TALKS & MEDITATIONS

58 minutes | Equanimity is the art of balancing compassion with clear-seeing. Compassion calls us to respond to suffering, and clear-seeing helps us to discern what action (or inaction) will serve most beneficially. When we act from balance, calm, and care, we find that we are more in the flow of life. This talk explores different perspectives we can take as we hold our world with care. The talk includes a portion of the Mountain Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Photo by MASTE

57 minutes | The heart of the Buddha's teachings is how to move from Dukkha (suffering, stress, unsatisfactoriness) to Sukkha (joy, ease,...

18 minutes | This talk is an exploration based on the Three Refuges of Buddhism, as applied to daily life. These refuges can be a source...

33 minutes | This meditation explores a variety of ways to find calm in the midst of challenge. These various practices are adapted from...

10 minutes | This meditation (one of a series of three) assists in coming to a state of presence, embodiment and groundedness. We can...

10 minutes | This meditation (one of a series of three) assists in coming to a state of presence, embodiment and groundedness. Utilizing...

9 minutes | This meditation (one of a series of three) assists in helping to let go of past and future and come to presence, embodiment...

28 minutes | Equanimity is the capacity to remain steady in the presence of adversity and temptation. According to the Buddha, “Praise...

56 minutes | This talk explores how kindness, metta, friendliness can have a profound impact on ourselves and our environment. When we...

48 minutes | The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the Buddha's prescription for releasing from dukkha - suffering, stress, unsatifactoriness. The...

64 minutes | The mystery can be experienced through the body. As we learn to inhabit the body more fully, we open up to a non-rational...

61 minutes | What prevents a deepening into the mystery is a clinging to various aspects of existence. The Buddha identified five...

59 minutes | When we explore deepening into the mystery, we start to rest in a sense of identity more fundamental than our worldly...

62 minutes | As we contemplate where self-kindness comes from, or who is being kind to whom, we open up doorways for self-kindness to...

61 minute | At the heart of our capacity to be kind to ourselves is the capacity to forgive ourselves for the ways we consider ourselves...

54 minutes | The cultivation of self-kindness is at the heart of all psychological and spiritual growth. As we become kinder to...

45 minutes | In this talk we explore how to cultivate essential qualities such as kindness, tranquility, discipline or clarity. These...

45 minutes | Based on a meditation by Judith Blackstone (the Realization Process), this practice helps participants learn to more fully...

55 minutes | This talk explores ways of cultivating an experience of embodiment. The talk ends with a Mountain Meditation, words of Jon...

48 minutes | Embodiment is a profoundly deepened form of mindfulness of the body. The Buddha discusses how important it is to cultivate...