Surrendering to the physicality of the experience - with Jason Christopher

Jason Christopher is a London-based member of the Zenways sangha. He came to Zen through Christianity after he started meditating with a group run by a Christian minister with a long-time interest in Zen. 

In this episode, he discusses the effects of his upbringing, the emotionally dependent relationship he’s had with his parents, and his journey through psychotherapy and meditation. He describes a dramatic shift some years ago where he was able to drop out of the world of thoughts and storylines and bring attention wholly to the present moment physicality of his experience. After that, the particular strong physical sensation he discovered has become his troublesome buddha from which he has learnt a great deal. Along the way, he talks very openly about his visceral realisation that pain comes from resistance, and the only real path is to let go and surrender.