Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.: Recent Episodes
Christopher Luard
Here you will find a podcast with a variety of talks, meditations, and other resources specifically designed to support and enhance a meditation practice. Appropriate for all skill levels.
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, bones, and the elemental qualities of the body: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, bones, and the elemental qualities of the body: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I guide a meditation designed by Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk designed to nourish our nervous system with the self-generated warmth of kindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones, then the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. With practice, this meditation can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones, then the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. With practice, this meditation can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation where we are invited to observe the felt experience of the body by using the metaphors of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. This can give one the opportunity to connect to the felt experience of the body and then recognizing that there is no "I" in the elements internally and externally. Based on the work of Ven. Analayo.
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of calm, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Here I offer a guided body scan with an emphasis on resting deeply. We continue on to observe the activity of the mind and invite the mind to rest. There is no closing bell at the end of the practice, so one can easily use this meditation as a sleep aid, as well as finding tranquility in the mind and heart.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of awareness itself. Since we typically habitually identify with awareness, by recognizing awareness as just another aspect of the ever-changing field, our clinging to that identity begins to loosen, and thus, our suffering begins to wane.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of calm, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation into lovingkindness for people whom challenge us. People we may not like very much, if at all. We explore this by connecting with the challenging person's humanity, recognizing that they, just like us, want to be free from suffering and want to be happy. After this we move into offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases. Lovingkindness has a transformational, healing quality. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to ourself, to loved ones, to strangers, and to people who challenge us, and to the entire world. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to ourself, to loved ones, to strangers, and to people who challenge us. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of Joy and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the Joy with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the emotion of Joy as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to covet, cling to, or identify with.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of anger and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the anger with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the reactive emotion of anger as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to identify with.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of desire. By welcoming the desire into the open field of awareness, we may come to experience the desire not as all-encompassing, but just another changing experience in the midst of all the other changing experiences.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to strangers. Just thinking about how many people there are in the world, and that each one represents an opportunity to be kind, can be incredibly liberating. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to loved ones.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate kindness energy out to drench ourselves in the warm energy of kindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of kindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here is a very brief exercise designed to give us a felt sense of how anger is often compounded when we struggle against the emotion, and then we can feel how anger is alleviated by welcoming in the emotion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for nearly 40 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to feel into offering kindness to a friend, a family member, loved one, or a pet. We then replace the image of this being with ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for nearly 40 years and I have been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is an exercise designed to illustrate the existence of silence in the midst of sound. This can provide one with a spaciousness of mind and heart and can support one in developing emotional resilience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to connect to their resistances toward kindness. When we can see these resistances clearly, we may be able to hold compassionate space for them, and eventually they no longer inhibit our innate capacity for kindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of calm, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is offer a guided meditation inviting us to immerse ourself in the warmth of kindness, then radiate that kindness out into the world.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation where we are invited to rest awareness on the breath and follow the breath into stillness. We then are gently invited to bring awareness to the body and breath, using the breath as a guide into a calm resting.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences of feeling safe. In doing this, we create the neurological pathways leading to future experiences of safety. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
I am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to our Autumn Retreat offering: "Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter"
Metta, often translated as Lovingkindness, is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds in the Buddhist traditions. During these twelve weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will guide us through an exploration cultivating a boundless quality of kindness, friendliness, and care. In drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience the circle of kindness and care widening gradually to include all beings everywhere.
The sessions are offered live, not pre-recorded.
The Lovingkindness live sessions will be on Sunday at 12 noon to 2:30pm.
Meetings will occur live on Zoom and will be recorded for those participants who miss the live sessions, or for those who wish to enjoy the course at their own pace.
The retreat opens Oct 1st and closes Dec 17th 2023.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, A one to one private session with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The fee for the complete eight week offering is 119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
Here is a guided meditation where we are invited to take on the struggles of another and offer the other comfort and safety. We create an exchange for "I" and "other" in a beautiful and heartfelt act of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
I am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to a feature event in our Autumn online offerings: Resting In A Non-Reactive Space. A Live, Twelve Week Immersive Online Meditation Program.
During these twelve weeks, our facilitator Chris Luard, will guide us through a deep dive into a series of resting meditations. Meditations composed with the intent to bring one into a very alert, but very peaceful, calm state of tranquility. Coming to rest in a non-reactive space can provide a resource for resilience, stability, and peace in our lives.
By drawing on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will offer a very broad range of teachings, in such a way that all may benefit, that all may indeed rest in a non-reactive space, regardless of religion, belief, or ideology.
All sessions are facilitated live, and are not at all pre-recorded.
The Resting In A Non-Reactive Space retreat will be offered on Sundays 12 noon-2:30pm. From October 1st to Dec 17th.
The live sessions will meet once a week. 12 sessions in total.
Meetings will occur live on Zoom and will be recorded for those participants who miss the live sessions, or for those who wish to enjoy the course at their own pace.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, A one to one private session with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants.
If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The fee for the complete eight week offering is $119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
Chris Luard has been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. In addition to this Chris has received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Buddhist Psychology, Nonviolent Communication, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and Trauma Healing.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
“I am not saying other practices do not, but cultivating unconditional kindness has been empirically shown to lessen and even reverse the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences.” Dr Peter Levine.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter.
Wednesday, Sept 6th. 7:30am EST
Facebook Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with toward forgiveness. With a practice such as this one, we can begin to explore the beliefs which keep us locked into our own resentments and hurt.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two book
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
I am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to our Autumn Retreat offering: "Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter"
Metta, often translated as Lovingkindness, is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds in the Buddhist traditions. During these twelve weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will guide us through an exploration cultivating a boundless quality of kindness, friendliness, and care. In drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience the circle of kindness and care widening gradually to include all beings everywhere.
The sessions are offered live, not pre-recorded.
The Lovingkindness live sessions will be on Sunday at 12 noon to 2:30pm.
Meetings will occur live on Zoom and will be recorded for those participants who miss the live sessions, or for those who wish to enjoy the course at their own pace.
The retreat opens Oct 1st and closes Dec 17th 2023.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, A one to one private session with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The fee for the complete eight week offering is 119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
I am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to a feature event in our Autumn online offerings: Resting In A Non-Reactive Space. A Live, Twelve Week Immersive Online Meditation Program.
During these twelve weeks, our facilitator Chris Luard, will guide us through a deep dive into a series of resting meditations. Meditations composed with the intent to bring one into a very alert, but very peaceful, calm state of tranquility. Coming to rest in a non-reactive space can provide a resource for resilience, stability, and peace in our lives.
By drawing on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will offer a very broad range of teachings, in such a way that all may benefit, that all may indeed rest in a non-reactive space, regardless of religion, belief, or ideology.
All sessions are facilitated live, and are not at all pre-recorded.
The Resting In A Non-Reactive Space retreat will be offered on Sundays 12 noon-2:30pm. From October 1st to Dec 17th.
The live sessions will meet once a week. 12 sessions in total.
Meetings will occur live on Zoom and will be recorded for those participants who miss the live sessions, or for those who wish to enjoy the course at their own pace.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, A one to one private session with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants.
If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The fee for the complete eight week offering is $119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
Chris Luard has been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. In addition to this Chris has received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Buddhist Psychology, Nonviolent Communication, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and Trauma Healing.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
n this guided meditation we are invited to explore forgiveness in three ways. Asking forgiveness from those we feel we may have hurt, offering forgiveness to those we feel may have hurt us, and offering forgiveness to ourself for the ways we may have hurt ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to open their heart to the experience of the body. By reconnecting to the body in this way, we explore the possibility of finding resilience through kindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet challenging encounters with warmth and compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around meeting experience as it is, and with kindness and curiosity, trusting in our experience just as it is. The benefit of this is that we may get to know the inner critic and start to befriend that harsh inner voice.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around receiving kindness from others, and giving freely to others. In this exploration we may find that letting go of such social conditioning allows for a free flow of kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I guide a traditional meditation used to discover our innate self-compassion. By offering ourself phrases of compassion, resistance to the phrases naturally begin to arise, thus we learn how we unconsciously resist self compassion in our day to day experience, so we can begin to let those resistances go and gradually become more available to compassion.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with compassion toward ourself. With a practice such as this one, we can begin to explore the beliefs which keep us locked out of our innate capacity toward self compassion.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of Mindfulness, Common humanity, and Kindness, we give ourself the opportunity to soften around our struggles and allow a space for healing. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here I offer a meditation designed to allow one to experience impermanence and change on a visceral level. When we do this, we become less and less attached to the ever changing nature of our experiences. Thus we find freedom
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation through what is known in the buddhist tradition as the seven factors (or facets) of awakening: Mindfulness, Curiosity, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity. As the practice unfolds we are invited to touch in with these qualities, which are always available, and we offer the light of awareness as nourishment to the seeds of awakening latent in our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to open their heart to our activity of our mind. We develop the capacity to rest in the body and observe the activity of the mind, without getting swept up by our thoughts and emotions. By coming to rest in the with the activity of the mind, free from judgement, our relationship to our experience of life begins to lighten. We then turn our heartfelt awareness to the hindrances. These are five mind-states which cloud our ability to clearly know the present moment experience, and thus block our ability to lead a peaceful, flourishing life. By resting with these five veiling factors and getting to know how they feel when they are present, we can begin to work with them as guideposts on the path, rather than enemies. This practice is designed to allow one to do just that.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with anger. With a practice such as this one, we can begin to explore the beliefs which keep us locked in resentment, and cultivate a method and a practice of forgiveness, thus removing the splinter of anger from our own heart.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
When we hold on to resentment, anger, or any form of grudge, we hinder, veil, and block our access to the present moment. In this eight week course, our facilitator Chris Luard will gently guide participants through a series of practices designed to give one a way to work with these hindrances and to allow one to live a life free from the torments of the judging mind, the critical mind, and the resentful mind.
By drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, as well as practices offered by modern neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to By drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions as well as practices offered by modern neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to glimpse a life free from the splinter of resentment and the harshness of the inner critic.
The Self-Compassion, Forgiveness, Inner-Critic retreat live sessions will be from 7pm-9:30pm EST on Sunday Evenings, From July 2nd- Sept 17th, 2023
The live sessions will meet once a week for 12 weeks.
Meetings will occur live on Zoom and will be recorded for those participants who miss the live sessions, or for those who wish to enjoy the course at their own pace.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, A one to one private session with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants.
If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The fee for the complete eight week offering is $119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: Self-Compassion. The Benefits and How To Apply The Salve
June 8th, 2023. 7pm EST.
Facebook And Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around receiving kindness from others, and giving freely to others. In this exploration we may find that letting go of such social conditioning allows for a free flow of kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to feel into a type of all inclusive Boundless Joy, gradually expanding our circle of care to include ourselves, friends, loved ones, strangers, people we do not like, and eventually all of the world.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to cultivate, strengthen, and reinforce our intentions. By activating the reptilian brain, the mammalian brain, and the pre-frontal cortex, we get the whole brain involved in the setting of our intentions, which can lead to powerful changes and results.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to open their heart to our activity of our mind. We develop the capacity to rest in the body and observe the activity of the mind, without getting swept up by our thoughts and emotions. By coming to rest in the with the activity of the mind, free from judgement, our relationship to our experience of life begins to lighten.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Looking for a quick dose of compassion, resilience, nourishment, and healing energy? Here is a 15 minute compassion meditation designed to offer just that. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Looking for a quick dose of resilience, nourishment, and healing energy? Here is a 10 minute lovingkindness meditation designed to offer just that. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to feel into a type of all inclusive Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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May All Benefit
Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet challenging encounters with warmth and compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet challenging encounters with warmth and compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of fear and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the fear with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the emotion of fear as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to flee, dispel, or get rid of.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to open their heart to the hedonic (feeling) tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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May All Benefit
In this meditation we explore the possibility of offering Joy to loved ones whilst in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
In this meditation we explore the possibility of offering Joy to loved ones. By practicing in this way we may discover the joy inherent in the generous well wishing to people we care for, learning to celebrate and appreciate who they are.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
In this meditation we explore the possibility of practicing Joy while in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here is offer a guided meditation inviting us into three stages of mindfulness of the breath: The breath, calming the body and mind, and finding joy in a smile. (Based loosely of the work of Ven. Thich Nhat Hnan) We then take our heartfelt exploration to the sensate experience of the body and sounds. Just in the same way that the word water cannot quench out thirst, the concepts of the body and sound inhibit our connection with life. A practice such as this one can help us sidestep that very common pitfall, and bring us closer to the actual experience of life itself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to connect to their resistances toward Joy. When we can see these resistances clearly, we may be able to hold compassionate space for them, and eventually they no longer inhibit our innate capacity for joy, gratitude, and appreciation. We then soak in the Joy, allowing the nervous system to marinade in the felt experience of Joy, which can help this passing state eventually become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
In this meditation we explore the possibility of practicing Joy while in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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May All Benefit.
By cultivating a sensitivity to how the present moment feels at the point of contact, we empower ourself to respond, rather than react, to the present moment.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness Of Hedonic Experience.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
By meditating on the quality of Joy we come to experience joy as an inner quality, rather than something to be had through acquisition. We don’t acquire something which brings us Joy….we have an experience which reminds us of our innate, internal experience of Joy.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for his next offering: Joy as a superpower.
Facebook Live.
Thursday, March 9th at 9:30 am EST
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life.
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Welcome to our 2nd spring online meditation retreat offering: Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life.
In this 12 week course participants will take a deep dive into the practice of mindfulness. Not only will we be drawing on meditation practices from numerous traditions worldwide, but we will also be exploring techniques which will allow us to enter into a fearless embrace of the present moment while not meditating....in other words...a fearless embrace of life itself.
Heartfelt Awareness is mindfulness with an emphasis on the heart. But why should one practice Heartfelt Awareness, Or Mindfulness?
Mindfulness has been shown to help with pain management, pain relief, stress reduction, it helps with emotional intelligence and regulation, it has shown to boost our happiness index, and most of all, mindfulness can strengthen our present moment awareness, so we can be present and connected to our experience of life.
The retreat will open on Saturday, April 8th and close on Saturday, July 1st. There will be a week off on May 20th.
Each session is offered live every Saturday from 9am-11:30am EST.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, breakout groups, optional one to one private sessions with Chris, and interactive discussions with the fellow retreat participants.
The fee for the complete eight week offering is $119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.
If you would like to participate, but find these times or cost limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
The online sessions will be recorded and available to participants. This is made available to allow participants to miss sessions, if necessary, while keeping up with the pace of the retreat.
Chris Luard has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
For more information please visit www.suchsweetthunder.org
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through www.suchsweetthunder.org
Far from being a type of toxic positivity, the practice of Joy can provide one with a type of inner resilience and strength needed to navigate the storms inherent in the human experience.
"To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil"
Jack Gilbert.
Welcome to our spring online meditation retreat offering: Joy. The Ground Of Resilience.
Celebrating the joys of life: enjoying the smile of a loved one, the purring of a kitten, the laughter of a friend, is a practice of self compassion. It is the ground of resilience, and a much needed resource in these crazy times.
Now, more than ever, we need the resource of Joy.
Mudita, often translated as sympathetic joy, or altruistic joy, is one of the four Divine Abodes from the Buddhist traditions. Mudita has the capacity to allow us to see through the illusion of separateness and allow us to come together through our innate capacity for celebration and joy.
All sessions of these retreats are live. The meetings are not pre-recorded.
During these eight weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will expertly guide us through an exploration in cultivating a Joy generating internally, and which is not dependent upon external factors or circumstances.
Using meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions as well as practices offered by modern neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience a boundless joy to offer to ourselves, loved ones, strangers, challenging people, and to the entire world.
There are two sections being offered to cater to different time zones. Each section of our retreat will meet twice a week.
Section 1 Monday and Thursday 1-3pm EST.
Section 2 Mondays and Thursdays 7pm-9pm. EST.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, optional one to one private sessions with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants
The registration cost for the entire eight week program is $119.00 USD.
If you would like to participate, but find these times or cost limiting, please feel free to message Chris here.
The online sessions will be recorded and available to participants. This is made available to allow participants to miss sessions, if necessary, while keeping up with the pace of the retreat.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended.
"To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil"
Jack Gilbert.
Welcome to our spring online meditation retreat offering: Joy. The Ground Of Resilience.
Celebrating the joys of life: enjoying the smile of a loved one, the purring of a kitten, the laughter of a friend, is a practice of self compassion. It is the ground of resilience, and a much needed resource in these crazy times.
Now, more than ever, we need the resource of Joy.
Mudita, often translated as sympathetic joy, or altruistic joy, is one of the four Divine Abodes from the Buddhist traditions. Mudita has the capacity to allow us to see through the illusion of separateness and allow us to come together through our innate capacity for celebration and joy.
All sessions of these retreats are live. The meetings are not pre-recorded.
During these eight weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will expertly guide us through an exploration in cultivating a Joy generating internally, and which is not dependent upon external factors or circumstances.
Using meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions as well as practices offered by modern neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience a boundless joy to offer to ourselves, loved ones, strangers, challenging people, and to the entire world.
There are two sections being offered to cater to different time zones. Each section of our retreat will meet twice a week.
Section 1 Monday and Thursday 1-3pm EST.
Section 2 Mondays and Thursdays 7pm-9pm. EST.
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, optional one to one private sessions with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants
The registration cost for the entire eight week program is $119.00 USD.
If you would like to participate, but find these times or cost limiting, please feel free to message Chris here.
The online sessions will be recorded and available to participants. This is made available to allow participants to miss sessions, if necessary, while keeping up with the pace of the retreat.
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of awareness itself. Since we typically habitually identify with awareness, by recognizing awareness as just another aspect of the ever-changing field, our clinging to that identity begins to loosen, and thus, our suffering begins to wane.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of awareness itself. Since we typically habitually identify with awareness, by recognizing awareness as just another aspect of the ever-changing field, our clinging to that identity begins to loosen, and thus, our suffering begins to wane.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of frustration. By welcoming the frustration into the open field of awareness, we may come to experience the frustration not as all-encompassing, but just another changing experience in the midst of all the other changing experiences.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then move through a few different emotions through the lens of "I am...(complete identification) to "It is... (less identification) to "It is being known" No identification.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of fear and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the fear with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the emotion of fear as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to flee, dispel, or get rid of.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of calm, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of Joy and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the Joy with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the emotion of Joy as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to covet, cling to, or identify with.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We open the meditation with the emotion of anger and expand outward from there. By gradually surrounding the anger with more and more sensory experience, we come to experience the reactive emotion of anger as just another aspect of the ever changing field, rather than something to identify with.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of desire. By welcoming the desire into the open field of awareness, we may come to experience the desire not as all-encompassing, but just another changing experience in the midst of all the other changing experiences.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit.
Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones, and holding the sensations with kindness. With practice, this meditation can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
Here I offer a very brief exercise in which we may come to experience the fuel we add to reactivity when we resist it, and the openness when we welcome in the anger. With a practice such as this one, we are more likely to find the space of non-reactivity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a brief guided meditation where we are invited to observe thoughts in three modes: Thoughts with no emotional component, thoughts with little emotional charge, and thoughts with more emotional charge. With a practice such as this one we may begin to recognize that the "charge" is not inherent in the object of thought, but we are in fact "charging" the thoughts ourselves. Thoughts then begin to loose their hypnotic spell.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness. We then include an experience of desire. By welcoming the desire into the open field of awareness, we may come to experience the desire not as all-encompassing, but just another changing experience in the midst of all the other changing experiences.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here is an exercise designed to illustrate the existence of silence in the midst of sound. This can provide one with a spaciousness of mind and heart and can support one in developing emotional resilience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here is an exercise designed to illustrate the existence of silence in the midst of sound. This can provide one with a spaciousness of mind and heart and can support one in developing emotional resilience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation in which we are invited to systematically open awareness to more and more of experience, until we rest in complete, open awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of calm, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences of feeling safe. In doing this, we create the neurological pathways leading to future experiences of safety. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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“Monks and nuns, when one thing is developed and cultivated, the mind becomes tranquil, thought and examination subside, and all wholesome qualities which pertain to true knowledge reach fulfillment by development. What is that one thing? Mindfulness of The Body” The Buddha
In this practice we cultivate a deep awareness and understanding of the body. In this understanding we may become intimately acquainted with emotional states which arise through the body, thereby intercepting our reactivity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Far from being a type of blind passivity, when we can rest deeply and completely into the present moment, we are completely engaged and relaxed at the same time. It is from here that compassion and wisdom spring forth.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
In a state of complete, radical rest, we may come to witness the arising and passing of our fears, angers, resentments, and regrets. By watching these and other emotions release on their own accord, we cease identifying with them. We may then become liberated from these painful mind (heart) states.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I
have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I
have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here is a guided meditation where we are invited to take on the struggles of another and offer the other comfort and safety. We create an exchange for "I" and "other" in a beautiful and heartfelt act of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet challenging encounters with warmth and compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into lovingkindness for the world, and all of the inhabitants of the world. Always including ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with anger. With a practice such as this one, we can begin to explore the beliefs which keep us locked in resentment, and cultivate a method and a practice of forgiveness, thus removing the splinter of anger from our own heart.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore forgiveness in three ways. Asking forgiveness from those we feel we may have hurt, offering forgiveness to those we feel may have hurt us, and offering forgiveness to ourself for the ways we may have hurt ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into lovingkindness for groups of people. We invite into our meditation a loved one, a neutral person, and a challenging person and offer lovingkindness to the group. Always including ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore forgiveness in three ways. Asking forgiveness from those we feel we may have hurt, offering forgiveness to those we feel may have hurt us, and offering forgiveness to ourself for the ways we may have hurt ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into lovingkindness for people whom challenge us. People we may not like very much, if at all. We explore this by connecting with the challenging person's humanity, recognizing that they, just like us, want to be free from suffering and want to be happy. After this we move into offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases. Lovingkindness has a transformational, healing quality. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with the painful emotions we might encounter through the pressure of our Inner Critic. With a practice such as this one, we may come to see that we do not need to indulge or cater to the inner critic. In that understanding we can free ourself from the often painful reactive pattern which is the Inner Critic. This practice was designed by Michelle McDonald and modified by Tara Brach.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to people whom we do not know. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to strangers. Just thinking about how many people there are in the world, and that each one represents an opportunity to be kind, can be incredibly liberating. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to loved ones. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to loved ones. This particular set of phrases are composed in a way that allow us hold and honor the challenges of life while connecting to the kindness inherent in our hearts.
Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around meeting experience as it is, and with kindness and curiosity, trusting in our experience just as it is. The benefit of this is that we may get to know the inner critic and start to befriend that harsh inner voice.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around receiving kindness from others, and giving freely to others. In this exploration we may find that letting go of such social conditioning allows for a free flow of kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences of feeling safe. In doing this, we create the neurological pathways leading to future experiences of safety. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of Mindfulness, Common humanity, and Kindness, we give ourself the opportunity to soften around our struggles and allow a space for healing. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to connect to their resistances toward kindness. When we can see these resistances clearly, we may be able to hold compassionate space for them, and eventually they no longer inhibit our innate capacity for kindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet what is challenging in our experiences with warmth and kindness. We systematically go through the sense of body, thoughts, and emotions with the receptive open heart of kindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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"...the great, the mighty, the medium the short and the small, those living near and far away. Those born and to be born. May all beings be at ease." Buddha. The Metta Sutta.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: "Boundless Lovingkindness, Reaching All"
Sat. Oct. 1st. 8am Thailand Time
Friday, Sept 30th 9pm East Coast
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
Here I offer a meditation where we are invited to bring into awareness a memory or experience which opens our heart. We then are invited to bring that open hearted warmth to our entire body and sounds.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Paul M. Bradley from the Psychic Cafe podcast. What emerged was a very rich dialogue on the topics of Equanimity, The Inner Critic, Self Compassion, and more.
Enjoy!
Based on the meditation created by Jospeh Goldstein, this meditation allows us to connect with the spaciousness of awareness, loosening our attachments to thoughts and feelings, and coming to rest in the open awareness. Bon Voyage!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation we are invited to imagine a person whom challenges us experiencing their life with the balance and poise of equanimity. When we do this, we often see how we may be holding ourself back from living life in this way ourselves, and we can begin to know a different way.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation we are invited to imagine a stranger experiencing their life with the balance and poise of equanimity. When we do this, we often see how we may be holding ourself back from living life in this way ourselves, and we can begin to know a different way.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then order and chaos. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with anger. With a practice such as this one, we may come to understand the difference between the emotion and the reactivity which arises. In that understanding we can free ourself from harmful reactive patterns. This practice was designed by Michelle McDonald and modified by Tara Brach.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Introducing: "the hindrances. These are five natural, normal mind-states which cloud our ability to clearly know the present moment experience, and thus block our ability to lead a peaceful, flourishing life. By resting with these five veiling factors and getting to know how they feel when they are present, and when they are absent, we can begin to work with them as guideposts on the path, rather than enemies. This practice is designed to allow one to do just that.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a brief guided meditation where we are invited to observe thoughts in three modes: Thoughts with no emotional component, thoughts with little emotional charge, and thoughts with more emotional charge. With a practice such as this one we may begin to recognize that the "charge" is not inherent in the object of thought, but we are in fact "charging" the thoughts ourselves. Thoughts then begin to loose their hypnotic spell.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into observation of the activity of the mind. We begin by resting with sounds and the breath, we then open to the feeling tones of the body, and come to rest in observation of the activity of the mind.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a meditation where we are invited to bring into awareness a memory or experience which opens our heart. We then are invited to bring that open hearted warmth to the felt experience of entire body.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of Mindfulness, Common humanity, and Kindness, we give ourself the opportunity to soften around our struggles and allow a space for healing.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and I have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a brief guide into a mindful exploration of food. Typically one follows this with a raisin, a small fruit or nut, or a piece of chocolate. This type of exploration can be a great opening into beginner's mind, or the mind of Not Knowing. Both are very helpful in cultivating a continuity of mindful and heartful awareness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then praise and blame. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to hear sounds free from their source and then to feel into the body beyond the concept of body. When we hear sounds in this way, we step away from the natural tendency to objectify our world of sound. Likewise, When we drop below any concept of "body", we may feel into the ever changing flow of energy and experience our body with a sense of freedom and curiosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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By resting deeply in the body, mind, and heart, we allow room for a type of spacious, present moment awareness within which our thoughts, feelings, and emotions may pass through. We practice resting in whatever experience arises, and in doing so, we practice equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a meditation where we are invited to bring into awareness a memory or experience which opens our heart in gratitude. We then are invited to bring the warmth of gratitude to our entire body in a way that is true and honest for ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
n this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then gain and loss. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a meditation where we are invited to bring into awareness a memory or experience which opens our heart. We then are invited to bring that open hearted warmth to our entire body and sounds.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a meditation where we are invited to bring into awareness a memory or experience which opens our heart. We then are invited to bring that open hearted warmth to our entire body and sounds.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with anxiety. With a practice such as this one, we may come to understand the difference between the emotion and the reactivity which arises to that emotion. In that understanding we can free ourself from harmful reactive patterns. This practice was designed by Michelle McDonald and modified by Tara Brach.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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It is difficult to overestimate the importance of body scanning practice. It provides many benefits, such as lowering our stress, strengthening the immune system, strengthening our present moment awareness and improved emotional intelligence. Here I guide a very detailed, systematic journey through the breath, body, and sound. I hope you will enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Positive Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this practice we are invited to recognize a loved one in the midst of struggle and wish them wholeheartedly to be free from that struggle. We then replace the image of the loved one with ourself, and we are then invited to feel what it feels like to be our own best friend.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
When we become sensitive to each moment of contact, to the present moment if you will, we have opened a door into complete freedom. It is in the very act of moving through the world without this sensitivity which gives rise to suffering.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment.
Here I offer a body scanning meditation designed to bring one into a peaceful, restful sleep.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then praise and blame. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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When we become sensitive to each moment of contact, to the present moment if you will, we have opened a door into complete freedom. It is in the very act of moving through the world without this sensitivity which gives rise to suffering.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment.
Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of Mindfulness, Common humanity, and Kindness, we give ourself the opportunity to soften around our struggles and allow a space for healing.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and I have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this meditation we imagine our challenging person receiving deep praise and accolades from people we admire. This very often highlights the resistances which we may be subtly (and not so subtly) holding on to. We connect with our resistances with compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation into offering joy for people whom challenge us. People we may not like very much, if at all. We explore this by connecting with the challenging person's humanity, recognizing that they, just like us, want to be free from suffering and want to be happy. After this we move into offering the gift of joy in the form of phrases. Joy can have a transformational, healing quality. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Gain and Loss, Pleasure and Pain, Joy and Sorrow, Order and Chaos. The practice of equanimity is the practice of finding balance and poise in the midst of the inevitable highs and lows of life.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very rich and profound topic: Equanimity. Finding Balance amidst the chaos.
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Monday, July 4th at 2:20pm Portugal
Monday, July 4th, 9:30am East Coast
Monday, July 4th 8:30pm Bangkok
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
Here I offer a guided meditation into offering joy for people whom challenge us. People we may not like very much, if at all. We explore this by connecting with the challenging person's humanity, recognizing that they, just like us, want to be free from suffering and want to be happy. After this we move into offering the gift of joy in the form of phrases. Joy can have a transformational, healing quality. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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"When just one thing is cultivated the mind becomes tranquil, thought and examination subside, and all wholesome qualities which pertain to true knowledge reach fulfillment by development of. What is that one thing? Mindfulness of The Body."
The Buddha.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Finding Peace and Joy In The Body.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
May All Benefit
In this podcast I guide a meditation designed to allow us to feel into the positive, nourishing qualities of gratitude, lovingkindness, and generosity. We then soak in these mindstates, allowing our neurological pathways to lean into a permanent state of lovingkindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and I have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
In every moment of every day there is someone somewhere celebrating something. Right now someone is getting married. Right now someone is celebrating a birthday. Right now someone is falling in love. Right now someone is receiving acknowledgement for doing good. By cultivating our innate capacity to rejoice in the successes and victories of people who we do not know, each and every face in the crowd becomes an opportunity for us to feel joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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"The Great Way is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction,
however, and heaven and earth
are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to see the truth,
then hold no opinions
for or against anything.
To set what you like
against what you dislike
is the disease of the mind."
Faith Mind Prayer Poem
Beautiful words, but how do we apply this ancient wisdom to modern day life? Check out this wisdom talk to explore that very question.
Enjoy!
Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences of feeling safety, satisfaction, and connection. In doing this, we create the neurological pathways leading to future experiences of safety. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
In every moment of every day there is someone somewhere celebrating something. Right now someone is getting married. Right now someone is celebrating a birthday. Right now someone is falling in love. Right now someone is receiving acknowledgement for doing good. By cultivating our innate capacity to rejoice in the successes and victories of people who we do not know, each and every face in the crowd becomes an opportunity for us to feel joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences of feeling safe. In doing this, we create the neurological pathways leading to future experiences of safety. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here is a really fun interview I recently recorded with Paul and his fun YouTube channel.
We get deep into some really subtle topics such as non-self, emptiness, compassion and universal love.
Enjoy!
Paul Bradley
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New Podcast Time!
I'm back once more with the incredible mindfulness instructor and Buddhism expert Chris Luard as we talk about the Buddhist concepts of the self and no-self and how they relate to the seemingly endless crises we face today as well as how to embrace the heart and move forward into a better world.
I hope you enjoy and be sure to check out Chris' website: www.suchsweetthunder.org.
This is a talk designed to both inspire and to inform listeners of an upcoming online meditation program.In this program we will be taking a very deep dive into mindfulness, not only as a meditation practice, but also as a way of life.
Participants will be invited to take a deep dive into the practice of mindfulness.
Not only will we be drawing on meditation practices from numerous traditions worldwide, but we will also be exploring techniques which will allow us a fearless embrace of the present moment while not meditating....in other words...a fearless embrace of life itself.
Why Mindfulness? Well..mindfulness has been shown to help with pain management and relief, stress reduction, it helps with emotional intelligence and regulation, it has shown to boost our happiness index, and most of all, mindfulness can strengthen our present moment awareness, so we can be present and connected to our experience of life.
The retreat will open on July 26th and close on Sept 20th, 2022.
We meet twice a week:
Section 1:
Wednesdays: 7am-9am Thailand
Saturdays: 7am-9am Thailand
East Coast
Tuesdays: 8pm-10pm
Fridays: 8pm-10pm
Section 2:
Thailand
Wednesdays: 3pm-5pm
Saturdays: 3pm-5pm
Europe (France)
Wednesdays 10am-12noon
Saturdays 10am-12noon
Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, optional one to one private sessions with Chris, and interactive discussions with the retreat participants
If you would like to participate, but find these times limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook/Instagram, or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris Luard has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
For more information please visit www.suchsweetthunder.org
Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, chrisluard@yahoo.com or through
www.suchsweetthunder.org
In this meditation we explore the possibility of sending Joy to loved ones with a combination of insight and grounding phrases. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us and others, as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us and our loved ones, to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter. This is a practice of heartfelt Joy and Compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this meditation we explore the possibility of sending Joy to loved ones while they may be in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us and others, as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us and our loved ones, to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter. This is a practice of heartfelt Joy and Compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we extend the gift of boundless joy to loved ones in the form of phrases. We then take the goodness generated from such a practice and soak our nervous system in that goodness, cultivating a permanent state from the passing trait of joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Here is a guided meditation designed to bring us into direct experience with the sensate arisings in the body. In connecting to our experience in this way, and noting the feeling tones within the experience, we begin to sense the impermanent, transitory nature of feelings, and become more intimate with our experience of life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we extend the gift of boundless joy to ourselves in the form of phrases. The longer we stay in the experience of Joy, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of Joy to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
Looking for a quick dose of resilience, nourishment, and healing energy? Here is a 10 minute lovingkindness meditation designed to offer just that. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Looking for a quick resource to ground, stabilize, and nourish? "In our research we found that when you forcefully practice smiling, it stimulates the amygdala—the emotional center of the brain—which releases neurotransmitters to encourage an emotionally positive state. For mental health, this has interesting implications. If we can trick the brain into perceiving stimuli as ‘happy’, then we can potentially use this mechanism to help boost mental health.” Neuroscience News.com
In this guided meditation we are invited to rest into the present moment and simply smile.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Based on the meditation created by Jospeh Goldstein, this meditation allows us to connect with the spaciousness of awareness, loosening our attachments to thoughts and feelings, and coming to rest in the open awareness. Bon Voyage!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
There are 7.8 billion people in the world, so naturally we will disagree at times. In this meditation we are invited to recall or visualize a time when we were in disagreement with someone. We move into holding the felt sense of disagreement with compassion, and then offer that compassion to the one we are in conflict with. We may not agree with that person, or like that person, but we can still meet them as a human being, deserving happiness and wanting to avoid suffering.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation we explore the possibility of practicing Joy while in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around receiving kindness from others, and giving freely to others. In this exploration we may find that letting go of such social conditioning allows for a free flow of kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a body scanning practice where we scan the body seven times. Feeling into the skin, flesh, bones, and the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air. This offering is based on Bhikkhu Analayo's work in the Satipatthana Practice. It is a wonderful way to anchor awareness deeply into the here and now.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we extend the gift of boundless joy to loved ones in the form of phrases. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate the energy of boundless joy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones, sharing and rejoicing with each other in the warmth of boundless joy. The longer we stay in the experience of Joy, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of Joy to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non-Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation based on the Anapanasati Sutta from the Buddhist tradition, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. This is a beautiful, complete practice designed to allow one to rest deeply in Joy and Equanimity, while embracing insight into Impermanence and Change. By explicitly including the seven factors of awakening, we have the opportunity to water the seeds of awareness and non-reactivity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Cultivating Joy In The Midst of Challenging Times.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation based on the Anapanasati Sutta from the Buddhist tradition, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. This is a beautiful, complete practice designed to allow one to rest deeply in Joy and Equanimity, while embracing insight into Impermanence and Change.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this practice we might cultivate an awareness of our own inherent connection to contentment and joy...so that we may find Joy In The Relief Of Change From Unpleasant. Joy To Counter Our Tendency to Cling To Pleasant. Joy While Resting In Neutral. Joy In The Infinite Potential For Growth.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation based on the Anapanasati Sutta from the Buddhist tradition, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. This is a beautiful, complete practice designed to allow one to rest deeply in Joy and Equanimity, while embracing insight into Impermanence and Change.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation using the stages of mindfulness of breathing to calm the thinking mind. We start with sounds, breath and body, move into joy and tranquility in body and mind. This is my interpretation of works from Ven Analayo and J. Goldstein.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation practice designed to cultivate compassion for the world. In this practice we will use phrases of compassion to offer to ourself and to the world, combined with Tonglen. Tonglen is a Tibetan word which means "exchange." In this practice we are encouraged to breathe in the suffering of others and to breathe out our own joy and comfort to the world, sending it out as an act of compassion and generosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we are invited to rest in the midst of change throughout all we experience. As we engage in this practice more and more, we come to a visceral understanding of impermanence. When this happens, we are freed from the typical clinging to the pleasantness and running from the unpleasantness of life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and, Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we offer phrases of Lovingkindness to our own heart, the hearts of those we are fond of, and finally, the entire world. These set of phrases are written in such a way that they honor both the struggles of life and the potential for goodness. As a result, we may find a way to accommodate both in balance, and thus have more access to the friendliness and kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation practice designed to cultivate compassion for the people we consider to be challenging. Tonglen is a Tibetan word which means "exchange." In this practice we are encouraged to breathe in the suffering of others and to breathe out our own joy and comfort to the world, sending it out as an act of compassion and generosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to give us a set of tools to work with anger. With a practice such as this one, we may come to understand the difference between the emotion and the reactivity which arises. In that understanding we can free ourself from harmful reactive patterns. This practice was designed by Michelle McDonald and modified by Tara Brach.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation using the stages of mindfulness of breathing to liberate the mind. We start with sounds, breath and body, move into joy and tranquility, into observing mind and finally liberating the mind. This is my interpretation of works from Ven Analayo and J. Goldstein.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet what is challenging in our experiences with warmth and compassion. We systematically go through the sense of body, thoughts, and emotions with the receptive heart of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this practice we are invited to see how we form opinions about people. In that exploration we may come to understand how, very often, our likes and dislikes of others are trivial and arbitrary. We might then become more flexible and porous with our likes and dislikes.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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By giving our attention to and contemplating on all of the changes which we have experienced over our life thus far, it becomes quite clear that everything is in a constant state of flux. When we meditate deeply on this, we come to a place of freedom and tranquility, because we recognize deeply that we can always grow, change, and evolve. At the same time we recognize how futile it is to cling to anything. We are free.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to cultivate a spacious heart and then offer our mind and heart in a move of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation where we are invited to take on the struggles of another and offer the other comfort and safety. We create an exchange for "I" and "other" in a beautiful and heartfelt act of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then praise and blame. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation I offer an exploration through the human experience. Each step of the way we take time to extend appreciation and gratitude for the gift of the senses. Through this practice, if one or more of our senses is inhibit somehow, by illness or by birth, we can still find appreciation and joy somewhere in the human sensory experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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In this practice we are invited to recognize a loved one in the midst of struggle and wish them wholeheartedly to be free from that struggle. By offering our loved ones compassion, we may also have insight into how we hold compassion back in our relationship to life.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a meditation which invites us to experience and welcome in the physical changes within the body. By meditating deeply on the changes in our body, we may come to a place of acceptance, warmth, and kindness toward our body throughout the inevitable changes that all human beings encounter.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a meditation which invites us to experience and welcome in the physical changes within the body. By meditating deeply on the changes in our body, we may come to a place of acceptance, warmth, and kindness toward our body throughout the inevitable changes that all human beings encounter.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction. Based on the works of Ven. Analayo.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation we explore the possibility of practicing Joy while in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Everything that is born will have a life-span and a death. All building ends in ruin, eery meeting ends in parting...but ruin too comes to an end, and something new is born. Parting comes to an end, where there is a space and new meetings. This is the ever changing river of life. This meditation is based on the work of Ken McLeod, whom I had the honor and privilege to receive these teachings from.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet what is challenging in our experiences with warmth and compassion. We systematically go through the sense of sounds, body, thoughts, and emotions with the receptive heart of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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What would it be like to be our own best friend? In this guided meditation we are invited to explore this question, getting in touch with the felt experience of support and resilience which we may then offer ourselves when we need it.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Each and every life is replete with 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. Can we be present to the sometimes faint hue of goodness which may be available but is often overlooked? In this guided meditation we practice finding safety and ease in the midst of the messiness of life, and from that vantage point, moving into experiences of compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer an exploration into the ever changing field of sounds, body, and breath. This may give one deep emotional insight into how all of life, including ourselves, is simply a river of ever-changing experience.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation in the form of a body scan. We systematically invite the body to rest and from that deep rest we move into a state of joy and contentment.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to cultivate Self-Compassion. This practice was designed by Michelle McDonald and modified by Tara Brach.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer an exploration into the ever changing field of sounds, body, and breath. This may give one deep emotional insight into how all of life, including ourselves, is simply a river of ever-changing experience.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore a type of joy that might arise as a result of cultivating a deep state of tranquility. The combination of tranquility, rest, and joy may give awareness a strong base for resting with the mind without falling into distraction.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a traditional meditation used to discover our innate self-compassion.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I offer an exploration into the ever changing field of sounds, body, and breath. This may give one deep emotional insight into how all of life, including ourselves, is simply a river of ever-changing experience.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Everything Changes. Nothing Stays The Same. When we truly connect with this indisputable fact in a visceral way, our relationship with this experience we call life can shift dramatically. No longer clinging to desires, no longer running from aversions. We find freedom in the midst of the flux of life itself.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Embracing Change and Impermanence.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to cultivate and strengthen the level of energy within single pointed focus and concentration. When the energy and level of concentration raises to a sufficient level, insight and wisdom arises into the (in buddhist language) three marks of existence: Unsatisfactoriness, Impermanence, and Selflessness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Each and every life is replete with 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. Can we be present to the sometimes faint hue of joy which may be available but is often overlooked? In this guided meditation we practice finding safety and ease in the midst of the messiness of life, and from that vantage point, moving into experiences of joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to cultivate and strengthen the level of energy within single pointed focus and concentration. When the energy and level of concentration raises to a sufficient level, insight and wisdom arises into the (in buddhist language) three marks of existence: Unsatisfactoriness, Impermanence, and Selflessness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Sounds are always present moment experiences. As such, they make great pointers back to our experience of the here and now. Enjoy this guided meditation, where we bring mindful awareness to sounds, breath, and body.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Empires rise and rule and crumble. Religions are born, live, and die. Planets, stars, and galaxies arise and pass. Seasons change, night turns into day, and with every breath we humans change.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Embracing Change and Impermanence.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to cultivate and strengthen the level of energy within single pointed focus and concentration. When the energy and level of concentration raises to a sufficient level, insight and wisdom arises into the (in buddhist language) three marks of existence: Unsatisfactoriness, Impermanence, and Selflessness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Compassion is the heart which trembles in the face of suffering. When we allow ourselves to honestly acknowledge and feel our own pain, we find a type of freedom within the struggle. This is when healing often occurs.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic of compassion.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology. He teaches from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation journey through the body, feeling tones, mind, the hindrances which shroud our awareness, and the factors which empower us to rest in awareness, free from hindrance. A complete tour through the four establishments of mindfulness. Based on the work of Ven Bhikkhu Analayo.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we extend the gift of boundless joy to ourselves in the form of phrases. Far from being an exercise in self-indulgence, this practice can give us a much needed sense of groundedness and resilience to face the challenges of life head on.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this practice I guide us into feeling the core needs which all human beings share. By identifying our core needs we can begin to take responsibly over our feelings and discover ways in which we can fulfill our core needs without falling into habitual reactive emotions. This practice is based on teachings from Oren Jay Sofer, Marshall Rosenburg, and Rick Hanson Phd.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation in which we offer phrases of lovingkindness to the world while acknowledging the struggles of the world. We can hold the struggle in compassionate awareness and at the same time, offer the healing power of kindness to all.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a traditional Lovingkindness meditation designed to allow one to see the resistances which we may be holding on to in the face of Lovingkindness, and the systemic resistances to lovingkindness in the world.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to use the different manifestations of mind as an object of mindfulness. In a practice such as this one we cultivate the ability to recognize thoughts and feelings as passing and transitory, and therefore not an integral part of our identity. We might stop taking these minor aspects of experience quite so seriously.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through what is known in the buddhist tradition as the seven factors (or facets) of awakening: Mindfulness, Curiosity, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity. As the practice unfolds we are invited to touch in with these qualities, which are always available, and we offer the light of awareness as nourishment to the seeds of awakening latent in our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into lovingkindness for people whom challenge us. People we may not like very much, if at all. We explore this by connecting with the challenging person's humanity, recognizing that they, just like us, want to be free from suffering and want to be happy. After this we move into offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases. Lovingkindness has a transformational, healing quality. Enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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We will continue to be reactive towards people who challenge us until we come to terms with our own discomfort. In learning to welcome in and embrace our anger, fear, rage, sadness, we find a space in which our reactivity can arise and pass. In this spaciousness we may then connect with, and offer kindness to, difficult people. Free from our habitual reactive patterns which typically give rise to suffering.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to connect deeply with people we don't know, and/or feel very little or no sense of attraction or aversion toward. By slowly offering phrases of lovingkindness to those we do not know, we begin to have insight into the ways we may be holding ourself back from experiencing the kindness within our world.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through what is known in the buddhist tradition as the seven factors (or facets) of awakening: Mindfulness, Curiosity, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity. As the practice unfolds we are invited to touch in with these qualities, which are always available, and we offer the light of awareness as nourishment to the seeds of awakening latent in our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation practice designed to help us find peace in the midst of a sleepless night. Anxiety and stress can steal away our much needed sleep and rest. This mindfulness practice may be able to guide us back to a state of rest, finding gratitude and peace along the way.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to connect deeply with people we don't know, and/or feel very little or no sense of attraction or aversion toward. By cultivating the warmth of an open heart for people we do not know, each stranger becomes an opportunity to feel good.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Some credit this meditation to Pema Chodron. Others to Ram Dass. But regardless of who penned this beautiful practice, it remains one of the most powerful and direct meditations for the cultivation of Lovingkindness, Compassion and Equanimity.
We start with a minute of silence. In that minute we are invited to connect with the heart of a person we don't know, recognizing that this person, and all people, wants to be free from suffering and wants to be happy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the human experiences of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. By holding these experiences in open, equanimous awareness, we have the opportunity to become intimate with our habitual reactive patterns. In that seeing we can unhook from those patterns and find a new, fresh, and creative way of experiencing life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the human experiences of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. By holding these experiences in open, equanimous awareness, we have the opportunity to become intimate with our habitual reactive patterns. In that seeing we can unhook from those patterns and find a new, fresh, and creative way of experiencing life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to loved ones. In this practice we use a slightly unusual set of phrases which allow us to acknowledge the challenges of life, and at the same time, cultivate lovingkindness. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases, first to ourselves then to loved ones. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this exploration we are invited to feel what it feels like to cling to our opinions in the face of opposition, and then to gradually soften our tightly held view so that we can connect with the humanity of those who hold opposing views.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here is a guided meditation designed to bring us into direct experience with the sensate arisings in the body. In connecting to our experience in this way, and noting the feeling tones within the experience, we begin to sense the impermanent, transitory nature of feelings, and become more intimate with our experience of life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation focusing on mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and the hindrances which veil and shroud our ability to rest in the present moment. A practice such as this one may bring us into intimate connection with our present moment experience, allowing us to step out of our habitual reactive patterns, and inhabiting a profound sense of freedom. Based on the work of Ven Bhikkhu Analayo.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to meet challenging sensations, thoughts, and emotions with kindness and compassion.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we offer phrases of Lovingkindness to our own heart. These set of phrases are written in such a way that they bring up resistances to our inherent quality of kindness. When these are allowed to arise, we can then work with the resistances and as a result, have more access to the friendliness and kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this meditation we are invited to explore the internal experience between resisting challenging emotions and welcoming the emotions in. We then go through a gentle process of allowing the emotion to self-liberate.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a non-reactive field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation practice designed to cultivate compassion for the world. Tonglen is a Tibetan word which means "exchange." In this practice we are encouraged to breathe in the suffering of others and to breathe out our own joy and comfort to the world, sending it out as an act of compassion and generosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Each and every life is replete with 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. Can we be present to the sometimes faint hue of joy which may be available but is often overlooked? In this guided meditation we practice finding safety and ease in the midst of the messiness of life, and from that vantage point, moving into experiences of joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here we are invited into a meditation designed to allow us to explore the many layers of social conditioning we may have around receiving kindness from others, and giving freely to others. In this exploration we may find that letting go of such social conditioning allows for a free flow of kindness in our life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Introducing: "the hindrances. These are five mind-states which cloud our ability to clearly know the present moment experience, and thus block our ability to lead a peaceful, flourishing life. By resting with these five veiling factors and getting to know how they feel when they are present, we can begin to work with them as guideposts on the path, rather than enemies. This practice is designed to allow one to do just that.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this meditation we are invited to explore the internal experience between resisting challenging emotions and welcoming the emotions in. We then go through a gentle process of allowing the emotion to self-liberate.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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In this guided meditation I offer an exploration through the human experience. Each step of the way we take time to extend appreciation and gratitude for the gift of the senses. Through this practice, if one or more of our senses is inhibit somehow, by illness or by birth, we can still find appreciation and joy somewhere in the human sensory experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore what it feels like to receive kindness from others. More often that we might expect, we can resist or avoid receiving kindness from others. Even when we know how delightful it is to give we can at times go into defense when kindness is offered. By becoming intimate with those resistances we stop believing in them, and open to receive the gifts offered.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring us into an intimate connection with the present moment. Drawing on passages from the Anapanasati Sutta from the Buddhist Canon, we are invited to rest with the experience of sound and breath, calming the mind, body, and heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring us into an intimate connection with the present moment. Drawing on passages from the Anapanasati Sutta from the Buddhist Canon, we are invited to rest with the experience of sound and breath, calming the mind, body, and heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to feel into our sense of struggle and the to Recognize the feeling and emotions which are present. Allow the emotions in as a natural part of the human experience, Investigate what the emotions feel like, Nurture and Non-Identify our experience. This is a very helpful method which may allow one to a radical embrace of the present moment.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Every move we make is a move toward comfort. When we really slow this movement down we can notice what it feels like to care for ourself in this way. That each movement toward comfort is an act of lovingkindness for ourself, and it is the most basic human tendency. If feeling what this natural move of self care feels like in the body, mind, and heart, we can harvest that feeling and use it to nourish our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Traditionally called "the hindrances," these are five mind-states which cloud our ability to clearly know the present moment experience, and thus block our ability to lead a peaceful, flourishing life. By resting with these five veiling factors and getting to know how they feel when they are present, we can begin to work with them as guideposts on the path, rather than enemies. This practice is designed to allow one to do just that.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation focusing on mindfulness of body, feelings, and mind. A practice such as this one may bring us into intimate connection with our present moment experience, allowing us to step out of our habitual reactive patterns, and inhabiting a type of freedom. Based on the work of Ven Bhikkhu Analayo.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. I
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Here I offer a guided meditation focusing on mindfulness of body, feelings, and mind. A practice such as this one may bring us into intimate connection with our present moment experience, allowing us to step out of our habitual reactive patterns, and inhabiting a type of freedom. Based on the work of Ven Bhikkhu Analayo. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder May All Benefit.
“And this is the path: the path with eight limbs: appropriate view, thinking, talking, acting, working, trying, recollecting, concentrating” The Buddha.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in this journey into a secular reading of the eightfold path. In this talk Chris will give an overview of the path and how we can apply the wisdom within.
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions.
Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and Trauma Healing
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When we begin to extend Metta (Lovingkindness) to people we don’t know and perhaps even to people we don’t like very much, we begin to get a glimpse of a new world. An opening into a new and more loving worldview.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for “Ever Expanding Lovingkindness. A Dharma Talk.”
Lovingkindness has a medicinal quality. It carries with it an energy and a power which can mend the age-old wounds between self and other.
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Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and trauma healing.
A few of the topics Chris specializes in are Mindfulness, Insight Meditation, Lovingkindness, Compassion, Boundless Joy, Equanimity, Embracing Change, Deep Rest Meditation, and practices designed to free us from emotional reactivity. All of the teachings are offered within a secular voice and a trauma informed framework.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to use the different manifestations of mind as an object of mindfulness. In a practice such as this one we cultivate the ability to recognize thoughts and feelings as passing and transitory, and therefore not an integral part of our identity. We might stop taking these minor aspects of experience quite so seriously.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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What is the only word for “them” was the word “we” What if the only way to express “other” was with the word “us” With this guided meditation practice we may begin to experience the entire world population free from preference and prejudice.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. By coming to rest in the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral we may find ourself inhabiting a field of equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to see how equanimity might manifest in people we like and people we do not like. In this seeing, we may begin to soften our fixed views and enter into a space of equanimity ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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According to the Buddha, our suffering is to be “fully known” or embraced, in order to find release from our suffering. In this Dharma talk we will take a look at what it means to embrace our suffering and the freedom which might be experienced as a result.
Join Chris Luard for this special talk entitled “Life Wide Awake”
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and trauma healing
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to see how equanimity might manifest in people we like and people we do not like. In this seeing, we may begin to soften our fixed views and enter into a space of equanimity ourself.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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There is suffering. There is a cause and a release from suffering. There is a way to live where we may experience this release.
This is a loose, secular reading of “The Four Noble Truths” from the Buddhist tradition. Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a Dharma talk on this profound teaching, where we will look at the original discourse and how to cultivate and practice these teachings.
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Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and trauma healing
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Lovingkindness has a medicinal quality. It carries with it an energy and a power which can mend the age-old wounds between self and other.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on the topic of Lovingkindness (Metta)
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity, and trauma healing.
A few of the topics Chris specializes in are Mindfulness, Insight Meditation, Lovingkindness, Compassion, Boundless Joy, Equanimity, Embracing Change, Deep Rest Meditation, and practices designed to free us from emotional reactivity. All of the teachings are offered within a secular voice and a trauma informed framework.
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Here is a guided meditation designed to allow one to use the different manifestations of mind as an object of mindfulness. In a practice such as this one we cultivate the ability to recognize thoughts and feelings as passing and transitory, and therefore not an integral part of our identity. We might stop taking these minor aspects of experience quite so seriously.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this meditation we are invited to imagine a loved one experiencing their life with the balance and poise of equanimity. When we do this, we often see how we may be holding ourself back from living life in this way ourselves, and we can begin to know a different way.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation I invite us to open awareness like the night sky. Vast and spacious enough to contain all of the stars, planets, galaxies, and all of our sensations, feelings, and sounds. In that resting, open, spacious awareness we invite desire into the mix, and in that move, we can experience the desire as being no more or less than all the other sensations and sounds. By not collapsing down or focusing on the desire, it naturally passes on its own accord. We remain at rest.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation practice designed to cultivate compassion for the world. Tonglen is a Tibetan word which means "exchange." In this practice we are encouraged to breathe in the suffering of others and to breathe out our own joy and comfort to the world, sending it out as an act of compassion and generosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then praise and blame. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are invited to explore the unspoken middle ground between the seemingly opposing qualities of experience. As we enter into the present moment, we are invited to explore the spectrum of experience between like and dislike and then gain and loss. By cultivating a practice such as this one we may have a glimpse into a more restful, peaceful, and balanced way of living.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the human experiences of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. By holding these experiences in open, equanimous awareness, we have the opportunity to become intimate with our habitual reactive patterns. In that seeing we can unhook from those patterns and find a new, fresh, and creative way of experiencing life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a talk on the immeasurable quality of Boundless Joy, or Mudita. In this talk I offer guidance on how to cultivate boundless joy, including a guided meditation, navigating the challenges of cultivating joy in the midst of difficulty, and the benefits of this subtle, beautiful practice.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through what is known in the buddhist tradition as the seven factors (or facets) of awakening: Mindfulness, Curiosity, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity. As the practice unfolds we are invited to touch in with these qualities, which are always available, and we offer the light of awareness as nourishment to the seeds of awakening latent in our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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"The ability to observe ourself free from judgement is the highest form of human intelligence" J. Krisnamurti.
Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring us to a place of equanimity with ourself and all we experience. By offering phrases of equanimity to our heart and feeling into the implications of each phrase, we begin to notice how we resist equanimity, how we might unknowingly succumb to our own preferences and prejudices. In seeing this process we begin to release from the habitual reactive patterns and inhabit a life which is free from preferences, likes, dislikes, etc.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through what is known as the seven factors (or facets) of awakening: Mindfulness, Curiosity, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity. As the practice unfolds we are invited to touch in with these qualities, which are always available, and we offer the light of awareness as nourishment to the seeds of awakening latent in our heart.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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All beings want happiness, and want to be free from suffering. Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring one into an experience of compassion for the entire world. The heartfelt wish that all beings, regardless of belief, political ideology, race, gender identification, sexuality, economic background, nationality. "The great, mighty, medium, short, small, the seen and the unseen, those living near and far away, those born and to be born." (The Buddha. The Metta Sutta) May we all find ease in the midst of life's unfolding.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is offer a talk on the immeasurable quality of Compassion, discuss how it differs from empathy, discuss the benefits of self-compassion and then offer a guided self compassion meditation.
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In this guided meditation we explore, through consecutive body scans, the parts of the body, the elemental components of the body (Earth, Water, Fire, and Air) impermanence of the body, pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings in the body, senses, and mind. We top it all off with a smile. Enjoy this deep exploration into our felt sense of the present moment. Based on Ven Analayo's work on the Satipatthana Sutta.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation journey through the felt experience of the body. We begin our tour of the present moment with the breath, inviting the body, mind, and heart to settle. We then invite the felt experience of the body to be known. Beyond the word and concept of "body" there is a felt sensate experience. We rest in that. We then take a brief excursion into the experience of sound. Listening to the universe orchestrate the soundtrack of the present moment.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the human experiences of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. By holding these experiences in open, equanimous awareness, we have the opportunity to become intimate with our habitual reactive patterns. In that seeing we can unhook from those patterns and find a new, fresh, and creative way of experiencing life.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are encouraged to explore offering compassion to those people in our lives for whom we feel a sense of struggle towards. By offering compassion to people who we may not like, we begin to widen our circle of compassion to include everyone, and true sense of unity and healing previously unknown may become accessible.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a presentation on the topic of Lovingkindness, outlining the many benefits
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to recognize and identify the root sources of reactivity: the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral feeling tones, as they arise in the felt sense of our body. With the development of this technique, one may come to realize deeply that all of our feelings are transitory and impermanent, and so we can release our reactivity to those feelings. By learning to rest in the dance of feeling tones which are constantly cascading through awareness we come to rest in equanimity. Based loosely on the teachings of Ven. Analayo.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to feel into the body beyond the concept of body. When we drop below any concept of "body" we may feel into the ever changing flow of energy and experience our body with a sense of freedom and curiosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this practice we explore this foundational aspect of awakening. By resting in curiosity, we cultivate an ability to be comfortable with not knowing. In becoming skilled in this way, we may begin to experience our life in a fresh, new way. Often then the simplest of experiences hold a potential to give rise to a sense of awe and wonder.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
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In this guided meditation we are encouraged to explore offering compassion to those people in our lives for whom we feel a sense of struggle towards. By offering compassion to people who we may not like, we begin to widen our circle of compassion to include everyone, and true sense of unity and healing previously unknown may become accessible.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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By resting deeply in the body, mind, and heart, we allow room for a type of spacious, present moment awareness within which our thoughts, feelings, and emotions may pass through. We practice resting in whatever experience arises, and in doing so, we practice equanimity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this brief guided meditation we explore the 2,500 years old instructions given by the Buddha in the Satipatthana Sutta. "Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. By resting in this very simple instruction and returning back over and over again, we may cultivate a focused resting enabling one to drop away habitual reactive patterns.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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How many people do we encounter each day for whom we have no feeling of attraction or aversion? Probably most people we see gives rise to a bland, neutral feeling in our minds and hearts. This indifference can and often does lead to many social illnesses which we are currenty suffering from.
Here I offer a guided meditation using the tibetan technique known as Tonglen (taking and sending) and compassionate phrases to people we do not know. The task at hand is to widen our circle of care to include more and more people. Thus creating a global tribe.
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to recognize and identify the root sources of reactivity: the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral feeling tones, as they arise in the felt sense of our body. With the development of this technique, one may come to realize deeply that all of our feelings are transitory and impermanent, and so we can release our reactivity to those feelings, knowing that everything which arises will pass. A boundless joy is found.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to anchor awareness into the body. Using three consecutive body scans on the anatomy, four consecutive body scans on the elements, and resting into the dying process. By engaging in a practice such as this, we develop a way of being in the world both deeply present and unattached to the experience we call life. This practice is based on the groundbreaking work of Ven. Analayo and his book "A Practice Guide to Satipatthana"
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation I gently bring us into our own sense of struggle. When we connect with our own desire for the present moment to be different in some way, we can more easily see it in others. We are then guided into experiencing a neutral person, or a stranger in the midst of their struggle, and holding space for the struggle. In that compassionate space, healing in born.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Resting in just this present moment, we may find our way to stillness in the midst of the turbulent world.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a special guided meditation on the topic of Equanimity. The meditation offered will be one of the practices explored during Chris’s upcoming online retreat offering, which launches Sept 27th, 2021
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Chris has trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
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Here I offer a guided meditation inviting us into the dying process. Meditations on death and dying are traditionally offered as a way of bringing to light what is important to us and what is not, allowing us to re-prioritize our life in a way that resonates with our own deepest truth.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this practice I guide us into feeling the core needs which all human beings share. By identifying our core needs we can begin to take responsibly over our feelings and discover ways in which we can fulfill our core needs without falling into habitual reactive emotions. This practice is based on teachings from Oren Jay Sofer, Marshall Rosenburg, and Rick Hanson Phd.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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With a practice of equanimity, we may find a middle way between praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, success and failure. We may find a sense of poise and calm in the midst of these “worldly winds.” We may indeed find a way to rest in the eye of the storm.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into Equanimity: Resting in the Eye of the Storm.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
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“Dark itself isn’t dark. It is due to light that dark becomes dark. And light itself isn’t light. It is due to dark that light becomes light. Because light changes into dark, and dark gives way to light, their appearance and disappearance depend each other” Zen Master Hui Neng.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into Equanimity: An incredibly fascinating, deep, and healing potential hidden within the fibers of every human heart.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
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Here I offer a shorter body scanning practice where we swiftly scan the body seven times. Feeling into the skin, flesh, bones, and the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air. This offering is based on Bhikkhu Analayo's work in the Satipatthana Practice. It is a wonderful way to anchor awareness deeply into the here and now.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Equanimity is known in the Buddhist tradition as one of the four boundless qualities of the heart. It is also used in some text as synonymous with Nirvana.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into this fascinating, deep, and healing potential of the human heart.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to feel into a type of all inclusive Boundless Lovingkindess. By acknowledging both the 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows of life, we can begin to cultivate Lovingkindness in the midst of challenging times and circumstances.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Each and every life is replete with 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. Can we be present to the sometimes faint hue of joy which may be available but is often overlooked? In this guided meditation we practice finding safety and ease in the midst of the messiness of life, and from that vantage point, moving into experiences of joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a body scanning practice where we scan the body seven times. Feeling into the skin, flesh, bones, and the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air. This offering is based on Bhikkhu Analayo's work in the Satipatthana Practice. It is a wonderful way to anchor awareness deeply into the here and now.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a traditional Lovingkindness meditation designed to allow one to cultivate the experience of Lovingkindness for the ourselves.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation beginning with offering Joy to ourself, and gradually widening our circle of joy. Expanding out to include loved ones, strangers, challenging people, and to the entire world. Holding the world in an ocean of joy, we close by offering a prayer from H.H. The Dalai Lama.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of Mindfulness, Common humanity, and Kindness, we give ourself the opportunity to
soften around our struggles and allow a space for healing.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our positive experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow one to feel into a type of all inclusive Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here is a really fun Interview I did with my good friend Clint Sabom from Contemplative Light. In this interview we take a deep dive into Equanimity, the topic of the online retreat I am facilitating in the fall (Sept 26th-Nov 18th) and trauma healing. Take a listen! For more information on the retreat offering please visit www.suchsweetthunder.org May All Benefit.
Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together" By embarking on this type of practice based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of life.
