Tonglen (giving and taking) is a method for connecting with suffering — ours and that which is all around us — everywhere we go. It is a method for overcoming fear of suffering and for dissolving the tightness of our heart. Primarily it is a method for awakening the compassion that is inherent in all of us. We begin to feel love both for ourselves and others and also we begin to take care of ourselves and others. It awakens our compassion and it also introduces us to a far larger view of reality.

Healing Through Tonglen

Formal Practice: Interconnection Meditation from "A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety" by Bob Stahl, Florence Meleo-Meyer, Lynn Koerbel

This meditation will help strengthen your sense of interconnection. Set aside about twenty minutes for this practice. You can do it in a seated position, standing, or even lying down. Choose a position in which you can be comfortable and alert.

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety

Interconnection Meditation (20 min)

The Buddha had a prescription to end suffering—the eightfold path. But can the Western tradition of psychotherapy build upon these essential steps? Here, Buddhist psychotherapist and bestselling author Epstein talks with Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross about how the two realms of wisdom view the idea of self as both problematic and helpful. Drawing from his new book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself, to discuss the ways meditation illuminates aspects of ourselves that we’re afraid or ashamed of, allowing us to let go of the identities that constrict us.

Mark Epstein: The Task Is Being You

The introduction track from the new Guided Meditation Treks: Vipassana album. This track gives an overview of the album, its intentions, and a brief background on the Theravada sect of Buddhism which has been practicing some version of this technique for centuries. Learn more about the album and the apps that go along with it at http://www.guidedmeditationtreks.com/vipassana.html

Vipassana Introduction

Dr Kristen Neff's Self-Compassion Loving-Kindness Meditation from www.self-compassion.org

Loving-Kindness and Self-Compassion

mPEAK 10-Min Inner Compassionate Coach Meditation by Corrie Falcon

A conversation with  Liz Stanley.

This episode's guest is Elizabeth Stanley, a professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma." Liz is a U.S. Army veteran who came to practice (in part) to help her with PTSD. In their conversation, David and Liz discuss contemporary definitions of trauma and how this relates to the current moment; the neurophysiology of trauma, including the relationship between what Liz terms the “thinking brain” and “survival brain”; and their current assessments of the impacts of COVID-19, it’s impact on social windows of tolerance, and their hopes for the path ahead.

Episode 14 | Widening the Window of Tolerance

Introduction into Buddhist Tantric practice by presenting the three principles of the path to Awakening.

Tara - Part 1a - Introduction

Tara - Part 1b - Introduction

Lojong - Transforming Problems - Part 8

Rely on Silence - Part 6

Stephan Wormland, MA in clinical psychology and trained in Gestalt therapy. He has studied and practiced meditation in multiple Buddhist traditions for over 30 years and spent altogether 5 years in meditation retreats. Stephan was a monk in the Tibetan tradition for 11 years and teaches meditation in Buddhist centers in Europe.

Tara - Part 1b - Introduction

Natural Meditation podcast