Wednesday Meditations
Free Weekly Talks and Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson
Much research has shown that meditation is a powerful way to develop greater resilience, compassion, and happiness – as well as strengthen the immune system and promote other health benefits.
Join Dr. Rick Hanson every Wednesday for a free meditation, talk, and discussion via Zoom. Everyone is welcome, and no background in meditation is needed. Rick draws on modern psychology and brain science, as well as the penetrating and pragmatic teachings of the Buddha.
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6:00 – 7:30 pm PT / 9:00 – 10:30 pm ET
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Recent Wednesday Meditations and Talks
Talk + Meditation: Mettā as a Somatic Response to Trauma, Oppression, and Hatred
How loving-kindness becomes a bodily state that interrupts fear, softens reactivity, and helps kindness become your baseline.
Talk + Meditation: A Novel Way to Explore the Eightfold Path
How impermanence, mindfulness, and the Eightfold Path help transform suffering into wisdom and compassionate action.
Talk + Meditation: Accepting Your Vulnerabilities – Including from Early Childhood
Learn how accepting vulnerability can help you lower defenses, heal old wounds, and discover a deeper sense of peace and inner strength.
Talk + Meditation: Welcoming the “Messengers” of Aging, Illness, Death – and Awakening
Aging, illness, and death are unavoidable. Learn how equanimity and love help you meet them—and live well, meanwhile.
Talk + Meditation: Using Mindfulness When You’re Triggered
In this talk, I discuss how mindfulness, focused attention, open awareness, and non-clinging help us manage reactivity, reduce rumination, and relate more wisely to ourselves and others.
Talk + Meditation: Five Ways to Feel Less Anxious
Five powerful practices for meeting fear with mindfulness, compassion, action, and wisdom — and learning to live well, meanwhile.
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