Talk: Exploring the 3rd and 4th Noble Truths
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...
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Jun 1, 2022
Talk: Embodying the 2nd Noble Truth
55 minutes | Second talk in a series of three. The 2nd Noble Truth relates to the cause of dukkha, namely clinging or grasping. This...
Jun 1, 2022
Talk: Embodying the 1st Noble Truth
59 minutes | First talk in a series of three. The Four Noble Truths are the Buddha's prescription for the lessening and ultimate release...
Apr 16, 2022
Talk: The Wisdom of Natural Awareness
16 minutes | We all have access to natural awareness, though it may be hidden from consciousness. This unfabricated awareness, which...
Feb 2, 2022
Talk: Contemplating Death
39 minutes | The Buddha began his journey to enlightenment as a way to overcome the suffering due to old age, illness, and death. In...
Jan 21, 2022
Talk and Meditation: Mindful Reflecting on the Past
65 minutes | Mindfulness is more that simply being with present moment experiences. Mindfulness also includes reflecting on the past, as...
Nov 12, 2021
Talk: Self-Forgiveness
22 minutes | Self-forgiveness is important in order to feel a sense of freedom. However, it can be challenging to forgive ourselves. This...
Oct 27, 2021
Talk: Interrupting Automatic Reactivity - Mindfulness of Vedana (Feeling Tone)
33 minutes | In this talk we discuss noticing the initial experience of Pleasant, Unpleasant or Neutral that is occurring in every...
Oct 6, 2021
Talk and Meditation: From Fear to Resilience
21 minutes | This talk and practice helps to move us from embodying aversive or challenging emotions toward embodying emotions of...
Jul 10, 2021
Talk: The Power of Staying
28 minutes | We can use the sensations of agitation or discomfort as an anchor for meditation. When we do, maintaining a sense of...
Jul 2, 2021
Talk: How the Body Leads Action
25 minutes | As our mindfulness practice becomes more refined, we begin to notice how any action - physical or mental - arises, and the...
Jun 3, 2021
Talk: Healing Conditioning - the Practice of Reparenting
40 minutes | Part of the spiritual process is the healing of our conditioned selves, our ego selves that are programmed by all the...
Jun 3, 2021
Talk: Being the Change You Want to See
24 minutes | Ultimately, the change we want to see in the world starts with us. As we change, grow, heal the divisions within ourselves,...
Jun 2, 2021
Talk: Exploring Emptiness
59 minutes | In this talk we continue an exploration into anatta, that all phenomena are empty of self. An understanding of emptiness...
Jun 2, 2021
Talk: Introduction to Emptiness
64 minutes | In this talk we begin an exploration into anatta, that all phenomena are empty of self. An understanding of emptiness both...
May 14, 2021
Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 6 - Working with Righteous Anger
34 minutes | This talk addresses how we might work with the anger that arises as we encounter injustice in the world. As we become more...
Apr 16, 2021
Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 5 - Introduction to the Challenging Communication Exercise
7 minutes | How do we hold ourselves and others in compassion in the midst of challenging communication? This talk introduces some of the...
Apr 1, 2021
Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 4 - Requests
24 minutes | We continue a series on compassionate communication. In this session we discuss the how to work with requests of others to...
Mar 12, 2021
Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 3 - Feelings and Emotions
25 minutes | We continue a series on compassionate communication. In this session we discuss the how to work with feelings and emotions...
Mar 4, 2021
Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 2 - Needs and Strategies
21 minutes | We continue a series on compassionate communication. These talks rely heavily on the principles of Non-Violent Communication...
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