is the author of many books, including Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition; and Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep. Dr. Holecek is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the author of scientific papers on lucid dreaming. His work has appeared in Parabola, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Utne Reader, Buddhadharma, Light of Consciousness, and many other periodicals. He holds degrees in classical music, biology, and a doctorate in dental surgery.