What Meditation Practice Is Not Like

Dan Cayer
4 min readNov 17, 2020

A Teaching on the Classic Obstacle of Disheartenment

[Quick note: I’m delighted that my essay on fatherhood, masculinity, and disability was just published on Fatherly. You can read it here.]

Just so you know, it’s not like I wake up even keeled and wanting to commune with the rising sun. I’m usually ejected from sleep by one of my…

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Dan Cayer

Meditation + Alexander Technique teacher. Author of “Don’t Get Better,” forthcoming guide to sanity, humor, and wisdom during illness. dancayer.co