Connor Burns: Just Sitting (Sacred Community Retreat 2025)

Connor Burns (he/him) leads a 20-minute meditation using the Zen concept of "just sitting" as a doorway into accepting the moment with an open heart and being in "relationship with the vastness of reality." This guided meditation from the 2025 Sacred Community Retreat ends with an invitation to continue with your own walking meditation. 

Learn more about this year’s Sacred Community Retreat in British Columbia.

Connor Burns (he/him) is a psychotherapist (RCC) and holistic wellness advocate living in Vancouver, BC Canada. Connor's curiosity of the human condition started from a young age and has led to hundreds of hours of yoga and mindfulness trainings as well as over ten years of experience working with vulnerable populations and at-risk youth. In March 2025 Connor received Jukai from Roshi Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Centre and was given the name Daitoku, meaning Great Devotion. Connor’s approach is integrative, somatic and attachment based, and influenced by his training with Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry, Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Learn More at www.connorburns.ca IG: @connorburnscounselling

The Sacred Community Podcast is an inter-spiritual hub of the universal teachings, “Love, Service, Remembrance, and Truth.” Home to Sacred Community Project interviews, live workshop recordings, dharma talks, and meditations, each episode is carefully curated to ensure its alignment with SCP values.

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Podcast Host: Lakshmi Abrol

Producer: Sitaram Dass

SCP Logo: Beverly Hsu

Podcast Intro Music: Carl Golembeski

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