This talk explores how to work with challenging energies.   You’ll learn how embodied awareness can open the door to higher degrees of self awareness and how in that recognition of what is arising you can learn to ‘ride the wave’ of resistance and discover what is on the other side.

Embodied Presence:  Surfing the Waves

Senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan Foust share weekly talks,  guided meditations and inquiries that explore how to cultivate an awakened heart and mind.

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This talk explores the power of cultivating an attitude of love and care in your life.   You’ll learn what the Buddha said about giving, how intimately receiving is connected to generosity, the shadow-side of the practice and the power of taking generous actions when you feel called.

The Ten Perfections: #1 Be Generous  [recast]

This talk explores some practices for cultivating embodied compassion and care.   You’ll explore  what means to ‘heal’ as well as a few ‘deep dives’ - first into a chakra scan then a scan through the body focusing on reflection, gratitude and well-wishing.

Embodied Presence: Practices for Self-Care and Healing

This talk explores how to investigate the inner energy centers through the lens of mindfulness.   You’ll learn about the chakras, a bit on the origins of different approaches, the components of each one and how to explore through the lens of non-judging awareness.

Embodied Presence:  So What About the Chakras?

This talk explores how to open to more subtle felt-sense awareness through mindful breathing. Whole Body Breathing is yet another tool for drawing attention to the play of energy and sensations within and can dramatically heighten awareness of what is arising and how you are relating to it. This talk includes a guided meditation on this technique.

Embodied Presence: Surfing the Waves

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