Awake in the World Podcast
Michael Stone
Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).
Episodes
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Aug 6, 2017 • 24min
20 min. Guided Meditation on Thinking
For the purposes of meditation, what you’re thinking about is not important. But as we pay attention to thinking in meditation, you might notice other aspects of the process of thinking besides the content. So, for example, if you’re thinking words or images, what’s the quality of the inner voice? What’s the quality of the pictures that you see? Recorded 2017.
Jul 31, 2017 • 26min
20 min. Guided Meditation: Unstable Emotions
See if you can find out where in your body that emotional state or mood is most manifested, most expressed. What sensations or feelings in your body let you know that you’re having this emotional state? See if you can notice how the emotional state is expressed through your body, through sensations in your body. Recorded December 2017.
Jul 23, 2017 • 26min
20 min. Guided Meditation: Feeling the Sensations of the Body
Nothing needs to be refused. Let the breath travel the body without picking up speed. The clouds of thought haul across the sky. Let them come and go. Let the breath move the way blood moves: let it find its own rhythm. Recorded 2017.
Jul 16, 2017 • 24min
20 min. Guided Meditation: Tuning into Breath in the Nostrils
Tuning into breath in the nostrils to explore subtle sensations and bring mind into its natural state. Recorded 2017.
Jul 9, 2017 • 24min
20 min. Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Breathing Body
Mindfulness of the breathing body in the abdomen to settle thoughts. Recorded 2017.
Jul 2, 2017 • 24min
20 min. Guided Meditation: Receptive Listening
Using sound as an anchor to ground attention. Recorded 2017.
Jun 26, 2017 • 53min
You Can’t Make A Person Into a Buddha
Michael explores practicing without an idea of gain, the Universal Self, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Pattabhi Jois, the Buddha and Shunryu Suzuki. How can you blend your breath with the larger self? Moksha Westshore, B.C. Recorded February 18, 2017.
Jun 18, 2017 • 49min
Spiritual Bypassing & Mindfulness of Thinking
Michael integrates a discussion of spiritual bypassing (using practice to avoid dealing with painful feelings and unresolved emotional habits) with a teaching on using labeling to let go of ruminating thoughts and overthinking. Victoria, B.C. Recorded January 22, 2017.
Jun 11, 2017 • 35min
My Body is My Teacher Now
How to not leave your body, even when it feels untrustworthy. We can always turn to the body in pain, grief, and even in altered states of consciousness. Anxiety, compassion, and equanimity always play out in your body. Victoria, B.C. Recorded January 19, 2017.
Jun 5, 2017 • 18min
15 minute Guided Meditation on the Breathing Body
Bringing distractions back into the beginning of the inhale. Victoria, B.C. Recorded January 17, 2017.
