Program begins with a guided nondual mindfulness meditation by Michael Taft lasting 30 minutes. Then Michael introduces special guest Daniel Ingram, and the two take questions from the group at San Francisco Dharma Collective for ...
Host Michael Taft speaks with Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek about how the dream state (and dreamless sleep) can effect meditation practice. Topics include: the fantasy-filling model of lucid dreaming vs. spiritual awakening; dream yoga, ...
Hour-long guided nondual meditation. Begins with 15 minutes of deep belly breathing, and mindfulness of body posture. Then allowing awareness to contact external sounds, then body sensations. Finally diving into vast, spacious awareness with no ...
Guided meditation for one hour, followed by dharma talk and Q&A. When we do mindfulness, we are typically doing it from the position of an observer. A person “over here” looking at a body sensation ...
A Transcript of the Podcast Interview You can listen to the original interview here. Michael: Rin’dzin, welcome to the Deconstructing Yourself podcast. Rin’dzin: Hi Michael, it’s great to be here, thanks for inviting me. Michael: ...
Nondual guided meditation lasting one hour. Includes several inquiry questions. At 1:02:30 the dharma talk begins, centering on the story of the lion cub who thought he was a lamb. Ends with the lion’s roar ...
Guided meditation lasting approximately one hour, focused on noticing how all sensory phenomena go from being solid objects, to vibratory activities, to vast spacious awareness. Self and world dissolve into the void. 1:01:00 – Dharma ...
A guided meditation led by Michael Taft. Meditation starts at the beginning and lasts for about one hour. Followed by dharma talk and Q&A. (Warning: the audio quality on this video has some bad spots.) ...
Typical metta practice is done from the dualistic position of being the doer of the metta. Here, we contact vast spacious awareness and (in a guided visualization) connect with the source of everything. It is ...
Michael Taft teaches this guided meditation called Mahamudra Vipshyana on the Moving Mind. Once we contact vast, spacious awareness clearly, it is possible to observe the arising of thoughts from this (non)perspective. We witness thoughts ...
One hour guided meditation by Michael Taft on contacting vast, spacious awareness. Ends at 1:00:54 Then dharma talk and Q&A. This is a variation on the age-old technique created by Dogen (1200–1253 c.e.) called eko ...
One hour guided Nondual Meditation by Michael W. Taft. Begins with breath awareness, then contacting vast, spacious awareness, then dissolving into awareness with each exhale. Finally, noticing the vivid and shocking quality of sensory display. ...
In this guided meditation, we dive again into the territory of meditating on the activity of the mind. It’s not about controlling, dominating, changing, or stopping your thoughts. Instead, it’s all about making friends with ...