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How to Sit on a Chair for Meditation
In this video, Michael provides instructions on how to sit correctly in a chair for seated meditation.
Here’s an assortment of videos, including a few Dharma talks that have been filmed, as well as conversations with other teachers and activists. There’s even a Tedx Toronto talk in which Michael deconstructs the whole notion of spirituality and suggests we are not materialistic enough!
Not sure where to begin? These are our most popular videos:
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Reactor
In April 2012, Michael arrives on a pilgrimage to Japan in the wake of the tsunami and Fukushima meltdown to learn how the Japanese are responding to the crisis. Michael speaks with local residents, artists, activists, and researchers about life
The Dark Side of Meditation
Neuroscientist Willoughby Britton and Michael discuss the dark side of meditation.
The gift of our wounds
I think about this in my life: what does it mean to have tools of compassion? It seems, in my life, having tools of compassion has everything to do with my own woundedness. To be able to take places where
The heart of non-attachment
True non-attachment is an intimacy with life. In this video, Michael shares his perspective on how to live an engaged life.
Buddhism & social action
Michael talking to the 35 under 35 project with Lodro Rinzler about materialism, transcendence, situational ethics, the occupy movement, compartment alizarin, intimacy, and action.
Redefining the present moment
What does it mean to be in the moment? What does it mean to be mindful? Michael breaks down the oft-used term and shows how it relates to being mindful of what’s really going on.
How the Occupy Movement can deal with conflict
We are failing in our culture from a lack of imagination. And what we’re achieving here is space for imagination. Shot on Nov 6, 2011 at Occupy Vancouver.
Love & Shadow in the Occupy Movement
This video is a taste of the upcoming feature documentary, Occupy Love. This is a community funded film. Help us rush this film to the theatres and onto the streets. We know we have something amazing on our hands, that
The Building Blocks of Personality
Drawn from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, Michael lights up the roots of suffering, the 5 klesas, and the building blocks of personality. With guest appearances by Angelina Jolie, Maggie Chung, Tony Leung, Faye Dunaway, Brad Pitt and Darth Vader.
Taking Care of Ourselves, Taking Care of the World
How can we live a life fully engaged with the suffering of the world while also taking care of ourselves? A dharma talk on integrating yoga and Buddhism.
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