Podcast Episodes

How More Focus Can Transform Your Life, Part 1 [archive talk]

This talk explores the power of willful attention.

You'll learn what the Buddha said about concentration and liberation, some essential practices for deepening focus and how skillfully applying con…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 5: Love is the Highest Thought of All [archive talk]

This talk explores the power of streaming thoughts toward love, compassion, kindness, joy and equanimity.

You'll learn about the origin of the heart practices, how here love starts as a thought and…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 4: Bare Attention and Gratitude [archive talk]

This talk explores the practice of Bare Attention and how suffering ceases in the experience of gratitude.

You'll learn about the distinction of the linear mind and the intuitive mind, the practice …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 3: Investigating Beliefs [archive talk]

This talk explores how to deconstruct beliefs.

You'll learn about the origin of thoughts and beliefs, the art of interrupting the stream of thinking, the art of deconstructing beliefs and the import…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 2: The Power of Mental Noting [archive talk]

This talk explores the power of noting or labeling your inner experience.

You'll learn how you can cut through discursive thinking by training your attention to the sense fields, but also what it me…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 1: Embodied Awareness [archive talk]

This talk explores how to cut through the trance of thinking.

You'll learn how turning toward awareness itself reveals how much you rely on thinking and some practical strategies using embodied awar…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Do you REALLY want to Wake Up? Tracy Budd on his Journey of Intensive Practice

A few years back, Tracy retired and thought to himself, "What would happen if I practiced at home with the same intensity as I would on retreat?"

He was inspired to practice the "Elephant Path," a …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Jeff Fajans on the Flow State and Creativity: Conversations with Depth Practitioners

This conversation is with Jeff Fajans—a creative momentum coach, seasoned musician, and PhD‑backed creative performance researcher—who helps creative people bring their biggest ideas to life. 

Whet…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Don't Believe All Your Thoughts

As your practice deepens, you may begin to notice you are less identified with your thoughts.  'Observing without judgement' can open all kinds of new possibilities.  

This talk explores some strat…

Published on 7 months ago

Why Practice?

Mindfulness practice can get dry and rote.  When you remember why you are practicing you'll reconnect with your passion and deepest intention.  When you can sustain your practice, you may notice a nu…

Published on 7 months ago