Deeper & Deeper Patience
Michael speaks about composure, waiting 5 breaths when we are aggravated, and how patience is not about waiting for something, it’s really a matter of being where you are. The talk begins with a story...
22 Jan 201754min
Healing Trauma Through the Body
Michael suggests that you need to get deeper than cognition and stories, in order to heal trauma. It’s what we have created in the wake of painful events, that need healing. Knowing when to name our s...
15 Jan 201735min
Symptoms of Trauma
Michael details fear, dissociation, and shame, and how they impact the body, mind, and relationships. Very clear talk about the strategies we use to protect ourselves and create recognizable symptoms....
8 Jan 201754min
Thinking Is Optional
How to work with your thoughts through labeling practice. Recorded at the Meditation Facilitation Program 2016 in London, UK.
2 Jan 201743min
The Unnecessary Suffering We Cause Ourselves
Using mindfulness of thinking to hold mental states more lightly. Meditation Facilitation Program, London, 50 min. michaelstoneteaching.com
25 Des 201647min
Forgiveness
**BONUS** A tender and personal talk Michael gives during silent retreat about his father, forgiveness, and how we need to practice forgiveness all the time. He talks about how, and why. He talks abou...
21 Des 201649min
Love: Sometimes We Can Really Show Up
An hour before New Year's Michael gives a quiet talk on the Heart Sutra and Forgiveness. "When I hold someone's hand as they are dying I chant the Heart Sutra. Or when I watch my son sleeping." A tend...
21 Des 201632min
Learn How to Stop Breaking Things
Michael gives a talk on New Year's Silent Retreat on Dogen and how to practice meditation without memory and imagination. Learn to step back and turn your light inwards. Living in your small grass hut...
21 Des 201635min
