Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEmbodied Presence – Why It Matters!
This talk kicked off the new live Practice Course ‘Developing Embodiment’ that just began at the Boulder Zen Center. The talk first defines the ultimate fruition of the Zen path as ‘embodying buddha.…
Published on 9 hours ago
Nothing Missing
This talk was given as part of a One-Day Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It reflects on embodiment practice as the gate to the present and the present as the gate to our true nature. The talk begi…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Shot through with Space (Part 3)
This talk continues and concludes the mini-series on exploring space and spaciousness. This time the emphasis is on mental space. While the two previous talks emphasized practices with visual objects…
Published on 1 month ago
Shot through with Space (Part 2)
This talk continues the mini-series on exploring space and spaciousness. It presents a variety of practices with gaze, body, and breath that can help us verify in our own experience that the separati…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Shot through with Space (Part 1)
This is the first talk in a mini-series on practicing with the experience of space and spaciousness. The exploration starts with a fundamental shift in view… from “space separates” to “space connects…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Breathing Through the Whole Body
This talk was given as an opening talk to a workshop on “Breath Practice.” It explores breath as our most vital form of nourishment. Breath practice has two intertwined dimensions: supporting health …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Being Touched By Life
This talk was given as part of a One-Day Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It reflects on moments when we are touched by life. Nothing special, just ordinary moments -- washing the dishes, looking a…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Art of Enough
We human beings tend to generate stress—and sometimes even burnout— by perceiving situations and ourselves as not enough. This talk starts out with the question "When is there enough?" and tries on t…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
On Alienation and Intimacy
This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It examines the feeling of alienation that comes from the mental construction of a separate self with an internal and an ex…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Wisdom and Compassion of Not-Knowing
This talk was given at the Austin Zen Center. It addresses the twin Bodhisattva virtues of wisdom and compassion. These ideals can sound lofty, maybe even unattainable. However, if we understand them…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago