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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Nov 20221h 24min
Sudden, Ready, Uninhibited
In this 2008 talk on the nature of the self Michael considers a framework of “four selves,” the Buddha’s teachings on not-self, and Hakuin’s assertion that, with practice, the self becomes wisdom and ...
30 Okt 202253min
A Journey of Return
In this talk Michael covers our tendency to compose narratives that create a separate self (and then judge it), and a paradox: we have to take care of ourselves in order to forget ourselves. Recorded ...
23 Okt 202259min
This Posture Can Support You
Michael leads a thirty-minute meditation mainly focused on feeling the body. Recorded on November 16, 2009.
16 Okt 202232min
What Are You Committed To? Part Two
Michael explains ahimsa, the importance of attention, the role of asana, and the meaning of samadhi. (The talk ends abruptly. We suspect the recorder ran out of battery). Recorded on November 16, 2007...
9 Okt 202257min
What Are You Committed To? Part One
Michael gave this talk in France in 2007. He presents yoga as a practice of intimacy and argues that its goal is compassion and relationship rather than unity. Recorded on November 16, 2007.
2 Okt 202247min
