“Me Too” In Popular Mindfulness Communities

Dear friends, With recent accusations of impropriety made against Chade Meng-Tan (founder of Search Inside Yourself – the mindfulness program born at Google), Sakyong Mipham (leader

Foundations of Mindfulness Practice

Supports for Practice

Supports for Practice, by James Baraz

Starting Where You Are [Audio]

Starting Where You Are, by Phillip Moffitt  

Instructions et méditation guidée [Audio]

Instructions et méditation guidée, by Pascal Auclair  

The Path of Tenderness [Audio]

The Path of Tenderness, by Mark Coleman  

The Way to the End of the World [Audio]

The Way to the End of the World, by Howard Cohn  

Seeing Through Eyes of Love [Audio]

Seeing Through Eyes of Love, by Vinny Ferraro  

Waking Up in Every World [Audio]

Waking Up in Every World, by Anushka Fernandopulle  

Intoxicated with Reality [Audio]

Intoxicated with Reality, by Eugene Cash  

Instructions: Gathering the Scattered Mind [Audio]

Instructions: Gathering the Scattered Mind, by Pascal Auclair  

Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice

Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice, by Tara Brach  

How To Let Go

How To Let Go, by Pascal Auclair  

Taming Your Inner Critic

Making Friends with the Judging Mind, by James Baraz  

The Power of Lovingkindness [Audio]

The Power of Lovingkindness, by Guy Armstrong  

Essence of Letting Go [Audio]

Essence of Letting Go, by Mark Coleman  

Impartial Kindness [Audio]

Impartial Kindness, by Sylvia Boorstein  

Working With Thoughts [Audio]

From Grumpiness to Gratitude [Audio]

From Grumpiness to Gratitude, by Mary Grace Orr:  

Dharma and Making Decisions [Audio]

Dharma and Making Decisions, by Oren J. Sofer:  

Bringing Your Practice into the World [Audio]

Bringing Your Practice into the World, by James Baraz:  

Releasing Limiting Beliefs [Audio]

Releasing Limiting Beliefs, by Tara Brach:  

Transforming the Judgmental Mind [Audio]

Transforming the Judgmental Mind: An Overview, by Donald Rothberg:

Faith [Audio]

Faith, by Kamala Masters:  

Opening to Life [Audio]

Opening to Life, by Mary Grace Orr:

Facebook Dharma [Audio]

Facebook Dharma, by Bob Stahl:  

Starting A Long Retreat [Audio]

Starting A Long Retreat, by Guy Armstrong:  

Path Of Upward Mobility [Audio]

Path Of Upward Mobility, by Anushka Fernandopulle:  

Unconditionally Friendly Toward Life [Audio]

Unconditionally Friendly Toward Life, by Tara Brach:

Melting Into Love [Audio]

Melting Into Love, by Anam Thubten:  

You Are Worthy: Freedom [Audio]

You Are Worthy: Freedom, by Bob Stahl:  

The 12 Myths of the Mindfulness Movement [Audio]

Wise Livelihood [Audio]

Wise Livelihood, by Joseph Goldstein:  

The Simplicity of Karma [Audio]

The Simplicity of Karma, by Tony Bernhard:  

Seeing Things As They Are [Audio]

Seeing Things As They Are, by Gil Fronsdal:  

We are the Earth [Audio]

We are the Earth, by Margarita Loinaz:  

Working with Difficult Emotions

Working with Difficult Emotions, by Caroline Jones:  

Concentration And Mindfulness [Audio]

Concentration And Mindfulness, by Marcia Rose:  

An Evening with Ajahn Brahm [Audio]

An Evening with Ajahn Brahm, Achaan Brahmavamso:

Right Livelihood And Vocation [Audio]

Right Livelihood And Vocation, by Donald Rothberg:  

The Nature of Aversion [Audio]

The Nature of Aversion, by Kate Munding:  

The Trouble with my Car [Audio]

The Trouble With My Car, by Norman Fischer:  

Training The Heart to Awaken [Audio]

Training The Heart to Awaken, by Erin Treat:

Parenting With Equanimity and Warmth [Audio]

Quarrels and Disputes [Audio]

Quarrels and Disputes, by Tony Bernhard:  

The Miracle of Concentration and Energy [Audio]

The Miracle of Concentration and Energy, by Gil Fronsdal:  

Tracing Back The Radiance [Audio]

Connection to Life [Audio]

Reflections On Race And Diversity [Audio]

Altruistic Joy [Audio]

The Paradox of Reality [Audio]

The Way of Heartfulness [Audio]

Turning Towards Suffering with Heartfulness [Audio]

The Neuroscience of Love [Audio]

Unentangled Knowing [Audio]

Unentangled Knowing by Guy Armstrong: We’ve talked quite a bit so far about the retreat about how the sense of self gets constructed and the ways that that binds us, and limits us, and ties us into

How To Be Self-Compassionate

Published on Oct 16, 2014The world’s leading researcher of self-compassion and founder of the Mindful Self-Compassion program considers–and rebuts–some of the main objections to treating

Body: A Matter of Life [Audio]

Body: A Matter of Life by Shaila Catherine: Mindfulness of the body is one of the most fundamental approaches to meditation. And I think just about any mindfulness course you take is going to emphasize

All About Love [Audio]

All About Love by Spring Washam: ..and especially meta practice. In this idea of friendliness, they’re always cultivating. You know, sometimes because people can get very intellectual with Buddhism.

