Dharmapunx NYC

Talk and guided meditation; the talk presents an overview of early buddhist and contemporary clinical insights into the psychology processes underlying the sudden switch from a safe and confident state into a hypervigilant, survival mode; the meditation explores self-soothing during triggered states, and de-activating triggering individuals.

Talk and Guided meditation on the three nervous system states and neural correlates underpinning helping others skillfully, without being dysregulated via emotion contagion.

Recorded December 31 2018 in Brooklyn NY, from 11pm to just before midnight (after which the sangha chanted the Buddhist refuges and precepts).

34 minute talk and 26 minute guided meditation on the theme.

30 minute talk and 29 minute guided meditation on transforming ingrained behaviors and perceptions through developing a sustained awareness of underlying feelings.

Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring the theme. Hour long episode.

A talk summarizing the Buddha's insights into one of the most pernicious catalysts of suffering, why self-improvement regimes invariably leave us disappointed and often with even more damaged states of inner esteem, and the psychologically sound practices to process emotional wounds.

Talk and Guided meditation exploring alleviating social anxiety

26 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation developing creative visualization practice

35 minute talk + 24 minute guided meditation on developing a secure base