Dharma Talks
SHUNYA: The Open Heart
This dharma talk outlines a special principle in Buddhism: the open, spacious heart. Recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.
METTA
Metta, or loving-kindness is an essential ingredient on the path of awakening in Buddhism. It is the first of the four sublime states and one of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The cultivation of benevolence is a popular form of Buddhist meditation. Recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.
A Brief Look at Internal Family Systems: Meeting Exiles & Healing Core Wounds
Internal Family Systems model - depth psychology for training the heartmind - grief work & trauma healing for the mindbody practitioner. Internal Family Systems & Yin Yoga as an intermingling of wisdom traditions for mind and body and community. This dharma talk was lovingly recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.
Lojong: Training the Mind
Lojong is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms for awakening. This dharma talk was lovingly recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.
February 2022
Yoga Soup | Santa Barbara, CA
March 2022
Willka T’ika | Sacred Valley, Peru
March 2022
Willka T’ika | Sacred Valley, Peru
December 2021
Virtual Circle
December 2021
True Nature Healing Arts | Carbondale, CO
September 2021
Sedona Hot Yoga | Sedona, AZ
September 2021
Starhouse | Boulder, CO
August 2021
Sacred Valley, Peru
August 2021
Sacred Valley, Peru
A meditation to enter the practice field. Hara cultivation and the site of Self Energy. Where do you go to feel safe in your skin?
July 2021 | True Nature, CO
Shamatha, Vipassana, Loving Kindness & Forgiveness
July 2021 | True Nature, CO
The wandering cranial nerve of Vagus extends from brainstem down into stomach, enervates heart and lungs along the way, and reaches through the diaphragm. It's the breath barometer, as deep diaphragmatic breath will stroke the Vagus nerve and signal the nervous system to enter into rest and restoration function.
July 2021 | True Nature, CO
The Who The What The How
For awareness to be sustained well have to slow down & connect in to the three centers of intelligence and understanding in the body.
A practice to integrate.
June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA
Brief check-in with the intelligence and insight of the head, the interpersonal empathy in the heart, and the intuitive center of hara- the belly. Alignment must come from all three to really “know” something is inherently true.
June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA
There are parts of us we would prefer that aren’t ours. Times we’ve acted out compulsively. The more we exile and neglect parts of ourselves, the more chaotic we become. Here’s a space to orient and welcome fragments in the forgiveness practice essential for wholesome healing.
June 2021 | The. Mindry Malibu, CA
For awareness to be sustained well have to slow down & connect in to the three centers of intelligence and understanding in the body.
A practice to integrate.
June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA
A practice for the cultivation of the heartmind.
May the angel of awakening stir your heart to come alive to the eternal within you, to all the invitations that quietly surround you.
June 2021 | The Mindy Malibu, CA
An Internal Family Systems Practice in unburdening a wounded part.
June 2021 | You & The Mat Laguna Niguel, CA
When you don't quite have 15 minutes but grounding feels essential. Explore seated posture & the spacious realm of your Buddha Nature.
June 2021 | You & The Mat Laguna Niguel, CA
A contemplation on examining suffering and the Buddha's First Noble Truth.
March 2021 | True Nature, Carbondale Colorado
A dharma talk on the subtle body center.
March 2021 | True Nature, Carbondale Colorado
A guided practice of Shamatha meditation, internal family systems contemplations, and a centering empowering pranayama for & from the Hara center.
March 2021 | True Nature, Carbondale Colorado
An oceanfront meditation instruction on narrowing the sense realm to train attentional stability. Shamatha meditation is the Buddhist cornerstone to mindfulness practice.
February 2021 | Amansala Tulum
A brief meditation focused in openness and awareness.
November 2020 | The Mindry, Malibu California
Courage is a Cornerstone - The strength of our intentionality to practice; the ability to know & hold our fears. Courage is one component of Self-Energy.
November 2020 | The Mindry, Malibu California
Because of our neuroplastic capacity, we can reset our state of being. Where your attention is placed is where your resources are directed- the force field thickens in the areas of our life we give our focus to. This talk breaks down the anatomy of the “trauma-body” and suggest methods to unhinge from the accumulation of trauma in the tissues.
November 2020 | The Mindry, Malibu California
Living with hara as a central touchstone in which we operate from; continuous reconnecting to center.
November 2020 | The Mindry, Malibu California
གཏོང་ལེན་, 'giving and taking' (or sending and receiving)'; a meditation practice.
March 4, 2020 | Baja Zen, Baja California Mexico
Suffering is a natural part of our human incarnation
March 2, 2020 | Baja Zen, Baja California Mexico
Awakening the heart view through grounded practices in mindfulness technologies.
March 2, 2020 | Baja Zen, Baja California Mexico
On the suffering of time. Change is inevitable. Are you awakening your tolerance?
March 2, 2020 | Baja Zen, Baja California Mexico
Remembering our inherent spacious self.
January 2020 | Yoga Desa, Topanga California
The story of the Buddha's Awakening.
July 2019 | Telluride Yoga Center, Telluride Colorado
On our exiled parts.
July 2019 | Telluride Yoga Center, Telluride Colorado
Chakra Meditation
September 2019 | Sedona Hot Yoga, Sedona Arizona
The breath is what we bind do.
October 2019 | Mystic Journey, Venice California
Water Element Asana & Organ Health: Kidneys and Water Element
October 2019 | Mystic Journey, Venice California
Relinquish the need to know what’s going to happen next: A stillness practice.
September 2019 | Sedona Hot Yoga , Sedona Arizona
The Kidney Stores The Will
October 25, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Lessons to Lessen the Bewilderment: The Buddha's Quest
October 18, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Celebrating Imperfections
October 8, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Arriving in the Altar of the Heart
September 28, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
The Wolf Woman: On Mantra
September 4, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Elastic Time Infinite You: Unwavering Presence Beneath Impermanence
September 1, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala
Alaya: Illusion
August 25, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
On Suffering
August 17, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angelesa Shala
Boddhisatva
July 5, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Samatha: Calm Abidance
June 28, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Mindfulness as the Gateway and the Destination
July 3, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Turn all Mishaps on to the Path
June 5, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Steadiness & Simplicity
May 13, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
New Moon
May 13, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Neurplasticity
May 12, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Theta Dream State
May 4, 2018 | Aziam Studio, Los Angeles
The 4 Mind Changings of the Buddha
May 7, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
The 2nd Noble Truth on the 8 fold Path
March 26, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
On Exhaustion
March 15, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Buddha Dharma
March 1, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
On Impermanence
February 22, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles
Maitri/Metta
February 15, 2018 | Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles