In this joint talk by Jonathan Prescott and Michael Melancon, they point us toward the depth of Thich Nhat Hanh's central teaching and help us find liberation in our breath.

Zen can seem mysterious. How does a beginner begin? Is there some sort of training program? In this talk, Jonathan Prescott points to Zen’s counterintuitive core: To learn, we unlearn; to fill our teacup, we empty our teacup.

Pain and suffering enter all of our lives. How do we meet that suffering so that it transforms us rather than defeats us? Jonathan Prescott looks at what suffering is, how it arises, and how to practice with it.

The Buddha once banished 500 noisy monks from the monastery, sending them on a muddy march across India. Jonathan Prescott explores why Buddhist teachers sometimes behave strangely. How can we understand and make use of their unexpected teachings?

During the year’s darkest days, our natural response is silence. The world’s creatures know to settle into the comfort of darkness, stilling their bodies within the earth’s crevices and hidden places. Jonathan Prescott offers gentle words and practices to connect us with this elemental silence.

It’s not enough for us to practice for our benefit alone because, as Bodhisattvas, we aspire to save all beings. Jonathan Prescott turns to 9th century Zen Master Kyogen for inspiration on how to share our one fleeting, precious life with the world.

Inviting the bell is a deep practice. Join Jonathan Prescott and Michael Melancon as they point us toward the deep heart work that makes the bell beautiful.

Our adversaries allow us to see more broadly and act more skillfully. Can we find ways to make those adversaries more beautiful? Jonathan Prescott offers tools to help us open our hearts and work with everyone, even those we've learned to reject.

Rest is the absence of restlessness. Jonathan Prescott describes some of the forces that push us towards restless lives, then offers a guided meditation on coming home to ourselves. We are miracles and are already enough.

Jonathan Prescott offers insights into doing non-doing: Using the 'doing' of our practice forms to realize the 'non-doing' of deep rest.