And Yet, and Yet
Michael gives a talk on silence, impermanence, the nature of mind and love. Recorded on November 17, 2009.
25 Joulu 20221h 6min
Core Belief Pruning
Michael describes sitting practice as a place where we can work with our aversion, anger and blame, and where we can “prune the dead ends” of our habitual thought patterns. (Unfortunately, the recordi...
18 Joulu 202232min
Best of Awake in the World: Symptoms of Trauma
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael details fear, dissociation, and shame, and how they impact the body, mind, and relationships. Very clear talk about t...
11 Joulu 202255min
Best of Awake in the World: How to Work with Strong Moods
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael discusses Chapter 5 of the Shantideva and the way negative emotional mood swings cannot hold together for very long w...
4 Joulu 20221h 12min
A Journey Through the Wilderness
Michael begins this podcast with a quote from Marcel Proust about the path to wisdom being “a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us.” Michael comp...
27 Marras 202252min
Now Is the Teaching
In this talk on the first few lines of the Yoga Sutras Michael explains that the present moment is the teacher. He argues that the “chitta vrittis” are sacred and not meant to be eliminated, but rathe...
20 Marras 202244min
I Don't Care About Your Enlightenment
In this short talk Michael describes non-harming (ahimsa) as the natural response to understanding interdependence, and states that yoga must become a form of ecological and social awareness—otherwise...
13 Marras 202225min
The Internal Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
This wide-ranging talk, delivered in Vienna (2007), covers the internal, psychological and potentially transformative aspects of Ashtanga practice. Touching on Freud, the yamas, karma, interdependence...
6 Marras 20221h 24min
