 I loved the presentation though the audience constant background noise was distracting... like a chicken eating grains every 2seconds ...  

Listen to the poem about the stream. It strengthened my life.

mindfulness

Mark Williams Introduction to Mindfulness at TheMindfulnessSummit.com presented by MrsMindfulness.com and Melli O'Brien

Mark Williams Introduction to Mindfulness at The Mindfulness Summit

How To Meditate, Forgive, End Blame, And Stop Wounding Your Own Heart

Background and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/06/03/allen-ginsberg-coming-out/

CONTEXT

Allen Ginsberg on coming out

How to become interested in how the mind functions rather than being caught in the content of our stories. Meditation is a physical practice and we use breathing to settle the mind and heart. 40 min. Vancouver.

Not Identifying With Your Moods

Michael details fear, dissociation, and shame, and how they impact the body, mind, and relationships. Very clear talk about the strategies we use to protect ourselves and create recognizable symptoms. Michael ends with a story about generational trauma. Meditation Facilitation Program, London. Recorded on July 30, 2016.

Listen to Part 2, Healing Trauma Through the Body: http://bit.ly/2kke4WB

Symptoms of Trauma

Week Three Gathering of the Real Happiness Challenge 2017
Led by Ethan Nichtern and hosted by Shambhala NY.

Each year during the month of February, Sharon Salzberg hosts her Real Happiness Meditation Challenge, based on her NY Times bestselling book, Real Happiness. Now in its seventh year, the Real Happiness Challenge hosts over 20,000 participants worldwide that have committed to sit and practice every day of the month of February. As part of this month of practice, weekly gatherings are being hosted by local meditation centers in New York City. Each week’s gathering is led by a different meditation teacher to offer a broad spectrum of resources for challenge participants. Gatherings are offered on a donation basis, and can be attended in person, or remotely via livestream. Each gathering includes a dharma talk on that coming week’s theme, guided meditation practice, and time for question and answer dialogue. Please note: this event is only open to challenge participants to attend in person. If you are interested in attending in person, please consider joining the challenge here: bit.ly/Commit2Sit

Week Three Gathering w Ethan Nichtern - Real Happiness Challenge 2017

Drawing on Instructions to the Cook, Michael offers a talk on the teachings of the insentient. The snow and silence are teaching us. Can you give attention to the way the insentient teaches us? Recorded December 29, 2010.

Learning from the Insentient

Beginner's mind threatens the part of us that wants to control experience. Knowing before knowing. Hakuin: wisdom is not separate from you. It's like beads rolling on a tray: sudden, ready, uninhibited. We all want to be more comfortable, and slowly the comfort starts to kill you. Knowing is a kind of renunciation. You're already there. Recorded on July 9, 2012.

Seeing the Background (Heart Sutra 1)

Many in the Buddhist world were shocked at the death of Insight Meditation and yoga teacher Michael Stone in 2017. He was only 42 years old, and few were aware that he had been struggling with bipolar disorder. It was later revealed that he had died from an opioid overdose. His death brought up many questions about the stigmas against mental illness, and the responsibility of teachers to reveal their personal challenges.  

Here, Michael’s wife Carina Stone sits down with Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen to discuss Michael’s legacy. Last year, Carina finished working on "The World Comes to You: Notes on Practice, Love, and Social Action," a collection of Michael’s teachings. While editing the book, Carina grappled with difficult questions about Michael’s life, all while working through her own grief around his death.

Carina Stone: The Legacy of Michael Stone

Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).

How To Meditate, Forgive, End Blame, And Stop Wounding Your Own Heart

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