Skillful Effort: Maintaining Wholesome States of Presence
This talk explores how to manage your energy as you pursue your aspirations. You’ll learn about four guidelines: How to prevent unwholesome states before they arise, how to let go of unwholesome states when they have arisen, how to cultivate wholesome states that have not yet arisen and how to maintain wholesome states that are already here.
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Conversations with Depth Practitioners: “This is the New Normal” with Ray Manyoky and Tara Cassidy
This interview with Ray and Tara explores how to work with the deepest challenges of sickness, old age and death. You’ll learn how Ray and Tara are working with Ray’s diagnosis of glioblastoma a year ago. They speak beautifully of how the practice deepens, how to find steadiness and how to open again and again to love.
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52:25
The Art of Yes: Mindfulness and the Power of Allowing
The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your relationship to the here and now. You'll learn my favorite definition of mindfulness, the art of 'saying yes,' how every 'no' actually means yes - and the classic instructions to more intimately deepen your mindfulness practice.
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47:43
Let Go Now: The Path of Release and Renewal
The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present. How do we do this? I share some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with practical examples and teachings through the ages. This is the first talk on my podcast, from the fall of 2011.
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Four Phrases That Heal: Loving the Unlovable
This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release. Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho’oponopono, it introduces four phrases that guide your attention to: • Taking responsibility for your inner experience • Attuning to the process of release • Reflecting on gratitude and the opportunity to grow • Resting in loving awareness
Senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan Foust share weekly talks, guided meditations and inquiries that explore how to cultivate an awakened heart and mind.
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