Why Meditate?
We practice to know the mind, open the heart, and find freedom amid constant change.
Mindfulness of Body
Sit and breathe. Notice that you're sitting and breathing. "It's that simple."
Walking Meditation
Slowly lift, move, and place each leg. Notice your weight shift gradually with each step.
Loving Kindness
Wish yourself well. Direct your goodwill to a friend. Then extend it to all beings.
Anchoring at the Breath
Allow your natural breathing rhythm to steady your mind against aversion and desire.
Knowing Your Experience
What is arising? Sensation or thought? Reluctance or clinging? Restlessness or interest?
Hearing Without a Hearer
“Notice how each sound is known spontaneously, in the very moment of its arising.”
The Selfless Body
Allow heaviness, pressure, and tension to arise, change, and pass as ownerless sensations.
Thought Without a Self
Welcome thoughts as insubstantial, powerless appearances on the screen of consciousness.
Big Mind
“It knows all things but is not contained by them—no inside, no outside, no separation.”
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Unfolding Insight
Meditation often begins with bringing attention to the breath. It’s an ordinary act, but it can lead to profound discovery, says Joseph Goldstein—and it’s one of many deceptively simple explorations he offers in this series of pre-recorded sessions from live retreats over the past 34 years.
Across these guided practices—involving sound, movement, full-body sensation, emotion, and more—Joseph emphasizes that mindfulness is less about the object of our focus than the quality of our attention.
And the clarity of our intention: to understand our minds, open our hearts, and find freedom in a ceaselessly changing world.
to listen to all 10 sessions in this series.
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