Ranked #1
Carl Jung & Meditation Practice, Part 1 of 4
Carl Jung & Meditation Practice, Part 1 of 4
Michael talks about Jung and Freud's split, dreams, work, the unconscious as a process of compensation, madness and medi... Read more
28 Nov 2016
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53mins
Ranked #2
Anxiety & Meditation
Anxiety & Meditation
Michael explains how we can cultivate a field in which anxiety can arise and change, surrounded by spaciousness. We have... Read more
3 Oct 2016
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56mins
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Making Friends with Your Mind
Making Friends with Your Mind
Meditation, how the mind functions, and contra-indications for meditation are the subject of this talk. Michael explores... Read more
4 Apr 2016
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47mins
Ranked #4
Mindful Breathing Part 1 (Anapanasati)
Mindful Breathing Part 1 (Anapanasati)
In Gotenborg, Michael offers instruction on the Buddha’s teachings of mindfulness on the breath: learning how to let the... Read more
11 Oct 2015
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #5
Lotus Sutra, Part 1
Lotus Sutra, Part 1
Michael teaches the basics of Mahayana Buddhism, defines what a Bodhisattva is, and explains the context of the Lotus Su... Read more
21 May 2018
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58mins
Ranked #6
Home Base: Guided Meditation (20 min.) on Mindfulness of Thinking
Home Base: Guided Meditation (20 min.) on Mindfulness of Thinking
Vancouver, 20 min.
17 Jul 2016
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20mins
Ranked #7
Copenhagen 3: The Fire that Feeds Our Life
Copenhagen 3: The Fire that Feeds Our Life
Michael comments on the Buddhist text The Dhammapada exploring projection on teachers, noticing rigidity, and understand... Read more
27 Mar 2015
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #8
Transforming Pain
Transforming Pain
Michael begins teaching on the Two Darts and explains how physical and emotional pain are connected and how when we feel... Read more
19 Dec 2014
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54mins
Ranked #9
Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #7): Practice the Basics
Training Your Heart (Lojong Teachings #7): Practice the Basics
A bodhisattva is someone who doesn’t get used to violence. How to train our hearts to be awake so our hearts don't build... Read more
26 Jun 2016
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53mins
Ranked #10
Guided Corpse Pose for Safety
Guided Corpse Pose for Safety
If you feel unsafe or unstable, this is a gentle 10 minute guided meditation in corpse pose, for taking care of yourself... Read more
21 Aug 2016
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21mins
Ranked #11
Guided Meditation
Guided Meditation
All your life, you’ve been searching, without knowing it, for exactly this moment. Michael Stone gives a guided meditati... Read more
9 Jan 2015
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26mins
Ranked #12
Basics of Buddhism, Part 1
Basics of Buddhism, Part 1
In this dharma talk, Michael Stone aims to answer the question, "What did the Buddha teach?" by focusing on the Pāli Can... Read more
27 Jan 2019
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29mins
Ranked #13
Standing Motionless
Standing Motionless
Michael talks about the goal of practice as being yourself. He tells the Zen story of T’ing being slapped and explores t... Read more
29 Feb 2016
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52mins
Ranked #14
The Four Tasks
The Four Tasks
The Four Tasks: 1. Embrace Life, 2. Let go of Craving, 3. Stop & See, 4. Act. Drawing on the academic work of Richar... Read more
7 Mar 2015
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30mins
Ranked #15
We Practice Because We Forget
We Practice Because We Forget
A discussion and talk Michael gave at the Yoga Festival Toronto with local teachers and studio owners. Toronto, Ontario.... Read more
22 Oct 2017
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #16
Eight Stages of Practice, Part 1
Eight Stages of Practice, Part 1
Drawing on Norman Fischer's essay on monastic practice & it's maturation, Michael talks about 8 stages that we all e... Read more
12 Mar 2018
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53mins
Ranked #17
Seeing the Background (Heart Sutra 1)
Seeing the Background (Heart Sutra 1)
Beginner's mind threatens the part of us that wants to control experience. Knowing before knowing. Hakuin: wisdom is not... Read more
6 May 2019
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51mins
Ranked #18
Hatha Yoga (1)
Hatha Yoga (1)
During a 5-day intensive Michael explores key terms from a 15th century text on yoga and talks about mental habits, yoga... Read more
18 Jun 2015
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #19
Pranayama
Pranayama
Pranayama is a practice of settling your attention on your breath. As attention becomes balanced, so too does the nervou... Read more
4 Mar 2019
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #20
Brahmacharya (Wise Use of Sexual Energy)
Brahmacharya (Wise Use of Sexual Energy)
Michael teaches the in-person ethics course on the wise use of energy (brahmacharya) - encountering all with respect and... Read more
22 Apr 2018
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30mins