In this guided meditation I offer an exploration through the human experience. Each step of the way we take time to extend appreciation and gratitide for the gift of the senses. Even if one or more of our senses is inhibit somehow, by illness or by birth, we can still find appreciation and joy somewhere in the human sensory experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation which may help us to key into our resistances to boundless joy. Inside we are guided to extend joy to ourselves, loved ones, neutral people, and challenging people.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation deisgned to draw an intimate connection between our physical body and Mother Gaia. By recongnizing somatically that our bodies are composed of earth, water, fire, and wind, we find that we are no longer need to identify with a seperate self, but can open and rest into being part of a whole.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation I offer an exploration through the human experience. Each step of the way we take time to extend appreciation and gratitide for the gift of the senses. Even if one or more of our senses is inhibit somehow, by illness or by birth, we can still find appreciation and joy somewhere in the human sensory experience.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to help us offer Joy to people whom challenge us. A practice such as this one is truly helpful in showing us our own resistances to the eperience of Joy. In seeing those resistances we can allow them to be as they are and still forward into an abundance of Joy. Simply because Joy feels better, the resistances do eventually dissolve.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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The practice of gratitude is a wonderful way to balance out our experience of desire. By taking stock in the abundance of our lives, we naturally fill the hole of wanting which is so prevelant in today's worldview, driving whole economies and fueling the opiod crises. Gratitude meditation is traditionally used as a support for, and companion to, Lovingkindness, Compassion, and Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In every moment of every day there is someone somewhere celebrating something. Right now someone is getting married. Right now someone is celebrating a birthday. Right now someone is falling in love. Right now someone is receiving acknowledgement for doing good. By cultivating our innate capacity to rejoice in the successes and victories of people who we do not know, each and every face in the crowd becomes an opportunity for us to feel joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for over 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation based loosely on Rhonda Magee’s book: "The Inner Work of Racial Justice." In the meditation we take a racialized experience through our thoughts, perceptions, feelings, motivations, and embodiment. As we hold space for racism with compassion through these elements of experience, we may begin to use our somatic experience as a barometer for wise action. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
In this meditation we explore the possibility of practicing Joy while in the eye of the storm. By practicing in this way, our innate joy becomes available to us as a resource of stability and grounding, which may allow us to more gracefully navigate the challenging terrain which we will inevitably encounter.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation where we extend the gift of boundless joy to loved ones in the form of phrases. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate the energy of boundless joy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones, sharing and rejoicing with each other in the warmth of boundless joy. The longer we stay in the experience of Joy, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of Joy to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this session I guide a meditation designed to allow us to experience the ephemeral nature of thoughts. By starting with very neutral thoughts and working our way into thoughts with an emotional charge, one can experience how, in the light of awareness, thoughts and emotions pass through our awarenes, like clouds pass through the sky.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to recognize and identify the root sources of reactivity: the experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral feeling tones, as they arise in our experience. With a consistant practice of this technique, one may come to realize deeply that all reactions are impermanent, and so we can release our reactivity in knowing that everything which arises will pass. A boundless joy is found.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to recognize and identify the sources of reactivity: pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral feeling tones, as they arise in our body. With a consistant practice of this technique, one may come to realize deeply that all reactions arise from within, thus empowering us to move forward with Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Part 4. Here I guide us through a meditation where we take the phrase "May I Know What to Do, Whatever Arises." through five different elements of experience. In doing this, we may notice the subtle ways we may develop resistances to this aspect of Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Part 3. Here I guide us through a meditation where we take the phrase "May I Experience the World Taking Joy in All That I D " through five different elements of experience. In doing this, we may notice the subtle ways we may develop resistances to this aspect of Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Part 2. Here I guide us through a meditation where we take the phrase "May I Enjoy Things Just As They Are" through five different elements of experience. In doing this, we may notice the subtle ways we may develop resistances to this aspect of Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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PART 1 Here I guide us through a meditation where we take the phrase "May I Enjoy the Activities of Life Itself" through five different elements of experience. In doing this, we may notice the subtle ways we may develop resistances to this aspect of Boundless Joy.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our physicality.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring one through five different modalities of feeling cared about: Feeling Included, Feeling Seen and Heard, Feeling Appreciated, Feeling Liked, and Feeling Loved. Based on the pioneering work of Rick Hanson, PhD.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide us through a map of experience seen and experienced through the lens of playfulness. Some of the benefits of such a practice: one may begin to see that each moment is a rich, multi-dimensional field which is often hijacked by our inner critic, experiencing the joy inherent in the experience of play, and cultivating a skill in which one can walk through this map with a many different experiences.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases, first to ourselves then to a group of four people: Ourselves, loved ones, neutral people, and challenging people. By offering lovingkindness to the archetypal representatives of each of these relationships, we have a unique opportunity to see how we relate differently, and thus, offer and receive lovingkindness in compromised ways. We then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we explore what it feels like to receive kindness from another, and then offering that kindness out to a loved one. A beautiful journey through appreciation, kindness, gratitude, and open hearted generosity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation I gently bring us into our own sense of struggle. When we connect with our own desire for the present moment to be different in some way, we can more easily see it in others. We are then guided into experiencing a loved one in the midst of their struggle, and holding space for the struggle. In that compassionate space, healing in born.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a very special dharma talk: “Joy for challenging people and times”
In this talk Chris will discuss the powerful, unifying qualities of Boundless Joy, one of the four immeasurable qualities of the heart.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. Chris teaches from a secular voice and is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases, first to ourselves then to people who we feel no sense of attraction or aversion for. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases, first to ourselves then to people who we feel challenged by. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Join Chris Luard for our next Wisdom talk on Joy! This talk is titled: “The Joy of Play. The Play of Joy.” In this talk Chris will cover the benefits and techniques of joy meditations, and how we might bring them to our everyday life.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. Chris teaches from a secular voice and is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we take a very deep dive into the experience of the physical body. By anchoring awareness in mindfulness of the body we become more sensitive to our experiences and emotions, often giving one a way into working with challenging emotions before falling into reactivity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a special Dharma Talk: Joy. A Boundless Quality of the Heart. In this talk Chris will discuss pragmatic practices which can be used to open our hearts to this ever-present quality.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. Chris teaches from a secular voice and is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this podcast I guide a meditation designed to allow us to feel into the positive, nourishing qualities of gratitude, lovingkindness, and generosity. We then soak in these mindstates, allowing our neurological pathways to lean into a permanent state of lovingkindness.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a traditional mindfulness practice with an emphasis on noting Vedana: pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling tones, as they arise in the body. This gives us an awareness as to which sensations give rise to reactive emotions. When awareness of this process is cultivated, we can see and interrupt the chain reaction, giving us an opportunity to step out of reactivity and respond skilfully to the present moment. Chris Luard has been studying and practicing meditation for over 35 years. He has received training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Secular Dharma, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and numerous traditions. He has been teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Welcome to Joy! A Dharma Talk
Join Chris Luard for his upcoming series on Boundless Joy! (Mudita) In this talk Chris will be discussing how to practice Joy in difficult times, the difference between Joy and Toxic Positivity, and offering a guided meditation.
Chris Luard has been studying and practicing meditation for over 35 years. He has received training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Secular Dharma, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and and numerous traditions. He has been teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases, first to ourselves then to loved ones. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate lovingkindness energy out to drench ourselves and our loved ones in the warm energy of lovingkindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of lovingkindness to become a permanent trait.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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It is difficult to overestimate the importance of body scanning practice. It provides many benefits, such as lowering our stress, strengthening the immune system, strengthening our present moment awareness and improved emotional intelligence. Here I guide a very detailed, systematic journey through the breath, body, and sound. I hope you will enjoy!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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“Monks and nuns, when one thing is developed and cultivated, the mind becomes tranquil, thought and examination subside, and all wholesome qualities which pertain to true knowledge reach fulfillment by development. What is that one thing? Mindfulness of The Body” The Buddha
In this practice we cultivate a deep awareness and understanding of the body. In this understanding we may become intimately acquainted with emotional states which arise through the body, thereby intercepting our reactivity.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to locate the voice of our inner critic. By holding the voice of the inner critic in attention, we begin to see through that voice and allow our natural state of Joy to flow.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I take us through a guided meditation designed to allow us to cultivate the open heart of compassion. We start with ourselves and gradually widen the circle of compassion and care to include loved ones, strangers, challenging people, and to the entire world.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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It is lovingkindness meditation with a twist. In a second stage of the practice we are invited to take a deep dive into the felt sense of lovingkindness, which allows our neurological pathways create lasting traits out of passing states of Lovingkindness. This is a great practice to use to balance out our inherent negativity bias.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this guided meditation we are encouraged to explore offering compassion to those people in our lives for whom we feel a sense of struggle towards. By offering compassion to people who we may not like, we begin to widen our circle of compassion to include everyone, and true sense of unity and healing previously unknown may become accessible.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a brief meditation where one experiences gratitude and appreciation from the gifts of kindness received, and then shares the kindness to strangers. This is a great practice to combine with a "pay it forward" daily routine!
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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How many people do we encounter each day for whom we have no feeling of attraction or aversion? Probably most people we see gives rise to a bland, neutral feeling in our minds and hearts. This indifference can and often does lead to many social illnesses which we are currenty suffering from.
Here I offer a guided meditation using the tibetan technique known as Tonglen (taking and sending) and compassionate phrases to people we do not know. The task at hand is to widen our circle of care to include more and more people. Thus creating a global tribe.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Some credit this meditation to Pema Chodron. Others to Ram Dass. But regardless of who penned this beautiful practice, it remains one of the most powerful and direct meditations for the cultivation of compassion and equanimity.
I put my own spin on it as well.
Recorded live, June 2019 The New Life Foundation in Chiangrai, Thailand.
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Here I guide a meditation practice designed to cultivate lovingkindness to those people who are dear to us. Although this may seem very accessible, some of the phrases of lovingkindness can bring up resistances. These resistances are not bad, or a sign we are "doing it wrong." On the contrary, the resistances which may arise in practice illustrate how we may be resisting lovingkindness in our day to day experience. Through this insight we may become more available to the warmth of kindness available in our world.
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Here I guide a RAIN meditation designed to allow one to sidestep self limiting ideas and beliefs, cultivating a stable inner strength.
RAIN: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. I have received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow one to explore the feeling of receiving lovingkindness and then offering it to a loved one.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Compassion for Loved Ones guided meditation. Here I'll be guiding a traditional meditation designed to allow one to cultivate the qualities of compassion for a loved one.
Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to bring a sense of appreciation and gratitude to the miracle of the human nervous system. Since our nervous system is with us all the time, cultivation of this skill will allow one to feel into a sense of joy with each breath. If you enjoyed part one, this allows us to go a bit deeper into Joy. If you missed part one, no worries! This serves as a stand alone practice as well.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
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Upon his release from prison, after 27 years of incarceration, Nelson Mandela made the astonishing statement :"I forgive my captors, because holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the the other to get sick" When we forgive, it is not the forgiven who benefits. It is us. Forgiveness allows for a deeper acceptance. Deeper acceptance allows for deeper compassion.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.orgChris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Here I guide a traditional meditation used to discover our innate self-compassion.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
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Here I guide a meditation designed to bring a sense of appreciation and gratitude to the miracle of the human nervous system. Since our nervous system is with us all the time, cultivation of this skill will allow one to feel into a sense of joy with each breath.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow one to rest deeply in a state of calm resilience
and inner strength. Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of mindfulness, common humanity, and kindness, we may soften around our
struggles and allow in healing.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow one to experience our struggle,
holding our struggle mindfully, recognizing the common humanity inherent
in the experience of struggle, and then offering nurture and support to help
ourselves compassionately.
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In this guided meditation we take a deep dive in "Mudita", which is Sanskrit for joy.
By cultivating the ability to rejoice in the success of strangers, every face in the crowd
becomes an opportunity for joy!
Here I guide a traditional Tibetan meditation technique designed to allow one to connect with our basic human desire to be free from struggle, pain, and difficulty. In that connection, we discover our basic human goodness of Compassion
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message Chris through his website: www.suchsweetthunder.org. Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Lovingkindness, or Metta, has a healing, transformative quality. Here I present a meditation designed to allow us to open our heart and extend the healing warmth of lovingkindness to the entire world.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Everybody's story has at least one villain. Likewise, we all play a villian in someone's story.
Here I present a powerful practice, designed by meditation teacher and psychologist Tara Brach,
to help us remove the stone of resentment and anger from our heart.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Sometimes it takes a fierce demon to cut through our habitual reactivity. Anger, hatred, and fear are normal and natural human responses to violence, ignorance, and discrimination. Yet boundless compassion asks us to accept all, just as it is. (Ready to ally with that fierce demon?)
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion for the World."
