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Safety, Flight, Fight, and Freeze: Trauma & the Brain
Molly Boeder Harris co-teaching with Michael on trauma sensitivity for meditation facilitation. Recorded in Vancouver.
Your Body is Trying to Support You: Self Soothing & Trauma Awareness ft. Molly Boeder Harris
Molly Boeder Harris co-teaching with Michael on self-soothing and trauma awareness during the Meditation Facilitation Training.
The Environment in Trauma Awareness ft. Molly Boeder Harris
Molly Boeder Harris co-teaching with Michael on trauma sensitivity during the Meditation Facilitation Training.
Trauma Sensitivity in Meditation, Mindfulness & Yoga ft. Molly Boeder Harris
Molly Boeder Harris co-teaching with Michael on trauma sensitivity during the Meditation Facilitation Program.
Home Base: Guided Meditation (20 min.) on Mindfulness of Thinking
A 20 minute Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of Thinking.
Emotional Granularity
A letter written by Michael after co-teaching with Paul Haller at the Tassajara Mountain Center: I just returned from co-teaching with Paul Haller at the Tassajara Mountain Zen Center. Paul has been practicing for forty years and his manner has
Mindfulness of Mental States
In Meditation Facilitation Program Michael explores how: mind states are not inherently fixed; you can hold mind states lightly; moods are phenomena, not who you are, and; you can sculpt your attitude.
15 Minute Guided Meditation on Breathing
Let the exhale relax your body; Let the inhale still you.
Grief: An Essay
If the vastness of the oceans shows us the shared depths of our grief, the power of the grass to grow and regrow shows us its future—the way forward of life after death…
Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #7): Practice the Basics
A bodhisattva is someone who doesn’t get used to violence. How to train our hearts to be awake so our hearts don’t build plaque.
Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #6)
1.) What was your first experience of solitude, and 2.) What were your first experiences of being with others? The best thing we can leave our kids is to show how we loved.
In response to Orlando
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Michael wrote the following letter to the community: Dear friends, I continue to be horrified
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.