Michael Stone Podcast

Thinking Is Optional

How to work with your thoughts through labeling practice. Meditation Facilitation Program,...

• 1
• 0
• +1 año

The Unnecessary Suffering We Cause Ourselves

Using mindfulness of thinking to hold mental states more lightly. Meditation Facilitation...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Letting Go of Expectations & Having the Last Word

Michael begins teaching concentration technique by aligning attention and the body. Recognizing...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Blending Traditions: Yoga & Buddhism

A community talk at Tassajara Monastery with Michael Stone & Zen teacher Paul Haller. They each...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

The Deep Request: 30 min. Guided Meditation with Paul Haller

Followed by a talk on how meditation unfolds, and how to use the space of meditation to...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

30 min. Guided Meditation with Paul Haller

Zen teacher Paul Haller guides a gentle and clear meditation on noticing what it is to attend to...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

No Attributes: How Do You Know If Someone Is Awake? (Diamond Sutra 6 of 6)

Because the Self is absent when we are awake, we cannot know if we are awake because we are one...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Letting Go of Control (Diamond Sutra 5 of 6)

There are hungers we just can't satisfy. So how can we open to desire without grasping? There’s...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Labeling Thoughts & Acknowledging What's Present (Diamond Sutra 4 of 6)

Michael talks about wedding Vows in community, labeling our thoughts so we can honour them, and...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Attuning to Ourselves & Others (Diamond Sutra 3 of 6)

The benefit of our practice must be wider than the benefit to our body. How wide do you draw the...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

How Does a Buddha Stand, Walk & Control Thoughts? (Diamond Sutra 2 of 6)

What does being alive feel like? Michael tells the story of Subhuti and the questions he asks the...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

The Diamond of Practice (Diamond Sutra 1 of 6)

Michael speaks on 3 aspects of the ourselves we can let go of through practice: Possessiveness...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Can You Return to the Breath?

As the breath becomes smooth and slow, the mind settles and we become less interested in wanting...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Anxiety & Meditation

Michael explains how we can cultivate a field in which anxiety can arise and change, surrounded...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

The World Is Its Own Magic

Michael talks about the magic mantra that ends the Heart Sutra. Transforming fear, cultivating...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Labeling & Noting Thoughts

How to meditate when your are thinking a lot. Michael also explores language and emotions in...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

The Ego, The Self, and the Existential Dimensions of Settling the Mind

Drawing on Freud, Jung, and the Buddha, and various ways of understanding what the ego is, how it...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Not Identifying With Your Moods

How to become interested in how the mind functions rather than being caught in the content of our...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

25 min. Guided Meditation

Shift away from the content of the mind to the process of thinking. Mindfulness of thinking while...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Guided Corpse Pose for Safety

If you feel unsafe or unstable, this is a gentle 10 minute guided meditation in corpse pose, for...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año