Here you will find various Dharma talks and guided practices. May they be of benefit.
A talk and guided meditation on the foundational Buddhist practice of Anapanasati - Mindfulness of Breathing, in 16 Steps - given on 08/19/2025 for the Boulder Insight Meditation Community’s Tuesday night online sangha.
A talk and guided practice on joy and resilience, borrowing from Dr. Rick Hanson’s HEAL model for positive neuroplasticity - given on 10/22/2024 for the Boulder Insight Meditation Community’s Tuesday night online sangha.
A talk and guided practice on RAIN - an acronym that’s very useful in remembering some helpful steps in the midst of difficulties - given on 5/21/2024, for the Boulder Insight Meditation Community’s Tuesday night online sangha.
A short guided practice to establish a simple presence and an enlivened, refreshed sensitivity to the immediacy of your direct experience.
A guided body scan practice for “falling awake” to what our bodies can help us to be aware of about our moment to moment experience.
A foundational guided practice to gather attention, relax the body, calm the mind, and vivify our awareness of the most basic aspects of our experience and what’s here for us.
In this guided practice, we include emotions in the field of our kind awareness, to cultivate equanimity and a steady witnessing presence as they arise, exist and fluctuate for a time, then pass away.