Dharma Talks

September 2024

Starhouse | Boulder, CO

May 2024

Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Colorado

May 2024

Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Colorado

May 2024

Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Colorado

May 2024

Crestone Mountain Zen Center, Colorado

SHUNYA: The Open Heart

This dharma talk outlines a special principle in Buddhism: the open, spacious heart. Recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.

METTA

Metta, or loving-kindness is an essential ingredient on the path of awakening in Buddhism. It is the first of the four sublime states and one of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The cultivation of benevolence is a popular form of Buddhist meditation. Recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.

A Brief Look at Internal Family Systems: Meeting Exiles & Healing Core Wounds

Internal Family Systems model - depth psychology for training the heartmind - grief work & trauma healing for the mindbody practitioner. Internal Family Systems & Yin Yoga as an intermingling of wisdom traditions for mind and body and community. This dharma talk was lovingly recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.

Lojong: Training the Mind

Lojong is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms for awakening. This dharma talk was lovingly recorded at Crestone Mountain Buddhism Zen Center on yin yoga retreat.

February 2022

Yoga Soup | Santa Barbara, CA

February 2022

Yoga Soup | Santa Barbara, CA

March 2022

Willka T’ika | Sacred Valley, Peru

March 2022

Willka T’ika | Sacred Valley, Peru

December 2021

Virtual Circle

December 2021

True Nature Healing Arts | Carbondale, CO

September 2021

Sedona Hot Yoga | Sedona, AZ

September 2021

Starhouse | Boulder, CO

August 2021

Sacred Valley, Peru

August 2021

Sacred Valley, Peru

A meditation to enter the practice field. Hara cultivation and the site of Self Energy. Where do you go to feel safe in your skin?

July 2021 | True Nature, CO

Shamatha, Vipassana, Loving Kindness & Forgiveness

July 2021 | True Nature, CO

The wandering cranial nerve of Vagus extends from brainstem down into stomach, enervates heart and lungs along the way, and reaches through the diaphragm. It's the breath barometer, as deep diaphragmatic breath will stroke the Vagus nerve and signal the nervous system to enter into rest and restoration function.

July 2021 | True Nature, CO

The Who The What The How

For awareness to be sustained well have to slow down & connect in to the three centers of intelligence and understanding in the body.

A practice to integrate.

June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA

Brief check-in with the intelligence and insight of the head, the interpersonal empathy in the heart, and the intuitive center of hara- the belly. Alignment must come from all three to really “know” something is inherently true.

June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA

There are parts of us we would prefer that aren’t ours. Times we’ve acted out compulsively. The more we exile and neglect parts of ourselves, the more chaotic we become. Here’s a space to orient and welcome fragments in the forgiveness practice essential for wholesome healing.

June 2021 | The. Mindry Malibu, CA

For awareness to be sustained well have to slow down & connect in to the three centers of intelligence and understanding in the body.

A practice to integrate.

June 2021 | The Mindry Malibu, CA

A practice for the cultivation of the heartmind.

May the angel of awakening stir your heart to come alive to the eternal within you, to all the invitations that quietly surround you.

June 2021 | The Mindy Malibu, CA