The Liberating  Power of Conscious Intention – Part 1

The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention – Part 1

While we can’t change our past, we have the capacity in this moment to remember our deepest intention and seed the future. Intention can become the compass of our heart, guiding and creating our life experience. In these two talks we explore how we awaken mindfulness...
The Evolving of Generosity

The Evolving of Generosity

In this week’s talk, we explore the heart practice of generosity—a teaching at the very center of the Buddhist path and a medicine so deeply needed in our world. Together, we reflect on the two patterns that shape our lives: the tightening of grasping—the sense of not...
Meditation: Inner Space –  Gateway to Open Awareness (20:08)

Meditation: Inner Space – Gateway to Open Awareness (20:08)

This meditation is adapted from a meditation called “Open Focus.” Let whatever comes spontaneously to your awareness to be there as you follow along with the questions, which begin with, “Can you imagine…?” (adapted from Open Focus Meditations led by Les Fehmi,...
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (21:56 min.)

Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (21:56 min.)

Collecting, unifying and opening the mind, we begin with a listening attention, noticing sounds that are here. Relaxing open and letting sounds wash through. With the same receptivity to sounds, listen to and feel the aliveness of the body. Listening to the breath as...
Awakening Compassion in a Fearful World: The Practice of Tonglen

Awakening Compassion in a Fearful World: The Practice of Tonglen

As anxiety, division, and digital distance numb our hearts, we risk losing our ability to truly feel the lives of others. In this talk, we’ll explore how compassion arises when another becomes real to us — when we can imagine their inner world and sense our shared...
Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness (19:07 min.)

Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness (19:07 min.)

By learning to inhabit the body, we discover the space and aliveness that fills the universe. In this meditation we are guided through the body, filling different domains with presence. We then open into the continuous awake space that is both within and surrounds the...
Healing Trauma: The Light Shines Through the Broken Places

Healing Trauma: The Light Shines Through the Broken Places

Transcript available here: Transcript: Healing Trauma – The Light Shines Through the Broken Places Most of us have encountered trauma either in our own direct experience or with someone in our immediate circle. This talk examines the shame and suffering that arise...
Meditation: Breath by Breath – Relaxing with Our Life (19:04 min.)

Meditation: Breath by Breath – Relaxing with Our Life (19:04 min.)

The breath can be a powerful portal to presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing with the breath, including the breath in a body scan, and then allowing the breath to serve as an anchor when the mind gets lost in thoughts. As we settle with the breath as a home...
Meditation: Collecting and Quieting the Mind (17:02 min.)

Meditation: Collecting and Quieting the Mind (17:02 min.)

Our conditioned mind is filled with distractions, including worry-thoughts that continually create anxiety in the body. This meditation guides us in relaxing the body, and then establishing the breath as a home base. By gathering and collecting the attention, the mind...
Spiritual Audacity: The Lion’s Roar of the Heart

Spiritual Audacity: The Lion’s Roar of the Heart

When we remember our deep belonging to this world, a fierce and tender courage begins to move through us. In this talk, we’ll explore “spiritual audacity” as a sacred, embodied boldness—the lion’s roar of the awakened heart. Through personal and collective lenses,...