The Art of Starting Over …. Over and Over
This talk explores one of the most essential—and liberating—skills on the spiritual path: the willingness to begin again. Inspired by S. N....
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Jonathan Foust
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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20 of 65 episodesThe Ten Perfections #10: Live in Balance
This talk explores the tenth of the ten perfections. You'll learn how you cannot make steadiness and serenity happen, but can create the con...
The Ten Perfections #9 : Live from Your Heart
The talk explores the power of loving kindness. You'll learn how to be more of a well-wisher to all, some techniques to more effectively exp...
The Ten Perfections #8: Stay the Course
This talk explores the power of grit. You'll learn the importance of first creating goals that are fully aligned with your heart and spirit...
The Ten Perfections #7: Live in Truth
This talk explores how to attune to what is true. You'll learn how to discern between conventional and eternal truth, two essential teaching...
The Ten Perfections #6: Stay Present Under Pressure
This talk explores how to cultivate the quality of patience and self-restraint. You'll learn about the power of refraining from those who ha...
The Ten Perfections #5: Engage with Skillful Effort
This talk explores how to cultivate vitality, courage and resilience in your life. You'll learn how you can manage the energy you have and h...
The Ten Perfections #4: See More Clearly
This talk explores how to cultivate wisdom and insight. You'll learn about the importance of cultivating the wise heart, what gets in the wa...
The Ten Perfections #3: Let Go
This talk explores the potential of mindful renunciation. You'll learn how critically important it is to know what is most important, cultiv...
The Ten Perfections: #2 Walk Your Talk
This talk explores how paying attention to your behavior can support you in your life. You'll learn how all traditions have guidelines regar...
The Ten Perfections #1: Give Freely
This talk explores the power of cultivating an attitude of love and care in your life. You'll learn what the Buddha said about giving, how i...
Conversations with Depth Practitioners: Stephen Josephs
How has your meditation practice shifted and changed since you first took it up? Please join this conversation with Stephen Josephs, who sha...
The 8 Fold Path 8: The Collected Mind: How Concentration Opens the Door to Freedom
This talk explores the culminating factor of the Eightfold Path—Right Concentration—and the profound power of a steady, unified mind. In a w...
Retreat #5: All Roads Lead to Now
This talk explores the movement from doing to being—from the disciplined application of effort to the natural ease of presence. After traini...
Retreat Talk #4: Let's Just Cut to the Chase, Shall We?
This talk explores what remains when we stop circling around the edges of practice and face the deepest truths directly. With humor, candor,...
An Earth Day Invitation: Take Your Practice Outside With Heidi Schuttenberg
The best meditation hall has no walls. This talk explores how nature cultivates focus, non-judgment, and belonging, and how mindfulness can...
The Eightfold Path 7: Seeing Clearly to Live Fully
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...
Retreat Talk #3: Working with the Hindrances as a Path to Awakening, with Heidi Schuttenberg
The third talk in a weeklong meditation retreat, with Heidi Schuttenberg. Our unwelcome visitors are guides to our freedom. This talk explor...
Retreat Talk #2: The Alchemy of Difficulty: Turning Reactivity into Freedom
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...
Retreat Talk #1: Coming Home to the Body, with Lynn Teo
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...