Michael explores how mindfulness and meditation practice can heal shame and trauma and how these…
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I Can’t Say, I Can’t Say
In Berlin Michael talks about Zen Case 55 of the Blue Cliff Record “Tao Wu's…
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Superhero Practice: Balanced Energy, Improvisation, and The Vow to Serve Others
A ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships are built to…
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What Do You Do When People Fall Down?
Using a Zen koan about the Pang family, Michael talks about wholehearted activity, compassion, and…
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The Self Has No Self: What to do with the Ego?
Describing the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th limbs of yoga, Michael offers a very clear…
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Allowing For Experience: Practicing Non-Separation
Michael lectures on the end of 2nd chapter of the Yoga-Sutra and then gets into…
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I Saw You Fall, So I Helped
Based on a Zen story, Michael talks about wholehearted activity, compassion, and throwing yourself to…
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Effort, Monarch Butterflies, and Meditation Lessons in Farming
Caitlin Lambstrom gives a 40 min dharma talk on silent retreat about avoiding burnout, using…
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Ethics, Forgiveness, Breathing, and the Body
Michael speaks about the ways that being mindful of the body helps us make ethical…
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Deeper & Deeper Patience
Michael speaks about composure, waiting 5 breaths when we are aggravated, and how patience is…
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