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 the capacity to be present to the moment's direct experience...
28 Maalis 59min
Beyond the Witness: From Watching to Being [archive talk]
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 tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can ...
28 Maalis 47min
How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation [archive talk]
This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation. You'll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it mean...
28 Maalis 48min
The Illusion of Self: How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom [archive talk]
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...
28 Maalis 38min
The Eightfold Path, Part 5: How to Make a Living without Selling Your Soul
This talk explores Right Livelihood as a living inquiry rather than a rigid moral rule, asking how we can earn a living without gradually betraying our values, vitality, or sense of dignity. Grounded ...
13 Helmi 31min
Listening as Spiritual Practice Why Unguarded Attention Is the Greatest Gift
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 than meet another's pain. We examine how common responses to ...
5 Helmi 32min
How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 2: Practices for Cultivating Steadiness [archive talk]
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,...
5 Helmi 1h 49min
