Episodes

  • Do Unto Others: Mindfulness and the Golden Rule
    Feb 11 2025

    This talk explores how to apply the Golden Rule in the context of mindfulness practice.

    You’ll learn how this timeless guidance ties into the practice of compassion (Karuna), interconnectedness (Dependent Origination), loving kindness (Metta) and non-harming (Ahimsa).

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    36 mins
  • Seeing Clearly Into the Nature of Reality: Retreat Talk
    Feb 4 2025

    This talk, from an IMCW Spring retreat, explores what happens when you deeply relax and pay attention to your moment-to-moment experience.

    You’ll learn about the process of settling attention in the here and now, how to recognize the characteristics of what is changing the subtlety of how you are relating to change and paying attention to awareness itself.

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    1 hr
  • The Illusion of Self: How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom
    Jan 29 2025

    This talk explores how the most simple mindfulness practices point to liberation.

    You’ll learn about the destination of cultivating present-moment awareness, understanding the nature of impermanence, recognizing inter-dependence and the power of non-attachment.

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    38 mins
  • The Living Process Interview: A Conversation with Dr. Greg Madison
    Jan 14 2025

    Dr. Greg Madison is the founder of “The Living Process” and in this interview we explore the fusion Focusing and how somatic inquiry runs through the traditions of yoga and meditation.

    I share a good bit on my personal history as well as exploring a wide variety of topics such as somatic inquiry and non-dual practices.

    The Living Process is a series of conversations with people who are interested in how humans process their feelings, their thinking, and their way of being with others, especially using Focusing but also other experiential and existential practices.

    The Living Process on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx3FqA70kQWuHCHmEiZnkn1VcrRIPbcvk

    All about Dr. Greg Madison: https://www.gregmadison.net/about-greg/

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The How Of Now: How to be More Present in Tumultuous Times
    Jan 7 2025

    This talk from 2022 explores the doorways from moving from fear and pain to a sense of ease and freedom.

    You’ll learn how the conditioned self is dedicated to survival and self-preservation, the role of pain in waking up, how embodied presence opens new doorways to freedom and some thoughts on how to be present in these tumultuous times.

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    46 mins
  • Aligning with Your Purpose: The Annual ‘North Star’ Review
    Dec 20 2024

    What does it mean to live a life of integrity?

    You’ll learn the importance of defining your North Star and explore some helpful models that can help you refine what worked, what didn’t work and what most calls you forward in the year ahead.

    I also share a few highlights from my 2024 Annual Review.

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    40 mins
  • How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 2: Practices for Cultivating Steadiness
    Dec 10 2024

    More on how to keep you keel in the water when navigating uncertainty.

    You’ll learn some practical strategies for finding ‘refuge,’ a place of presence, particularly accessing Wisdom - clear seeing, Compassion - a heart that can hold it all, Presence - the space of awareness itself, and Skillful Action - strategies for staying deeply present in the midst of change.

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    38 mins
  • How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 1: Practices for Cultivating Steadiness
    Dec 3 2024

    This talk explores how you might cultivate greater steadiness in turbulent times.

    You’ll learn some practical tools for finding refuge in present-moment awareness, in cultivating Witness Consciousness and in watching the flow of phenomena with awake awareness and an open heart.

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    45 mins