Dedicated to all whom are suffering due to ignorance, violence and racism. (Atlanta Shooting)
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Kuan Yin: her name means “to hear the cries of the universe.” In the open, compassionate space of present moment listening, healing arises.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. Q n A session.” In this session we will compare and contrast Empathy and Compassion, and working with challenging emotions.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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By offering compassion freely to others, regardless of belief, view, race, gender, and circumstances, we cultivate the possibility of peace.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. Widening our Circle of Care, where he will explore this very timely and much needed topic.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Clint Sabom for the website Contemplative Light. In this talk, I get the opportunity to take a deep dive into the Four Immeasurable Minds (Lovingkindness, Compassion, Equanimity, Joy) and the online retreat program which I am offering based on these practices.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to drop the inner-critic and the comparing, judging mind, and celebrate the victories and successes of our loved ones as our own success.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Complete acceptance leads to compassion. The practice of forgiveness leads to acceptance.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. A Detour Into Forgiveness, part 2” A Dharma Talk and Guided meditation
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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What is the only word for “them” was the word “we”
What if the only way to express “other” was with the word “us”
With this practice we may begin to experience the entire world population
free from preference and prejudice.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
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Welcome to meditations on skillful action! Here we take a deep, visceral dive on what it feels like to take the life out of something. Whether it is a mosquito, an idea, or the volume on our least favorite song, there is a unique feeling which arises each time. By identifying that feeling in the body, we can learn to use our body as a barometer for present moment, skillful action.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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True acceptance is a necessary step towards holding ourselves and others with a compassionate heart. But how do we do that if we are harboring resentments and anger?
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. A Detour Into Forgiveness” where he will explore this very delicate topic.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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In this talk I cover why a compassionate acceptance of ourself and circumstances can make our path of growth and discovery much more fruitful. I also discuss how compassion plays a role in social change.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Avalokiteśvara is a symbol of compassion throughout Tibet and elsewhere throughout the world. He or she has thousands of arms, each one has an eye in the palm of the hand. Each hand represents a different way of seeing Truth. Awakening to this is a step toward compassion for ourself and for others.
I hope you will enjoy this rich talk, where I dive deep into the practices and challenges of Self-Compassion.
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By cultivating our innate quality of compassion, we gift ourself with the stability to rest in the eye of the storm.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard as he kicks off the next series of FB Live offerings on Compassion.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and I have been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any faith, belief system, or tradition.
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Billions of people here today. Billions more have come and gone.
Each one equal in birth and equal in death.
Each one wanting a life of happiness and wishing to be free from suffering.
Welcome to the next episode of Brahma Viharas: Equanimity for groups. A guided meditation.
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Joy is considered to be one of the boundless qualities of the heart, which when practiced thoroughly,
allows the experience of "I/Other" to dissolve into a "we."
Join me here for stage one of a six stage practice where we explore the cultivation of boundless joy!
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to experience a deep sense of self compassion
Then we extend that compassion out to all beings.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to help cultivate a single pointed awareness in concentration.
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In this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to cultivate
Self-Compassion.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide us a meditation which is allowing us to cultivate and widen our
circle of care and lovingkindness to include the entire world.
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By cultivating the capacity for Lovingkindness towards the world, and all of its citizens, we widen our circle of care to include everyone. Omitting none.
Join me for this powerfully moving guided meditation: Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness for The World.
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If something is of the nature of existing, it is also of the nature of ceasing. Everything born is subject to death. From the smallest grain of sand to the largest mountain, from the most whimsical idea to the most profound insights, from the smallest hut to the largest empire. This is the eternal law.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of A Voice From The Ever Change meditation program: Drenched in the river of ever-change. A guided meditation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a traditional Metta practice designed to allow us to gradually open our circle of care
to people who challenge us, provoke us, or add a sense of struggle to our lives.
Pro tip: Start easy with this meditation! We DO NOT use someone whom really hurt us for this practice.
Meditation can be challenging sometimes. If any questions or concerns arise, feel free to email those to
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In this guided meditation we explore a traditional Tibetan meditation and investigate how this ancient, beautiful practice can be used to cultivate self-compassion.
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Here I guide a meditation where we count our breaths as a way of connecting awareness
to the present moment, and we then sync our experiences of the present moment on
the breathing process. Breathing in-breath and body. Breathing out-hearing sound.
This allows for both a strengthening on concentration and an expansive, open awareness.
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By locating and dismantling our “inner-critic” we allow our natural joy to be released and flow.
Join me for the next episode of Brahma Viharas: Joy for ourselves.
A guided meditation designed to allow us to experience joy in all we do.
Meditation practice can be challenging and often brings up unexpected expereinces
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The Brahma Viharas meditation series continues with an introduction to Joy!
In this dharma talk I’ll be outlining a practice designed to allow us to
cultivate a type of Joy that is free from any circumstances.
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Here I will address questions on desire as it pertains to Lovingkindness practice,
and address different ways desire in held on a spiritual path.
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We can feel the beauty of Lovingkindness for our loved ones. We can experience the warmth of our own open heart. Can we extend that to someone we do not know? Yes we can!
Welcome to the “Brahma Viharas Series: Lovingkindness” Here I guide a meditation designed to cultivate Lovingkindness for those we do not know. By widening our circle of Lovingkindness in this way, we may bring a warmth and openness to each introduction.
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Here I guide a meditation using counting breaths as a way of anchoring awareness
in the present moment. This is a good method for building the muscle of single-pointed
awareness.
Meditation can be challenging. If you ever have any questions in regards to meditation practice,
please feel free to contact me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
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In this episode I guide a RAIN practice opening and working compassionately with the experience of anger
RAIN=Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture.
This practice allows one to open to and soften into the universal, human experience of anger and helps
us to feel our anger without falling into unhealthy reactions or repression.
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May you and I always be at ease.
Welcome to the next edition of “The Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness for our loved ones.”
Here I will offer a guided meditation designed to cultivate a pure experience of Lovingkindness
for our loved ones.
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Welcome to Lovingkindness “Lovingkindness for Loved Ones”
In this episode I introduce a meditation designed to allow us to unflinchingly
extend the gifts of Lovingkindness to our loved ones. In doing this, we receive great benefit as well.
This is a talk. No guided mediation in this episode.
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RAIN is an acronym with stands for Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture. In this practice
I guide into a challenging emotion and invite you through the steps of RAIN. In doing this we may
open and accept the present moment experience more fully, A gateway into a more self-compassionate
experience.
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Here I guide a traditional Lovingkindness meditation designed to
allow one to cultivate the experience of Lovingkindness for the self.
These practices can be challenging at times, so if any questions arise,
please email me through my website, www.suchsweetthunder.org
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Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into
the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can
be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
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Thoughts, ideas, beliefs, values, and truths are all subject to change and impermanence. Logically we can grasp this concept, yet much suffering arises by our habitual grasping to these ever-changing experiences.
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According to many of the world’s contemplative traditions all beings want happiness and want to avoid suffering. It is a uniting trait which all life forms have in common.
Join Chris for the next installment of Lovingkindness: “All beings want happiness and want to avoid suffering” where we will take a deep dive into this phrase and what this might bring when we put this into practice.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. He has received formal training in Vedanta, Zen, and Tibetan lineages,Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, among others. Chris has authored two books.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to cultivate the skill of welcoming in the
open warmth of lovingkindness, which is always available to us, but our habitual
resistances keep it out. With the warmth found in lovingkindness we may begin
to heal individually and culturally.
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“All of the devils and demons in the world emerge from the human heart. That is the only battlefield where the wars should be fought” Mahatma Gandhi
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of Lovingkindness: Loving our enemies. Bridging the Great Divide.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. He has received formal training in Vedanta, Zen, and Tibetan lineages,Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, among others. Chris has authored two books.
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Goodbyes lie await with each meeting. Within each sorrow, laughter erupts. Within each ruin lies reconstruction. The gold is hidden within the ever-change”
Join Chris for the next episode of A Voice From the Ever-Change Meditation Program: Impermanence. A Guided Meditation. In this meditation we hold in awareness the change inherent in our external world
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Here I guide a meditation designed to cultivate an awareness of our own impermanence.
While most people recognize that physical change is inevitable, our clinging to certain aspect of the
body, while pushing away other aspects still gives rise to suffering. This practice can free us from
the pursuit of looking for permanency where it cannot be found.
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When we practice Lovingkindness meditation we are systematically recognizing and dissolving the resistances to Lovingkindness we hold on to. Though this practice we become more open to receive the kindness of others. In turn, we also become more open to give freely. We feel deeply the benefit of giving and receiving.
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“Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi
Tune in to a Dharma talk on the topic of Lovingkindness. Here I cover how incomplete views block inhibit our experience of Lovingkindness.
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Here I guide a meditation which comes to us from the Tibetan Mind training canon,
designed to dissolve our self-cherishing attitude and bring about a sense of warm compassion.
By equally welcoming in the pleasant and the unpleasant, we create a friction used to
burn through our ego.
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Here I guide a meditation utilizing our "future self" as a resource fr compassion.
Including the anchors of breath, body, or sound and the resourcing of memories of
kindness
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In this podcast I guide us through a resting practice. Starting by resting with
the experience of sound, body, and breath. When we rest in this way, we are
practicing noticing and releasing our resistances, so we may be more available
to whatever the present moment brings.
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Bodhicitta is a sandskrit word which refers to the quality of awakening-mind.
This quality is steeped in heartfelt compassion. In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition,
Bodhicitta the inspiration for for the journey of undertaking a spiritual path.
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Here I tell the legendary story of Siddhartha Gotama Buddha. This galloping story filled with Princes and demons and beautiful, pragmatic teachings is sure to leave you breathless! Inside I talk about his birth, his upbringing, the events which lead Siddhartha to his awakening into the Buddha. Then I go through talk about the Buddha's earliest teachings and how we can use them to alleviate suffering in our lives.
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In this guided meditation we systematically recognize and dis-identify with various aspects of our
experience. In this letting go, we learn to rest in the clear, open, spacious awareness which is our
true Self.
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In this Dharma talk I outline the traditional 11 benefits of Metta practice as outlined by The Buddha in a secular fashion, giving modern examples of how this practice can have a direct and lasting impact on our lives.
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If something is of the nature of existing, it is also of the nature of ceasing. Everything born is subject to death. From the smallest grain of sand to the largest mountain, from the most whimsical idea to the most profound insights, from the smallest hut to the largest empire. This is the eternal law.
Join Chris Luard for this very special edition of A Voice From The Ever Change meditation program: Drenched in the endless river of ever-change. A guided Meditation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Here I guide a traditional practice coming from the Mahayana Mind Training canon
of Tibetan Buddhism. By rubbing against the grain of our habitual tendencies to
covet our comforts and flee from discomfort, we eventually see the fallacy inherent
in the very pursuit. The defenses crumble and we are left in open, spacious, compassionate
awareness.
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In this guided meditation, I gently guide us through the landscape of experience,
pointing out the things we are not.
By systematically dis-identifying with all aspects of experience, we rest in
the open spacious awareness which holds all experience.
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“If we remember that others too are human beings like us,
we can extend a sense of kindness even towards those we think of as enemies” The Dalai Lama
Here Chris offers a talk on the technique of lovingkindness meditation.
Pointing out the challenges of such a practice and the benefits of
widening our circle of care to include ourself, loved ones, strangers, and
challenging people.
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This is the origin story of Zen Master Hui Neng. Considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of Zen, this story is a classic tale of the underdog. It ends with Hui Neng's take on the Buddha's teachings of the Middle Way, which paves the way for one of the pillar teachings in Zen Buddhism.
Told with bright gusto, Chris gently points out the teachings which one can glean from this majestic story.
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Welcome! Here I am offering a short guided meditation through the breath, body, and sound
as a way of centering awareness into the here and now.
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"All of the devils and demons in the world arise from our own heart.
and that is the only battlefield where the wars should be fought." Mahatma Gandi.
Welcome to the next edition of “The Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness for the perceived enemy”
this will be primarily a talk on the practice designed to cultivate the skill of loving our enemies.
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The cultivation of compassion allows us to accept the present moment. Acceptance doesn't mean condone.
Acceptance gives us clear seeing into what is arising in the present moment and the power to move forward
from there.
Join me for the next episode of The Brahma Viharas: Compassion for Loved Ones guided meditation.
Here I'll be guiding a traditional meditation designed to allow one to cultivate the qualities
of compassion for ourself and a loved one.
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Everyone’s story contains at least one villain. And likewise, we all play the villain in someone else’s story.
Join me for the next episode of Brahma Viharas: Detour into Forgiveness.
Here I will guide a meditation designed to help us cultivate forgiveness
for ourselves and for others.
This practice helps us free our heart from resentment and move into an
embrace the present moment.
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“The wound is where the light enters us” Rumi.
Welcome to chapter two of the Brahma Viharas series:
Self Compassion. This podcast will include a short Dharma Talk and
I will introduce a guided meditation designed to cultivate self-compassion.
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Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program!
Here i will read from the final chapter of my book, "A Voice From the Ever-Change"
talking about my own personal journey and the
practices of resting, equanimity, gratitude, contingency, and impermanence.
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This is a great practice used to establish or reestablish the desire to
practice meditation. This guided meditation will bring one into direct
contact with the reasons we are coming to a meditation practice, and to
help us use our clear intentions for practice to fuel the meditation.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to enter into a
heightened sense of awareness and attention by bringing mindfulness
to the present moment sensations and experiences. Then we enter into
an open inquiry using the pointer question "what is this?
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Here I guide a traditional meditation practice which comes from Tibet called Tonglen.
Tonglen means taking and sending. In this practice we inhale the suffering of others
and send out the our own joy and comfort to those whom are suffering. In doing this
our habitual ego clinging eventually dissolves. We are left in a compassionate openness.
