How do you meditate using Deepak Chopra‘s method? Don’t try to do anything! Deepak Chopra is such a well-known teacher of meditation that no introduction of him is necessary. This video is the first in a series. The main teaching is that meditation is a natural experience. Just sit back, close your eyes, and meditation [...]
How to Clarify Your Goals
June 29, 2012 By
Phillip Moffitt is a recognized vipassana (insight meditation) teacher and outstanding yogi. This teaching on how to clarify your goals is excellent. I have especially enjoyed his teachings on ambivalence, ambiguity, and ambition. I attended these talks about a year ago. He teaches at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA and has his [...]
Meditation for Weight Loss
June 29, 2012 By
Tonya Tko presents an easy 20 minute meditation for weight loss. The video begins with several deep breaths. Then she asks you to imagine yourself as a person with your optimal weight. Other visualization techniques take you through the foods and lifestyle of a thin person. She does a great job of developing the imagery. [...]
Beginning Qi Gong Meditation
June 28, 2012 By
The Dalai Lama Met With Aung San Suu Kyi
June 27, 2012 By
The Dalai Lama met with Aung San Suu Kyi on June 19, 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi is the opposition leader for the Burmese people. She has spent most of the last twenty years in house arrest. During all that time, she continued to lead her people on the path to democracy. She is the [...]
Osho On Self-Acceptance
June 27, 2012 By
Osho, also know as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, was an Indian master who died in 1990. He was an outstanding speaker and teacher. When he looked into your eyes, you knew he was present. His whole being seemed to want your liberation. His teachings spanned the whole of meditation practices – from Art to Zen and [...]
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
June 26, 2012 By
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has helped tens of thousands of people since its inception in the late ’70s and early ’80s. MBSR was pioneered by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Now it has spread all over the world and the results have been remarkable. This video shows us that [...]
Wishing Happiness for Others
June 25, 2012 By
Shantideva was an 8th century Buddhist scholar. The story goes that he was, like the Buddha, born into a princely life. And, like the Buddha, he gave up his kingdom to become a monk. He couldn’t be bothered with politics and court proceedings. As a student, he was known to avoid his fellow monks. He [...]
Beginning Zen Meditation
June 25, 2012 By
The Hazy Moon Meditation Center in Los Angeles offers training and retreats in beginning Zen meditation. The lesson in this video corresponds to how I was taught at my first seshin (retreat) many years ago. The instructors talked about sitting in one of several comfortable positions: the full lotus position the half-lotus position the Burmese [...]
Christian Wisdom From Meister Eckhart
June 24, 2012 By
Meister Eckhart was an influential fourteenth century Christian mystic. His given name was Eckhart von Hochheim. He lived in Germany and was a member of the Dominican Order. He was kind of a revolutionary for his time, He was tried as a heretic by the inquisition led by Franciscan monks. No verdict seems to have [...]
