Michael talks about Patanjali, subject/object duality, and the meaning of nirodha.
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Focus on the Calm Part of the Breath
A twenty-minute guided meditation on breath-centered mindfulness.
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Peace in the Breath, Stillness in the Ground
In this guided mindfulness-of-the-body practice Michael focuses on feeling the ground, the breath, the support…
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“To Swallow Myself in Ceaseless Flow”
Michael explains Patanjali’s take on subduing the causes of suffering in their gross and subtle…
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The Dharma Is Like an Avocado
Based on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (1.19) and a poem by Gary Snyder Michael talks about…
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Religion as Conversation
Michael talks about applying a lens of Western Psychology to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and the…
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Tell Me, Who Is That Other?
Based on a koan (Case Forty-five from the Gateless Gate) this talk delves into the…
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Concealed and Wrapped in Thought
Michael explores the line from the Rig-Veda that he chose as the epigraph to The…
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What’s Left (When You’re Not Thinking)
Beginning with a quote from Gary Snyder, Michael teaches about non-reactivity, letting go of clinging…
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The Breath Is Doing the Breathing
Michael leads a thirty-minute guided meditation on mindfulness of breathing.
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