The Breath Is Doing the Breathing
Michael leads a thirty-minute guided meditation on mindfulness of breathing. Recorded on October 6, 2008.
15 Jan 202330min
The Groundless Ground
In this talk Michael describes how practice helps us become conscious of our viewpoints and can show us where we are caught. He argues that we’re waking up from restricted, self-centered views as oppo...
8 Jan 202354min
The Faith to Doubt
In this talk about the first pada of the Yoga Sutra (line 20), Michael considers the relationship between faith (sraddha) and doubt, as well as the importance of enthusiasm (virya), mindfulness (smrti...
1 Jan 202347min
And Yet, and Yet
Michael gives a talk on silence, impermanence, the nature of mind and love. Recorded on November 17, 2009.
25 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Nov 202252min
