In this episode, we discuss how we listen. The truth is we are listening all the time. But meditation leads to fearless listening, giving us deeper insight into our world. Meditation In The City is th

How do we function when we’re caught up in anger or fear, or we just freeze? Our “lizard brain” takes over in these situations, and it seems like threats are everywhere. In this episode, we discuss ho

Where does the tendency to escalate aggression that’s located within ourselves come from? Is it human nature, imprinted within us since the beginning of humankind? Or can the teachings of Buddhism and

The key to living an artful life is to relax into our sense experience and not try to manipulate it or use it for personal gain. Then we realize that the world is an open field of confident experience

We all want alleviation from suffering, to find ways to rest with our diverse experiences as they arise. Both Western Psychology and Buddhism use particular methods for working with our emotions. How

We are living in very difficult times, but what do we have control over? We can start with the power we have to treat ourselves kindly. That decision can start a ripple of positivity. Meditation In Th

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In this episode, we discuss meditation as a path of glimpsing pure appreciation, untouched by the grasping, passion, and fury of our assumptions and thoughts. Meditation In The City is the Shambhala M

As the war in Ukraine brings in dramatic scenes and stories of suffering and destruction, we may tend to feel helpless or, even worse, depressed, cynical or angry. The compassion practice of tonglen g

Can avoiding unhappiness actually cause our unhappiness? What would it mean to open up our heart and our mind to the entirety of our lives? To cry out to a greater world? Meditation In The City is the