Wise Speech [Audio]

Wise Speech by Shahara Godfrey: So, I am trying to keep this simple so it sounds ambitious, but it’s pretty simple. I am going to talk tonight as to why speech, and I want to use why speech as a frame

Three Instructions for Life [Audio]

Three Instructions for Life by Anushka Fernandopulle: So, I know you’re aware that this is the last evening of our retreat. And it can seem surprising. We can remember the first night here when we

How to Cultivate Equanimity [Audio]

How to Cultivate Equanimity by Donald Rothberg: I want to speak on and explore the theme of equanimity this evening. So, first, a poem written for this evening. (people laughs). Perhaps, revolving March

Freedom from Fear-Based Beliefs [Audio]

Freedom from Fear-Based Beliefs by Tara Brach: Greetings in a Wednesday! So, to begin this class today, a story written by Bruce Rogers when he was very young, he waved his arms, smashed the teeth of

How To Feel More Self-Compassion [Audio]

A talk on self-compassion by Rick Hanson: So, as the Buddha writes here or says here, if we really, you know, the brain is continually changing its structure and function based on our experiences, for

Cultivating The Heart of Inclusivity [Audio]

Cultivating The Heart of Inclusivity by Sylvia Boorstein: So, here’s a story. Sometime in the last decade, at the time of ___, I came home and there was a message in my home answering machine from

The Potential for Freedom [Audio]

The Potential for Freedom by Noah Levine: So, here we are at the end of the first day. First full day of silent, sometimes we call it intensive silent meditation practice. Having had the opportunity and

Coming Back to Life [Audio]

Intention, Motivation and Purpose [Audio]

Mindfulness in Close Relationships [Audio]

How To Cultivate Awareness and Love [Audio]

How To Be An Earthling [Audio]

Moving Beyond A Sense of Lack [Audio]

Moving Beyond A Sense of Lack by Brian Lesage: After about a year, after I was ordained, I was getting another practice. I was practicing very earnestly, and diligently with a lot of effort. And then

Building Mindfulness [Audio]

Building Mindfulness, by Achaan Sucitto: We cultivate ___ mindfulness. We need to remember mindfulness never stands alone. It has support as mindfulness is just the ability to bear something in mind.

Unleashing Your Inner Golden Retriever [Audio]

Unleashing your inner golden retriever by Jonathan Foust: Last week, I went to buy some dog food and I went into the town and a sort of a high end place, sort of a day spa for dogs where I went to buy

Understanding Judgment and Discernment [Audio]

Understanding judgment and discernment by Chas DiCapua: The theme I want to talk about tonight is I believe a really important one and certainly has been in my practice, and that is kind of learning

When Love Meets Fear [Audio]

When love meets fear, by David Richo: Welcome to our day free from the fears that happen when love walks in. That’s our topic. And I’m David Richo and I’d like to begin with this card, because it’s

Sex, Survival and Social Drives [Audio]

A talk on sex, survival and social drives by Martin Aylward: I’m giving you a very consistent attention, or we’re endeavoring to give a consistent attention to this elusive experience of being here

How To Be Happy [Audio]

A talk on happiness, by James Baraz: Tonight, I want to talk about seeing this path of practice as a path of happiness. We’ve heard talks on the noble truths, and it’s so profound what the Buddha

Mindfulness of Speech [Audio]

Mindfulness of Speech is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Mindfulness techniques can increase ones ability to feel and respond to suffering. A talk on mindfulness of speech by Donald Rothberg:This

Mindfulness of the Breath [Audio]

A talk on mindful breathing by Tara Brach: Letting this be a conscious pause, bring your presence and attention to right here. I invite you to bring a listening attention to the heart. Sometimes, we

How To Increase Awareness [Audio]

A talk on increasing awareness by Dan Siegel: First, he’s become a really good friend, kind of kindred spirits for the last number of years. We’ve been teaching together and collaborating. And when

How To Be Mindful at Work [Audio]

A talk on mindfulness at work by Sharon Salzberg: So, my book, Real Happiness At Work, came out on January 1st and I’m sure it was here a couple of years ago. My book, Real Happiness, came out, and

Jack Kornfield: 12 Principles of Forgiveness

 The acclaimed author and teacher explains the principles that are integral to the process of forgiving, according to Buddhist philosophy.One: Understand what forgiveness is and what it is not. As I mentioned

Buddhism & The 12 Steps [Audio]

Buddhism & 12 Steps Weekly class series, by Kevin Griffin: Just to let you guys know, I’ll ___ this later, but I’m starting a new group in Berkley for the people that used ___. That 4th Tuesday