Andrea Grabovac MD

Thanks so much for creating this starter pack, and I'd be grateful if you could add me to it : ) !

My interests include competency-based training in mindfulness-based treatments, and empirically mapping the stages of insight in clinical and meditation settings 🪷

#equanimity #meditation

meadow of backlit orange and yellow flowers

Who is the flower : ) ?

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Practicing non-identification can feel liberating.

🌼 It’s like a flower blooming— glorious, transient— yet it doesn’t bloom by thinking, ‘I am this bloom.’ 🌼

Have you ever practiced this? I’d love to hear your experiences!

Drop them below : ) 👇

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With equanimity, we experience sensations fully:

- without using them to build a story about ourselves

- without turning them into a sense of self

This is the true power of equanimity—it frees us to feel, respond (rather than react), and 🌱grow 🌱 without being tied to limiting narratives

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Part 3 of #equanimity's definition:

🌀 Without identifying with sensations 🌀

What does this mean? It’s not about denying sensations or pushing them away. Instead, it’s about recognizing that:

"You" are not "your" sensations

#Equanimity #Mindfulness #MiCBT #Meditation

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Liquid gold!
Thank you SO much for sharing.

I relate to the writing out the story of the presentation word by word (and cutting it down, again and again!)

Time to try out the “group ideas in 3’s” … that’s new for me!

One of the ways that #equanimity and #mindfulness are MISUNDERSTOOD is as
‘accept things as they are’

But it’s the opposite!!

Equanimity empowers us to

🎯 ACT 🎯

((rather than 😡 REACT 😡))

#equanimity

At a moment-to-moment level, when we are being equanimous, it’s our *sensations* that we are accepting, with a genuine willingness to feel them as they are

… not the other person’s behaviour, the situation we find ourselves in, or the state of the world!

#meditation #mindfulness

Thank you for this - just rejigged things in Settings to try it 🥰

And remembering to continue to care for ourselves in the process … staying connected to a bit of soft compassion in our hearts 💕

Exactly this!!!

When we’re being equanimous in a difficult situation, what is it that we’re “not reacting” to ?

1️⃣ The unpleasant situation we’re in
2️⃣ The other person who’s being unpleasant
3️⃣ The unpleasant sensations we’re feeling

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Part 2 of the definition of #equanimity is “without reactivity”

But what exactly is it that we’re not reacting to???

Take 5 seconds to vote on it!

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What sensations have you rolled the red carpet out for?

By welcoming them with equanimity, we can create a inner pause - even for just a second or two.

This is the mighty Pause of Possibility! 🪄

Feel free to drop your thoughts or questions below 🪷

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With equanimity, we feel the sensations without resenting them or wishing they were different.

And, of course, without trying to change them in any way!

I like to imagine that I’m “rolling out the red carpet” for them - willing to feel them in “all their glory” even if only for a few seconds.

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Let’s look at Part 1 of the definition of #equanimity

Question: How do we bring an equal interest to sensations, regardless of their intrinsic pleasantness👍 or unpleasantness👎???

Answer: With a genuine willingness to feel them - just as they are!!!

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Equanimity in relationships...a powerful combination!

It has the potential to both increase intimacy while strengthening boundaries, which can sound like a paradox, but they unfold together in the moment.

I'd love to hear more about your personal study piece - DM me if you like!

Equanimity = Bringing an equal interest to pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations, without reacting to them and without identifying with them. And one more important tidibit : ) - while continuing to feel them! Published in Mindfulness journal in 2011

Equanimity has many definitions, but this one has been the most clinically useful—and personally meaningful—for me. 😊

I'll unpack it over the next few weeks. Let me know your thoughts!

#Equanimity #Meditation #Mindfulness #MiCBT

Welcome to this little corner of Bluesky 🪷

I'm excited to be here with you all - this community is needed more than ever : )

Equanimity is at the core of what I find so helpful about meditation, both clinically and personally, and I hope to explore more with you all!

Kindly add me as well : )
Meditationmama@bsky.social

Excited to be connecting!