Summary: Episode Description: In this powerful talk, Gina uses the question "what are we waiting for?" posed by Norman Fischer in his book Sailing Home: Using Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls, to discuss her own practice of repeatedly returning home to herself, waiting for something to ripen within. Through a series of beautiful personal anecdotes, Gina describes a practice of waiting, feeling, ripening, and expressing. In many ways, coming to feel ourselves deeply, to really meet our suffering, is the heart of practice. We wait for our feelings to gather and ripen, and then we express ourselves, over and over again. Gina ends her talk with a poem. Bio: Gina Jiryu Horrocks, a resident at Upaya since 2008, was ordained as a novice priest by Roshi Joan Halifax in 2011. Currently she is serving as the Tenzo, as well as working to complete the requirements as a candidate in Upaya's chaplaincy program. Jiryu takes great joy in walking with her magical dog Lucy, through the hills and arroyos surrounding Upaya. She is a writer and a healer.
