TALKS & MEDITATIONS

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...

25 minutes | This program is an introduction to the course: Guiding Embodied Inquiry with Individuals (GEII) - A Training for Mindfulness...