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Heaven Realms, Hell Realms, And Protection
First day of retreat Michael talks about walking meditation, bowing, and practice tips for going deeper on retreat. The talk ends with a beautiful description of Samadhi and how concentration can protect us.
Jewish Prayer
Rabbi Miriam Margles leads beautiful morning prayers (in Hebrew & English) during the Jewish-Buddhist retreat exploring the intersection of practices & teachings from both traditions, co-taught with Michael.
Opening To Fear
During a Jewish-Buddhist retreat Michael speaks about fear of failure, fear of disappointing others and being scared of missing out. He begins by talking about the death of writer Oliver Sacks.
Mindfulness Of Breathing Part 9 – Turning the Body Into A Ballast
Final talk about relaxing the breath to settle the mind. Noticing how when we go on line to “rest” we end up over-stimulating ourselves and lose track of what we feel and our emotions become unstable.
Mindfulness Of Breathing Part 8 – I Want to Know What it’s Like to be Unified
Making space in our hearts for empathy, forgiveness and non-reactivity to emerge. How to practice with your breath when you feel crazy. Samadhi is the opposite of feeling fragmented.
Mindfulness Of Breathing Part 7
Did you cut my shoelaces? Q & A about different forms of meditation for different people. Michael tells some funny stories about his son and practicing mindfulness in family. He also talks about mindfulness at work.
13 Things You Should Know About Patience
To build patience, find a strategy. British Columbia-based psychotherapist and meditation teacher Micahel Stone uses this one: first, he imagines how he’d respond if he was feeling patient. Then he waits until his frustration changes into something else – relief,
Mindfulness & Concentration: Practice Tips with Michael Stone
How does concentration develop? Michael Stone outlines the difference between mindfulness and concentration.
Mindfulness of Breathing Part 6
Michael talks on finding the sane part of the breath, seeing how all thoughts pivot around a construct of “me,” and how to cultivate a non-reactive mind. Also, the way there are many conditions that give rise to depression or
Mindful Breathing Part 5 (Anapanasati)
Michael goes into detail about emptiness, working with shame, connecting with the emotional body in order to transform traumatic scars, and how to connect with the depth of the breathing body with concentration and safety. Also, how reconciliation does not
Mindful Breathing Part 4 (Anapanasati)
Michael maps out how meditation based on concentration can bring intense pleasure and joy (piti) and how for some students these levels of concentration (jhana) can reveal deeper levels of holding and/or old trauma. Then he details how trauma works:
Stabilizing Ourselves In The Digital Age
A public lecture about the effect of phones, the internet, and digital media on our minds and relationships. Michael offers very practical tools for managing our minds in an era of information overload.
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.