TALKS & MEDITATIONS

9 minutes | Through breath, imagery, words, and felt body sensations we practice cultivating a deeper and more expansive field of...

45 minutes | This meditation is a follow-up to the talk, "Identity and Fabrication." As we let go of clinging to changing phenomena (e.g....

61 minutes | The Buddha sees our suffering as an outcome of clinging to a sense of self. As we inquire into who we are at the most...

60 minutes | This talk relates to the inquiry process RAIN, (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture/Non-Identification). In service of...

14 minutes | Sadness and grief are often difficult emotions to work with. They are natural and embedded in our beings to help us cope...

7 minutes | Anger is a powerful emotion. When used skillfully, it can produce valuable effects. When used unskillfully it can be...

17 minutes | This talk explores the value of deliberate cultivation of joy, as well as some of the facets of how joy can be cultivated....

25 minutes | The Buddha refers to two kinds of joy, worldly and unworldly. Unworldly joy is a joy experienced independent of anything...

14 minutes | The experience and contemplation of emptiness can have a profound effect on our sense of who we are. This talk explores some...

30 minutes | In this meditation you are guided to explore seven different aspects of existence that we can be aware of: breath, body...

17 minutes | Our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are intimately linked. In this talk we explore ways to bring greater ease in our...

59 minutes | Each of us carries within us a knowing that goes beyond what our rational minds can know. This inner guidance can be...

57 minutes | As we progress along a spiritual path, or grow as human beings, we encounter stuckness and pain. When we turn our attention...

59 minutes | The cultivation of tranquility can be a profound experience in and of itself. It is also one of the factors of awakening...

29 minutes | Many meditation practices serve as a mediation between three different aspects of ourselves: our Conditioned Self, our...

58 minutes | Third talk in a series of three. This talk takes a glimpse at the 3rd Noble Truth of the cessation of dukkha and explores...

55 minutes | Second talk in a series of three. The 2nd Noble Truth relates to the cause of dukkha, namely clinging or grasping. This...

59 minutes | First talk in a series of three. The Four Noble Truths are the Buddha's prescription for the lessening and ultimate release...

17 minutes | Through embodied meditation and practice, we can cultivate qualities of Essence in our being. Some examples of Essential...

25 minutes | This meditation invites us to learn from embodying a form of an element (i.e., earth, water, air, or fire) or a living being...