Best of Awake in the World: Raw Fear is a Dot in Space
In this Best of episode, Michael reflects on how more people seem to be afraid of uncertainty than they are of physical pain. If we do something about our own pain, we can connect with the pain of oth...
18 Maj 202534min
Best of Awake in the World: Love, Death, And Oak Trees In The Garden
In this episode of Best of Awake in the World, While on silent retreat, Michael Stone reflects on the Zen koan "Oak Tree in the Garden," exploring meditation as a politics of love. He also shares a mo...
11 Maj 202553min
Best of Awake in the World : Making Friends with Your Mind
In this insightful Best of Awake in the World episode, Michael delves into how the mind works, the benefits—and limitations—of meditation, and why it’s not always the right fit for everyone. He explor...
4 Maj 202549min
Best of Awake in the World: How We Rescue Each Other
Michael begins with talking about finding simplicity in meditation practice; stepping back from the details of thinking to notice the subjective experience of awareness; and then he launches into a di...
27 Apr 202544min
Best of Awake in the World: Strain in the Heart
Do you have a mind that can meet what’s unpleasant? In this deeply reflective talk from October 30, 2012, Michael Stone explores the inner tension that draws us to the path of practice. He weaves toge...
13 Apr 20251h 5min
Best of Awake in the World : Pranayama
In this Best of Awake in the World episode, Michael Stone and Grant Hutchinson teach the ways yogic breathing returns the nervous system to "factory settings." Topics include ujjayii pranayama, the pa...
2 Apr 20251h 24min
Best of Awake in the World : Relax Your Mind
Michael Stone talks on the importance of relaxing your mind and how patience and relaxation give rise to enthusiasm. The talk is based on chapter 8 of Shantideva's Guide to a Bodhisattva's Way of Life...
27 Mars 202550min
Best of Awake in the World: Just this is it
In this Best of Awake in the World episode, we join Michael and Sanga on retreat at the Christine Center in Wisconsin. Michael shares a Zen story in which a teacher describes his teaching as “Just Thi...
21 Mars 202552min
