2026-04-18 Morning Instructions 64:41 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 26RB

2026-04-17 Four Noble Truths 46:54 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 26RB

2026-04-16 Metta General Info plus Neutral Person 46:29 Download Listen 15 minute intro and guided sit Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 26RB

2026-04-15 Instruction and Guided Meditation Body Sensations 62:08 Download Listen 15 minute intro and guided sit Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 26RB

2026-03-13 Morning Reflection 15:06 Download Listen Four Great Efforts: Connecting with emotions in an onward leading way. Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

2026-03-12 The Embodied Heart 52:56 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

2026-02-20 Steadying the heart /mind 47:09 Download Listen How. to steady our heart/mind through our practice Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC Winter 2026 retreat

2026-02-16 Compassion 47:37 Download Listen Learning the true flavor of Compassion Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC Winter 2026 retreat

2026-02-15 Unbinding/Opening 50:31 Download Listen How we get stuck in such a small place in our mind/heart and how to open that space up to more freedom Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC Winter 2026 retreat

2025-07-25 The Freedom of Nibbana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:27 Download Listen What do we mean by freedom and liberation in Buddhist teachings? How do we facilitate the unbinding of the heart and mind? Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-23 Appreciative Joy in Our Insight Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:46 Download Listen Bringing the tone of joy to our insight practice. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-21 Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation – Emotions and Mind States (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:05 Download Listen Connecting with the emotions and mind states with warm hearted mindfulness Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-19 Mindfulness as Intimacy with All Things (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:50 Download Listen Mindfulness teaches us that we can soften into this world, touching and being touched by life. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-07-16 Appreciative Joy Introduction (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:02 Download Listen Intro to mudita and short guided intro to meditation. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Lovingkindness Retreat

2025-07-12 Practicing with Challenges in Formal Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:48 Download Listen The classic “five hindrances” as applied to formal metta practice. Includes the “near miss” of attached love, and “far neighbor” of aversion. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Lovingkindness Retreat

2025-04-20 Choiceless Attention Guided Meditation 61:41 Download Listen Intro and guided meditation. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 25RB

2025-04-19 Equanimity Brahmavihara 47:28 Download Listen Exploration of Equanimity Brahmavihara and guided meditation. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 25RB

2025-04-17 Instructions - Body Sensations and Emotions 58:45 Download Listen Instructions and guided meditation. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 25RB

2025-04-12 Steadying The Heart 45:03 Download Listen Finding a home base to steady our heart. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Grounding the Heart in Kindness-Infused Awareness: Insight and Lovingkindness Weekend Retreat – 25WRB

2025-04-12 The Graceful Heart 60:34 Download Listen Learning to live life graceful poise. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Grounding the Heart in Kindness-Infused Awareness: Insight and Lovingkindness Weekend Retreat – 25WRB

2025-03-24 Not self from a heart paradigm 55:39 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-03-17 Stepping Back from Striving 54:05 Download Listen This talk explores active and receptive effort, and relaxing back into a more effortless relationship with the moment. Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-03-05 Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart 37:04 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2025-03-03 Tasting the True Grain of the Moment 45:31 Download Listen With a more receptive mindfulness, we settle into tasting the truth of each moment Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-02-18 Third foundation: Mind/Heart States 49:54 Download Listen Talk on the third foundation of mindfulness Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC FEBRUARY 2025 RETREAT

2024-08-01 The heart that can let go. 45:30 Download Listen Releasing the fist of craving in a version, cultivating equanimity Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2024-04-27 Healthy protections for the heart 44:16 Download Listen Moving from greed, hatred, and delusion to loving kindness and equanimity Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2024-04-25 Morning instructions – emotions 55:58 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2024-04-24 Effort as intentionality, perseverance, and surrender 46:39 Download Listen Discusses, helpful and unhelpful ways to make effort in our meditation Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2024-03-19 Morning reflection on aversion and feeling tone 13:48 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2024

2024-03-18 Morning reflection on aversion and feeling tone 14:03 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2024

2024-03-12 Morning reflection on craving 9:35 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2024

2024-03-11 Morning reflection on craving 9:43 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2024

2024-02-23 Vulnerability and Awareness 50:23 Download Listen Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC February 2024

2024-02-19 Intimacy With All Things 50:54 Download Listen Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC February 2024

2023-11-30 The joy of giving 61:57 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-30 Morning reflection 57:22 Download Listen What do you need to release? Accessing your "inner Wyoming" Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-28 Equanimity, Brahma Vihara 58:14 Download Listen Introduction and guided meditation, using the first three Brahma Viharas to establish connection, and equanimity to encourage letting go Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-17 Aversion 60:28 Download Listen Discusses techniques to use with aversion, including feeling tone Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-09 Craving 61:22 Download Listen Discusses being with craving with mindfulness, and connecting also with the absence of craving Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-10-29 Instruction – thoughts 58:50 Download Listen Guided meditation on thinking Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-08-26 Morning Instructions on Thoughts (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:53 Download Listen Includes short explanation of being with thoughts mindfully and Guided Meditation with experiments. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-24 Craving, Aversion, and Delusion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:11 Download Listen Discusses how to be mindfully with these three protections. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-22 Instructions with Anchor/Home Base (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:39 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-19 Metta Instructions for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:48 Download Listen with John Martin, Rebecca Bradshaw Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Metta Retreat

