20 min. Guided Meditation: Receptive Listening
Using sound as an anchor to ground attention. Recorded 2017.
2 Heinä 201724min
You Can’t Make A Person Into a Buddha
Michael explores practicing without an idea of gain, the Universal Self, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Pattabhi Jois, the Buddha and Shunryu Suzuki. How can you blend your breath with the larger self? Mok...
26 Kesä 201753min
Spiritual Bypassing & Mindfulness of Thinking
Michael integrates a discussion of spiritual bypassing (using practice to avoid dealing with painful feelings and unresolved emotional habits) with a teaching on using labeling to let go of ruminating...
18 Kesä 201749min
My Body is My Teacher Now
How to not leave your body, even when it feels untrustworthy. We can always turn to the body in pain, grief, and even in altered states of consciousness. Anxiety, compassion, and equanimity always pla...
11 Kesä 201734min
15 minute Guided Meditation on the Breathing Body
Bringing distractions back into the beginning of the inhale. Victoria, B.C. Recorded January 17, 2017.
5 Kesä 201717min
How We Practice in Family
**BONUS** Michael Stone and Matthew Remski read personal letters they wrote to each other as expectant fathers. These letters later become their co-authored book, "Family Wakes Us Up." They explore th...
29 Touko 201754min
Not Picking & Choosing
Michael uses an old Zen tale, a troubled story about him falling in love with his wife, and quotes from Shunryu Suzuki, to describe the practice of not-knowing and not holding onto anything. He ends w...
28 Touko 20171h 2min
Seals, Owls & Letting Go of Destructive Relationships
Michael explores the sensitive topic of knowing when to pull out of relationships, kindness to one’s self, emptiness, love, and a story about appreciating that you and others are divine. Chapin Mill, ...
21 Touko 201758min
