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On Romantic Love
I’ve heard from a student that it would be interesting to discuss how Buddhist teachings can shed light on romantic love. This is a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 8, 20247 min read


A simple story
My story ‘s simple. I was waiting, My eyes wide open, Searching for little More than… 'I don’t know'. But only when closed They could see...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 31, 20241 min read


What is freedom?
Freedom is not the power of choosing what I want. There is no such a power. First, because it’s not up to me to decide what I can want (I...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 22, 20244 min read


Les Folies d'Espagne
I—don’t know. But you: Will you dare to dance Les Folies d’Espagne? I—can endure the pace Of waiting and waning Slowly into silences, and...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 17, 20241 min read


Contact meditation
We know and experience reality by getting in touch with it. This figurative way of speech is taken quite literally in the discourses of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 8, 20245 min read


It rains
It rains, and rains, and rains— The earth is a drum of a thousands Rhythms, yet so dry it remains— Words like trembling droplets that...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 29, 20241 min read


A somatic biography
I became interested in contemplative practices six years ago. For some reason, it didn’t remain a side hobby, but quickly became the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 25, 202412 min read


Not arrows
Blindfolded by our little stories We roam prisoners of petty desires. Afraid of falling, we forgot how to Stand on earth and roll, and...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Take it
Did you hear? The future is sold out. I wanted to give you my smartest words. But it will take ages for them to Paint even a rough...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 17, 20241 min read


I hate you so much!
Keep the Truth, I want to fall. Don't wake me up. You're my dream. I don't care for the wise, they understand not. Gravity is my guide,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 13, 20241 min read


Does it matter?
Sleepwalkers all around, deep into their dreams. I slipped in the empty room, Searching for the dawn of movement. You were there. Were...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Dynamic meditation: an overview
A bit of background In a couple of other posts (this and this) I have described the general idea behind free conscious movement (or the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 29, 20249 min read


The song of the ground
Did you hear the song of the ground? A soft tune beating here beneath Your feet. Listen! As it whispers: "You can trust me. Yield, roll,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Ecstatic freedom
The following notes present a general vision and some practical guidelines for highlighting the potential of embodied conscious movement...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 20, 20249 min read


Homo homini deus
Experience is always about content and container, life-form and environment, center and horizon. Most often, our attention is focused on...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 12, 20245 min read


My game
Behold! This is my game. You shall these meadows cross, And straight till the end go (and again, and again, and again). Nothing expects...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 8, 20241 min read


You are
You are my secret, Hidden in plain sight. The taste of water, The fragrance of air, The touch of space, The sound of silence, The color...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 1, 20241 min read


Elements of freedom
What is your deepest aspiration? What is your highest goal? In one of his discourses (MN 29) the Buddha invited us to stop nowhere short...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 28, 202310 min read


I'm no poet
I’m no poet. If I were, I could sing Wordless beats. My yearning’s Beauty can But Music Understand— Sometimes, if I let it Come close...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 23, 20231 min read


The challenges of embodied learning
This year, I wanted to turn Global Hermeneutics (The Tragedy of the Self) into an occasion for exposing students the idea that genuine...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 17, 202310 min read
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