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Led by Dr. Rick Hanson, PhD — psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times–bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and Resilient. His books have sold over a million copies in English and been translated into 33 languages, and he’s taught at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.
Recent Wednesday Meditations and Talks
Meditation + Talk: Caring More . . . and Caring Less
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and a 47-minute talk about Caring More . . . and Caring Less.
Meditation + Talk: Right Effort . . . about Right Effort!
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and a 47-minute talk about Right Effort . . . about Right Effort!
Meditation + Talk: Effortless Effort – The Wise Effort of No-Self
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Stephen Doetsu Snyder offered a meditation and talk about Effortless Effort: The Wise Effort of No-Self.
Meditation + Talk: Releasing and Receiving
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Rick offered a meditation and talk called Releasing and Receiving.
Meditation + Talk: The Essence of Practice – Loving, Knowing, and Growing
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Rick offered a meditation and talk called The Essence of Practice: Loving, Knowing, and Growing.
Meditation + Talk: Wise Effort: Already Home
In this series on Wise Effort, Rick talks about what to do when we are feeling discombobulated, rattled alarmed, and outraged.