Micheal explores the difficulty of being immersed in a culture of desire, our tendency to…
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Anxiety & Meditation
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael explains how…
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The Center of the Storm is Calm
In this talk on the Yoga Sutra Michael highlights the fluctuations of consciousness, kaivalya, and…
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Best of Awake in the World: My Body is My Teacher Now
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. How to not…
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Three Principles of Peacemaking
This talk explores Bernie Glassman’s guiding principles for taking practice into daily life: not knowing,…
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Without Holding On
Michael guides a meditation on the breath, with an emphasis on letting go of grasping.
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Only Fools Understand Yoga
In this talk Michael describes ujjayi breathing as a meditative practice, explains that the goal…
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Are Stiff People Less Awake?
Michael speaks about the eight limbs of Ashtanga and how to practice them. He argues…
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Best of Awake in the World: Not Being Possessive and the Gift of Fearlessness
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael Stone gives…
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Vande Gurunam
In this talk inspired by “bowing to reality,” Michael covers impermanence, story-telling and his view…
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