Alexis Santos is a meditation teacher who teaches retreats internationally. He has been a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya, including several years of training as a Buddhist Monk under his guidance. Alexis also completed the 4-year teacher training program through Insight Meditation Society at Spirit Rock. Alexis’ teachings emphasize knowing the mind through a natural and relaxed continuity. In this episode we speak about amongst other topics:
- The difference between natural awareness and focused awareness
- What Alexis has learned from his teacher Sayadaw U Tejaniya
- The feeling of coming home
- The fruits of being kind to others
- Usual misunderstandings on the path
- The habits of our minds
- Skillful versus unskillful actions
- The superpower of saying sorry
- How we can help others to let go
- Wise understanding and wise attitude
- The worldly versus the unworldly joys
- Why Alexis and Axel practice
- Alexis ends our conversation by guiding a meditation to return home
For more information about Alexis, please visit his homepage.
Read the transcript of our conversation with Alexis here.
