Michael suggests that you need to get deeper than cognition and stories, in order to…
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Symptoms of Trauma
Michael details fear, dissociation, and shame, and how they impact the body, mind, and relationships.…
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Thinking Is Optional
How to work with your thoughts through labeling practice. Recorded at the Meditation Facilitation Program…
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The Unnecessary Suffering We Cause Ourselves
Using mindfulness of thinking to hold mental states more lightly. Meditation Facilitation Program, London.
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Forgiveness
A tender and personal talk Michael gives during silent retreat about his father, forgiveness, and…
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Love: Sometimes We Can Really Show Up
An hour before New Year's Michael gives a quiet talk on the Heart Sutra and…
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Learn How to Stop Breaking Things
Michael gives a talk on New Year's Silent Retreat on Dogen and how to practice…
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Being Independent in our Practice
**BONUS** Michael Stone talks on silent retreat about how meditation works over the long-haul, how…
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Speaking Up, Resilience, Non-Grasping
Michael Stone talks during the New Year's Silent Meditation Retreat about the depth of meditation,…
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Letting Go of Expectations & Having the Last Word
Michael begins teaching concentration technique by aligning attention and the body. Recognizing expectations we have…
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