This meditation starts with some simple stretching and explores a slow motion release of the hands. 

You’ll then move into a guided body scan meditation, a period of self-observation and a final inquiry into effortless awareness.

This talk explores how you can free yourself from life-depleting habits.

You’ll learn how addiction is about seeing more clearly as to how you try to escape reality, how these habits can be as subtle as your thoughts and how some essential strategies can create more freedom and new possibilities in your life.

This talk explores how to get free from the struggle of conflict.

You’ll learn about the nature of conflict, the importance of being honest and clear about your side of things, a process for getting free and the importance of viewing your conflicts as opportunities for growth.

This talk explores how you can transform your relationship with anger.

You’ll learn about the nature and source of anger as well as a few strategies for working directly with strong energy and emotions when they arise.

This talk explores how you can transform your relationship to anxiety.

You’ll learn how anxiety is natural function of human evolution, how to identify the source of your anxiety and a method of directly inquiring into what’s between you and feeling happy.

This talk explores the power of knowing what you want and what you’re willing to give up to get it.

You’ll learn about the importance of awareness of your goals and your capacity to restrain from that which holds you back, the power of developing grit and determination in your practice and your life as well as the vital importance of finding balance.

After a short introduction to this unique technique you’ll be guided into an open focus meditation and an exploration of spacious awareness and loving presence.  

This meditation is from the 2017 IMCW Fall Retreat.

This talk explores the lenses through which you view your world.

You’ll learn the distinctions between energy and feeling, thoughts and thought-forms as you can expand your capacity to see clearly and with an open heart.

This talk is from the 2017 IMCW Fall Retreat.

This talk explores how to be awake in the world.

You’ll learn a little about the Diwali celebration, how to determine your progress on the path, how an awakened being accepts this life with full responsibility, actively investigates the shadows and cultivates a world of new possibility. 

This talk is from the 2017 IMCW Fall Retreat.

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This talk explores my antipathy toward the word ‘mindfulness’.

You’ll learn what mindfulness is not, some alternative names and a review of the fundamentals of this practice which can lead to greater aliveness and freedom.