TALKS & MEDITATIONS

36 minutes | The desires of the deepest self are not necessarily in alignment with the desires of the ego self. In this talk we explore...

24 minutes | This meditation cultivates a sense of a core self, located deep within the body. Awareness of this core assists in a...

19 Minutes | Starting with the Metta Sutta, and moving through spiritual poetry, we explore the relationship between personal and...

28 Minutes | Based on work by Adyashanti, this meditation invites a cultivation of awareness of the Spiritual Heart that never closes,...

29 minutes | In this talk we explore different ways to experience "Who we are". We tend to experience ourselves as separate egoic selves,...

32 minutes | In this meditation we explore different ways to experience "Who we are". We tend to experience ourselves as separate egoic...

28 minutes | The jhanas are deep concentrated states that are pleasant to engage in. They are like flow states for meditation. The first...

One of my teachers told me repeatedly that to become Awakened required three foundations: 1) Relaxed body; 2) Empty mind; and 3) Grateful...

28 minutes | This meditation focuses the last ten minutes on the felt sense of gratitude and on the sense of interconnectedness. Photo by...

23 minutes | This talk looks at some of the factors that go into cultivating resolve. Resolve is needed when we are intentionally moving...

24 minutes | Based on a meditation by Judith Blackstone. The central core is an experience that runs a couple of inches in front of the...

Equanimity is a powerful heart practice, combining lovingkindness, compassion, and joy with wisdom and clear seeing. This post, offered...

26minutes | This embodied compassion practice cultivates an intimacy with our own suffering or stress and then the suffering or stress of...

26 minutes | Wisdom is a powerful tool for creating freedom. There are three levels of wisdom, each deeper than the last. We discuss some...

33 minutes | We use wise view to aid us in inquiry into our subconscious experience. When we look at challenging aspects of our lives, we...

32 minutes | We practice embodied lovingkindness toward someone who is easy to care for, toward ourselves, toward our activities, toward...

19 minutes | The cultivation of Virtue or Ethics is a core teaching of the Buddha, central to the 8-fold path. In this talk we explore...

24 minutes | We tend to live in a world of concepts. These concepts are just thoughts, not reality. When we can start to see through the...

25 minutes | According to the Buddha, the source of stress is the tendency to grasp for worldly phenomena to make us happy,...

21 minutes | The Buddha invited his students to meditate on Five Remembrances related to impermanence and identity. This is a profound...