Guided Meditations & Talks

Guided Meditations & Talks


Latest Episodes

Guided Tonglen Meditation
July 29, 2018

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
July 10, 2018

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.

Vipassana Meditation
May 21, 2018

Today’s meditation is a vipassana, or insight, practice.

Concentration and Mindfulness
April 19, 2018

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
April 09, 2018

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
April 02, 2018

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
March 29, 2018

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
March 26, 2018

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
March 12, 2018

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.)
March 04, 2018

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....