Treat each movement of the mind as something we devote ourselves to, like the beloved,…
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Guided Meditation
A guided meditation, recorded during the first night of year-end silent retreat, with a focus…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: The Silence Museum
Michael comes home from practice in Thailand and talks about travels, not buying things in…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Compassion is a Superpower
It's cool to be kind—it's the new black dress. Loving-kindness is a ratio. If it's…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Superpowers
Meditation opens us up to levels of experience that are non-human. Michael goes through Patanjali's…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: A Moment in Time
Can you see each thing in your life—whether objects or the people around you—as a…
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So, What Really Matters?
Michael begins talking about the death of his mentor—maverick psychologist James Hillman. When death comes…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: Samskara and Neuroplasticity
Drawing on research with people who have healed from stroke, Michael compares the Sanskrit term…
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Yoga Sutra, Chapter 3: The Flow of Attention, Waking from the Dream
The mind in concentration is like a flame in a windless space. Michael describes what…
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Sandokai, Part 3: Remember One-ness in Everything You Do
Michael gives a talk on the Sandokai during the 2011 autumn intensive. Michael talks about…
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