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A Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan offers talks, guided meditations and inquiries into...
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This talk explores what remains when we stop circling around the edges of practice and face the deepest truths directly. With humor, candor,...

The best meditation hall has no walls. This talk explores how nature cultivates focus, non-judgment, and belonging, and how mindfulness can...

This talk explores Wise Awareness as the art of seeing life clearly enough to actually live it. So much of human regret comes not from drama...

The third talk in a weeklong meditation retreat, with Heidi Schuttenberg. Our unwelcome visitors are guides to our freedom. This talk explor...

The second talk in a weeklong retreat. We often assume insight arises from calm, clarity, or deep concentration. But in truth, it is often b...

This is the first talk of a weeklong retreat in 2026. Lynn Teo starts by exploring various ways to resource the nervous system to support th...

This talk explores Right Effort as one of the most misunderstood elements of the Eightfold Path—revealing how much of our suffering comes no...

This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self. You'll learn how the witness can free you from the...

This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation. You'll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop th...

This talk explores how the most simple mindfulness practices point to liberation. You'll learn about the destination of cultivating present-...

This talk explores Right Livelihood as a living inquiry rather than a rigid moral rule, asking how we can earn a living without gradually be...

This talk explores listening as a radical act of compassion at moments of loss, when words often rush in to ease our own discomfort rather t...

More on how to keep you keel in the water when navigating uncertainty. You'll learn some practical strategies for finding 'refuge,' a place...

This talk explores how you might cultivate greater steadiness in turbulent times. You'll learn some practical tools for finding refuge in pr...

This talk explores wise intention as a living, moment-to-moment inquiry rather than a fixed decision or self-improvement project. Drawing fr...

This talk explores the liberating power of clear seeing — vipassanā , or insight — the capacity to recognize things as they truly are rather...

This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release. Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho'oponopono, it...

This talk explores the heart of the Fourth Noble Eightfold Path factor—Right Action—as a living expression of mindfulness and compassion. We...

This talk explores how to apply the Golden Rule in the context of mindfulness practice. You'll learn how this timeless guidance ties into th...

This talk explores the radical simplicity and depth of awakening to the present moment. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings and modern somat...

This talk explores the possibility of 'problems' as profound opportunities for growth and expansion. You'll learn the importance of equanimi...

This talk explores how every word we speak carries the power to create harmony or division, awakening or confusion. Drawing from the Buddha'...

This talk explores the powerful and often-overlooked moment between what we feel and what we think about what we feel. Rooted in both Buddhi...

This talk explores the power and peace found at the still point—the place of awareness untouched by the waves of thought and emotion. When w...

This talk explores the transformative power of tuning into the felt sense—the subtle, bodily knowing that lies beneath thought and emotion....

This talk explores the simple yet profound practice of using the breath as an anchor for awareness. In a world where distraction and stress...

This talk explores the second step of the Eightfold Path, Wise Intention—the heart's compass that points us toward freedom. Rooted in the Bu...

This talk explores the profound practice of coming home to the body—not as an object to fix or improve, but as sacred ground for awakening....

This talk explores how the Buddha's Eightfold Path offers a clear, practical guide to living with greater wisdom, compassion, and inner free...

This talk explores how to begin a mindfulness practice by starting exactly where you are. Rather than striving for a particular state or try...

This talk explores how to embrace impermanence. You'll learn about the inevitability of change and how understanding your reactivity and bia...

This talk explores the nature of 'true nature.' You'll learn more about the nature of 'true nature,' what gets in the way of experiencing th...

This talk explores the mechanics for entering the flow state. You'll learn the role mindfulness plays in setting up the flows state, a revie...

This talk explores what it means to be in flow. You'll learn about the magic of being in the flow state, some distinctions between mindfulne...

This talk explores the power of willful attention inwardly as well as in the world. You'll learn some strategies for inner focus in your med...

This talk explores the power of willful attention. You'll learn what the Buddha said about concentration and liberation, some essential prac...

This talk explores the power of streaming thoughts toward love, compassion, kindness, joy and equanimity. You'll learn about the origin of t...

This talk explores the practice of Bare Attention and how suffering ceases in the experience of gratitude. You'll learn about the distinctio...

This talk explores how to deconstruct beliefs. You'll learn about the origin of thoughts and beliefs, the art of interrupting the stream of...

This talk explores the power of noting or labeling your inner experience. You'll learn how you can cut through discursive thinking by traini...

This talk explores how to cut through the trance of thinking. You'll learn how turning toward awareness itself reveals how much you rely on...

A few years back, Tracy retired and thought to himself, "What would happen if I practiced at home with the same intensity as I would on retr...

This conversation is with Jeff Fajans—a creative momentum coach, seasoned musician, and PhD‑backed creative performance researcher—who helps...

As your practice deepens, you may begin to notice you are less identified with your thoughts. 'Observing without judgement' can open all kin...

Mindfulness practice can get dry and rote. When you remember why you are practicing you'll reconnect with your passion and deepest intention...

This talk explores how to manage your energy as you pursue your aspirations. You'll learn about four guidelines: How to prevent unwholesome...

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 T...

The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your...

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 shar...

This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release. Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho'oponopono, it...
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