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“The highest form of human intelligence is the capacity of seeing oneself through the eyes of non-judgement.” J. Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti knew that the more we can experience ourself without judgement, the more we can experience our human
family without judgement, and all experience.
Welcome to the Brahma Viharas: Equanimity.
Experiencing the world free from the judging mind takes dedication and practice. Please join me.
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Here Christopher guides us through a meditation specifically
designed to allow us to cultivate the quality of non-judgement and
equanimity.
By allowing ourself to experience our mind free from preference and prejudice,
wee discover the ability to experience people above and beyond a belief
system. A great gift indeed!
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In many contemplative traditions waking life is compared to a dream.
It is said that through meditation we can recognize the dreamlike
quality of life itself and begin to awaken to the possibility of freedom
within the dream. This meditation is designed to facilitate such an experience.
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Welcome to the next episode of A Voice From the Ever Change meditation program.
Here Chris will be answering questions from our viewers.
Topics are on Lovingkindness, egolessness, dis-identification, pure awareness and more!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Everything changes. Nothing stays the same.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of A Voice From the Ever Change Meditation Program:
Impermanence. A Dharma talk. Here Chris will outline the benefits of engaging the meditation practices
on impermanence and how they directly relate to the current world situation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
In this guided meditation I offer a simple mindfulness technique
which we use to heal the wounds between ourself and the environment
through the experience of sound.
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Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” A Dharma Talk
Topics will be resting in challenging situations
and outlining the process and benefits of body-scanning practice.
I conclude with a guided meditation on resting.
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Each and every thing created must eventually crumble. This is a universal law.
When I contemplate impermanence, I often visualize the “great” empires of the past. Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Angkor Wat, (among others) All of these amazing empires must have seemed like indestructible structures, impervious to the law of impermanence. Yet after a certain passing of time there are only ruins and history books to recall their place in time.
Join Chris Luard for A Voice From the Ever-Change meditation program: Impermanence. a Dharma Talk.
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Welcome to of “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program.
Here I’ll offer a guided meditation-poem-commentary-Dharma Talk.
This talk is entitled “The Sound of Rain”
Included in this talk is a practice which may help us drop our attachments to our
political ideologies and come together in our shared humanity.
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With insight meditation practice we cultivating the ability to dissolve the illusion of being a static, fixed self. We connect with the ever-changing being which we truly are. The benefits of this are truly limitless.
Chris has been meditating for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Today I will guide a meditation into silence. Then I offer a poem and a commentary into that silent space as a way of deepening the meditation. Today’s topic covers mindfulness meditation instructions, resting in the silence of the mind, and finding our human connection despite different beliefs.
“Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind”
The Amboy Dukes.
Welcome to Such Sweet Thunder Meditation program: insight. A Dharma talk. Insight practice is designed to bring us into direct contact with the pure nature of mind. A true adventure indeed! Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.If you find these podcasts helpful, please consider making a donation, so that I may maintain and continue these offerings. https://paypal.me/SuchSweetThunder?locale.x=en_US
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Human experience arises in terms of opposites. Light and dark depend upon each other. Beautiful and ugly create each other. Warmth creates cold.
Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program where I guide a meditation then offer a poem and commentary to deepen the practice.
Today’s topic is finding balance and beauty in the midst of change and transition. May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
By opening our heart to whatever is arising in our present moment experience, we have an opportunity to alleviate suffering for ourselves and others.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: A Dharma Talk/ Q n A on the practice of Heart Opening.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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Letting go of our self definitions, we find release into complete freedom.
Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program.
Here I will offer a guided meditation-poem-commentary-Dharma Talk
on the topic of releasing our self limiting beliefs.
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By embracing the full implications of an ever-changing reality,
The mundane becomes the sublime. Today I’ll be offering a guided
meditation-poem-commentary-Dharma talk on the topic of embracing change.
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"With continued practice in opening the heart during meditation, we begin to accept and love facets of our own self which we forgot or have been repressed. The repression of old pains softens and lifts, because we no longer fear the pain.
However, if fear does arise, we open our heart to that fear. We open our heart to the old scars and the pains.
As Rumi once wrote “The wound is where the light enters you.” Allow your awareness to be the light which enters you through the wound."
Chris Luard. Such Sweet Thunder.
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Today, in this episode, I’ll be guiding a meditation into silence, then reading a poem and offering a commentary as a way of deepening the meditation. Today’s topic is resting into the present moment challenges. 🙏🙏🙏
We often have to know our darkness to discover our light.
Join me for the next episode of “A Voice From the Ever-Change” where I will offer a guided meditation-poem-commentary-Dharma talk on the topic of embracing our shadow
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Not entertaining the past, not pursuing the future, not dwelling on the present. Just rest.
Join Chris Luard for Such Sweet Thunder Meditation program: an exploration of rest. This will be a Dharma talk in which I will outline a practice designed to allow a complete rest, then I discuss the many benefits of such a practice.
Chris has been meditating for 35 years and teaching since 2009.
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Nick Daez is a Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Sound Healer. He completed his teacher trainings in New Mexico, Nepal, Bali and Palawan. Embracing his calling to serve and teach, he leads shamanic energy healing rituals and does creative work as a multi-disciplinary artist. He co-founded the award winning boutique video production company, Seabiscuit Films which is based in Manila.
In this entertaining and informative talk we dive deep into how meditation influences the creative process, and how the creative process influences teaching meditation.
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Here is a really fun, informative, an deep interview I did with
Clint Sabom of Contemplative light. We discuss Mantra practice,
Dont Know mind, emptiness, trauma informed mindfulness, and
many other healing modalities.
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Human experience arises in terms of opposites. Some wise people have said that release from suffering lies in the silent space in between.
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Welcome to the Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program will be a Dharma talk introducing a mindfulness of emotions and feelings practice.
7pm Sunday, Aug 9th (PT) 9am Monday, Aug 10(Thai time) Facebook and Instagram Live!
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This episode I get the opportunity to dive deep with pianist/healer maestro Pablo Arellano
into topics such as how meditation influences the creative process, using creativity to design
new ways of teaching contemplative practices, enlightenment, boundless heart,
compassion, wisdom, and much much more.
It is truly my pleasure to have this amazing opportunity to speak with and
record the conversation to offer it to you. For more information about Pablo and his offerings,
please visit www.pabloarellano.org
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Welcome to The Such Sweet Thunder meditation program: Q n A on the topic of mindfulness!
Topics discussed: benefits of mindfulness, meditating with discomfort, and the four foundations of mindfulness.
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In this presentation I give a secular, accessible, task based approach to the Buddha's principal teachings on the Four:
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Life contains suffering.
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We suffer as a result of our emotional reactivity
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We can unplug our emotional reactivity
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That unplugging becomes easier when we create a path allowing that to occur. (mindfulness on all aspects of life)
This approach allows these teachings to be put into a practice by anyone who wishes to live a happier, more peaceful life, regardless of their religious beliefs.
Recorded January 2020 onboard The Celebrity Millennium
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The wise rest in the never ending state of becoming. Make this path of becoming a path of love.
This episode I will guide a meditation and offer a poem/commentary on the topic of resting in a state of becoming.
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Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program EP 19. Today I’ll be guiding a meditation and offering a poem and commentary to deepen the practice. In this episode I discuss widening our circle of care and compassion to include all beings.
In this truly heartwarming story, Chris tells the famous story of the young Woman Kisa and her journey from pain into compassion. A story told in temples worldwide. May All Benefit
Here I guide a traditional mindfulness practice with an
emphasis on noting pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling tones
as they arise in the body. When we do this, we separate and distinguish
the difference between the feeling tones and our emotional reactions
to the feeling tones. Finding freedom
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Welcome to A Voice From the Ever-Change meditation program!
In this episode I will guide a meditation and then offer a poem and commentary from my latest book.
Today’s topic is Insight meditation. The challenges and benefits of this beautiful practice
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This interview features the amazing and super talented Ea Torrado. Ea Torrado is a multidimensional healing artist whose medicine blends the use of body, voice, ritual and storytelling. She is founder and artistic director of Manila-based dance theatre group, Daloy Dance Company. With the company, Ea has presented Walang Hiya Festival, Sayaw Galaw, Ugnayan Community Program and Tanghal at Talakay, all are projects that tapped diverse Filipino communities by utilizing dance as a tool for personal and social change. She is also the founder of Daloy Movement, a guided and durational free-form healing dance practice originated and developed in the Philippines, that many people find liberating, transformative and healing.
We discuss dance, meditation, mindfulness, and expressive art as healing modalities. We talk about passion and fire of the artist, combined with the cooling winds of meditation.
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Here I guide a meditation designed to allow one a state of complete rest. Resting in the body, mind, and heart with the experience of sounds, sights and sensations.
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This is a recording of a sunrise meditation which I offered to the community at The New Life Foundation in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The sound of the nature makes a lovely soundscape to meditate with.
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In this lovely, heartwarming story, Chris unfolds the legend of Kuan Yin incarnating into Avalokiteshvara. There are many wonderful gems of wisdom hidden in this beautiful myth. A story of how to embrace the light and dark of life without falling into despair.
Welcome to the next episode of Brahma Viharas Series: Lovingkindness. “Imagine Lovingkindness” In this episode I’ll answer a few questions about meditation bells and the sleep/meditation comparison, then I unpack John Lennon’s classic “Imagine” and how it relates to a practice of Lovingkindness.
Can we find peace within the flowing river of ever-change called life? Can we rest in the midst of the flux?
Welcome to “A Voice From The Ever Change” meditation program, where I’ll be offering a guided meditation, poem, and a commentary on the topic of Resting in Impermanence.
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Natcha is a Pottery wizard and writes extraordinary, heartfelt writing laced with non-dual awareness. We go in the deep end quick here so fasten your seatbelts!
Natcha's Enlightened Pottery: instagram @thevesselflight
Natcha's writing set to art: instagram: theblueflamespirits
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In the practices of Metta (Lovingkindness) we systematically open and embrace ourselves, loved ones, strangers, and enemies. By widening our circle of care and compassion to include everyone, we eradicate violence from life.
Join me for a talk on Lovingkindness! Live At Chiangmai Holistic Center. I really had an amazing time offering this talk at this beautiful space to beautiful people. If you havent been to Chiangmai Holistic you are missing out!
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In meditation we are often carry the misperception that our environment should be silent. Sounds are then struggled against rather than seen as just another experience.
Join me for the next episode of Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: meditation with sound, body, and breath.
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”In Meditation we reach a point of stillness. A stillness which is always there, but our mind is typically too loud to notice it. When we rest in that stillness, we actually recognize this stillness as the very birthplace of creativity. It is this same stillness where the universe goes to create a star, a thought, a song, or a human being.” C. Luard. Such Sweet Thunder.
Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever Change.” Meditation Program
In this episode I guide a sound meditation into silence, then offer a poem and commentary as a guided meditation.
Today’s topic is “Accessing the Creative Spark” May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
Thanarat Pui is a contemplative facilitator and healer specializing in modalities of movement and art.
In this entertaining and enlightening interview we discuss fearlessness in creativity, resolving the inner-critic,
art and movement as healing modalities, and much more.
Pui and I are Co-facilitating a retreat at The New Life Foundation, July 17th-24 titled: "Lovingkindness. A Healing Retreat"
When we allow the body, mind, and heart to rest completely, yet remain engaged and alert, what happens?
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In this episode I address a question in regards to a type of love which has no opposite, and how such a love can be seen and cultivated.
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In this new series I had the extraordinary opportunity to interview the very talented film writer, actor, director, activist Naomi McDougall Jones. We get deep into how meditation has been influential in Naomi's creative endeavors and in life.
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In this talk I offer a commentary on the practice of cultivating compassion for ourself and others,
and I give a short commentary on the Angulimala Sutta and how it relates to self-compassion and
forgiveness.
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In this entertaining interview we discuss meditations which open one up to the entire present moment.
Discuss the Such Sweet Thunder meditation technique
How meditation can be used as pain-management
Recorded in 2018
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This is an excerpt from a previous compassion episode. Here I discuss how the practices of Compassion, Lovingkindness, Equanimity, and joy can and must play an integral part in movement for social change.
Part 1: Here Christopher gives the basic mindfulness meditation instructions. Taking the mystery out of mindfulness meditation and delivering the teachings in a secular, pragmatic, easy to grasp method.
Part 2: Here Christopher answers a few questions in regards to setting up a home meditation practice, how to silence the mind, and how mindfulness is used as a pain management technique.
Part 3: Here Christopher discusses a useful technique of body scanning, the process of embracing the returning to the present moment, and how mindfulness can be done in everyday life activities
In this talk I discuss why the Brahma Viharas practice makes a perfect balance to mindfulness practice, and I go into detail on the subtle differences between Lovingkindness, Compassion, Equanimity, And Joy practices.
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Here I outline the Such Sweet Thunder meditation practice which allows one to embrace the entire present moment. I have outlined the practice in six stages and I give instruction and commentary on each stage.
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Here i read a poem and offer a commentary on the topic of meditation. I finish the episode with a brief Dharma Talk
Welcome to A Voice From the Ever-Change. Here I will be reading a poem and commentary on the topic of equanimity. I then finish the podcast with a brief Dharma-Talk.
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