Guided Meditations & Talks

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Guided Tonglen Meditation
Today’s meditation comes from the Tibetan tradition and is a tonglen practice. Tonglen means “to give and receive,” and this practice uses the breath to help cultivate loving-kindness and compassion. You can learn more about tonglen and other types of ...
Compassion Meditation
Today we have a compassion practice, the second of the brahma-viharas. For more on compassion, I recommend checking out Dr. Kristin Neff’s book Self-Compassion. We are starting live meditation groups online! To learn more visit http://OMDharma.
Concentration and Mindfulness
This guided meditation explores both concentration and mindfulness. Starting with a few minutes of concentration practice using the breath, we will open up to whatever arises in our experience. As...
Mindful Noting Practice
This guided meditation is a mindfulness practice I use personally, and thought I’d share. Coming from the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw, this can be a useful way to keep the...
Relaxing the Body
This meditation is a guided relaxation practice. We will work through the body, bringing in the intention of calming the body and inviting in ease.
Body Awareness Meditation
This guided meditation is a mindfulness practice in which we will investigate the body. Rather than a traditional body scan, we will work from the outside of the body moving...
Breathing with the Body
This is a guided mindfulness meditation mixing the breath and a body scan. We will work with the breath to investigate different parts of the body and the experience of...
Metta for Friend, Difficult, and Self
This is a guided meditation investigating metta, or loving-kindness. We start with a brief body scan with an emphasis on kindness toward the body. We then move into extending this...
Body Scan (Tara B.)
Today’s episode comes from our friend Tara, a mindfulness and meditation teacher from the US, living in Melbourne, Australia. Her simple practices will help you destress and be more present....