Meditations and Talks

In this talk from the San Rafael Meditation group, we explore warming the heart and benevolence towards oneself in the form of self-compassion.

“Mindfulness of Breathing” focuses on steadiness of mind through a fundamental practice of mindfulness of breathing as a way to be mindful of the body.

Learn six way for cultivating the mind and our attention to being malleable and wielding, so we can use it well.

Explore how to cultivate steadiness of mind from the top-down deliberate regulation of attention.

Explore why it is useful to consider the undying physical, living basis of states of conscience that have been exhalted by the traditions of the world.

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. It focuses on cultivating personal strengths into happiness by training yourself to do good that lasts, and brings happiness, peace, and a mind of boundless love.

This meditation and talk focuses on the framework of this year’s exploration as it relates to Neurodharma: the Deepest Roots to the Highest Happiness – through seven fundamental qualities of awakening.

This talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is titled, “The Perfection of Patience" and focuses on sources of well-being and grit, and specifically on what could be considered a modest strength of patience. Patience has many large...

This talk from the San Rafael Meditation and focuses on sources of well-being and grit, and specifically on the quality of agency – which is feeling more like a “hammer” and less like a “nail.”