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Are Stiff People Less Awake?

Michael speaks about the eight limbs of Ashtanga and how to practice them. He argues…

This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael Stone gives…

In this talk inspired by “bowing to reality,” Michael covers impermanence, story-telling and his view…

Michael talks about Patanjali, subject/object duality, and the meaning of nirodha.

A twenty-minute guided meditation on breath-centered mindfulness.

In this guided mindfulness-of-the-body practice Michael focuses on feeling the ground, the breath, the support…

Michael explains Patanjali’s take on subduing the causes of suffering in their gross and subtle…

Based on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (1.19) and a poem by Gary Snyder Michael talks about…

Michael talks about applying a lens of Western Psychology to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and the…

Based on a koan (Case Forty-five from the Gateless Gate) this talk delves into the…