2023-08-17 Metta Concentration and the Tender Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:34 Download Listen Discusses the underlying existential question, how do I live with an open heart and feel safe in this world? Also explores five jhanic factors. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Summer Metta Retreat

2023-04-16 Feeling tone - guided meditation 62:16 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom

2023-04-15 Non-identification and pain 47:41 Download Listen Discusses components of mindfulness, especially non-identification Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom

2023-04-14 Guided Metta - Mercy 44:47 Download Listen Receiving Metta from a benefactor, and sharing with others, including difficult persons Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom

2023-04-12 Mindfulness 43:36 Download Listen Exploring mindfulness and balanced effort Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom

2023-03-06 Metta hindrances 58:30 Download Listen How the hindrances arise in metta practice, and how to meet them with mindfulness and antidotes. Especially focuses on the near and far neighbors of attached love and aversion. Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2023

2023-03-04 Metta reflection 8:40 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2023

2023-02-21 Non-identification and the Spacious Mind 20:30 Download Listen Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC February 2023 retreat

2023-02-19 Active and Receptive mindfulness 48:57 Download Listen Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC February 2023 retreat

2022-12-01 Guided Equinimity Brahmavihara 54:46 Download Listen Includes a 15-minute introduction. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-25 Boredom and being ordinary 54:55 Download Listen Hot and cool boredom. The relief of being ordinary. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-18 Saṅkhāra Dukkha and vulnerability 61:49 Download Listen Suffering due to contingency and sense impediment the resulting vulnerability in how to hold it Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-04 Exploring feeling tone 58:31 Download Listen How mindfulness of vedana can break the chain of suffering – providing freedom from our automatic conditioning Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-10-28 Sense-based reality and relaxing the cognitive grip 1:22 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-10-27 Instruction – anchoring 44:57 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-08-01 Instructions and introduction: feeling tone (vedana) 60:03 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2022-07-31 Metta: Difficult Person 45:53 Download Listen Guided meditation with an introduction Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2022-07-29 The hindrances as protectors 45:27 Download Listen Mindfulness is our best protection! Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2022-06-15 Exploring non-identification 43:14 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-04-15 The three characteristics teach us to let go. 46:30 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-13 Metta for self and easy people. 47:33 Download Listen An introduction plus a guided meta meditation Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-12 Intimacy with all things. 43:45 Download Listen Commentary on Dogen's statement: "awakening is intimacy with all things" Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-02-21 Compassion 0:00 (Recording not available)  Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC Winter Retreat 2022

2022-02-19 Knowing Through Intimacy With our Own Experience 51:20 Download Listen A wonderful talk on non rational ways of knowing directly from experience Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  TCVC Winter Retreat 2022

2022-02-02 Freeing the Heart – Meditation 33:26 Download Listen Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2022-02-02 Freeing the Heart – Talk 49:38 Download Listen Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2021-07-21 Ways of Knowing 54:11 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2021-01-20 Exploring Kwan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion 47:58 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2020-03-02 Dukkha Dukkha: the Suffering of Unpleasant Experiences. 53:06 Download Listen This talk explores both physical and emotional suffering in the form of unpleasant experiences, giving detailed explanations on how to be with these with mindfulness. It also explores where real suffering is and how we can experience freedom even when life is unpleasant or painful. Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2020

2020-02-16 Three Kinds of Dukkha (Suffering) 61:02 Download Listen The Suffering of painful, pleasant, and neutral experiences and the freedom of letting go Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  Winter 2020

2019-12-22 Guided Meditation - Metta and the Four Brahma Viharas 46:35 Download Listen 15-minute introduction with the four Brahma Viharas and Metta, then 30 minutes guided Metta for self and easy person. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Winter Solstice Insight Meditation Weekend

2019-11-29 The Four Brahmaviharas or Heavenly Abidings 62:17 Download Listen This talk explores how loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity work together to cultivate a heart that is strong, gentle, and resilient. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-28 Thanksgiving Day Reflection 17:32 Download Listen The tradition - the colonization - ancestral conditioning - gratitude - and generosity. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-22 Delusion: The Root Of Suffering 61:29 Download Listen What it is, how it manifests, and how to transform it. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-22 Morning Q&A 14:13 Download Listen How do we hold identity in Buddhism? Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-15 Sankhara Dukkha 58:36 Download Listen Suffering due to conditional foundations - being contingent - vulnerability. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-08 Karmic Knots - 5 Stages 64:27 Download Listen Working with deeply conditioned patterns of thoughts and emotions. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-01 Viparinama Dukkha 64:27 Download Listen Suffering due to change - practice with pleasantness - letting go. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-29 Morning Instructions - Thoughts 60:15 Download Listen A review of basic instructions for vipassana meditation. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-26 Metta Instruction - Self and Easy Person 56:10 Download Listen Introduction to Metta practice and a guided sitting Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-07-28 Receiving Metta for oneself and sharing it with an easy person 42:33 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-27 Developing The Steady, Graceful and Confident Heart 59:16 Download Listen How to stop arguing with reality. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-04-09 Balancing Effort In Practice 58:00 Download Listen Avoiding the extremes of too little. effort or striving. Metta as an antidote Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-11-30 Developing the graceful heart. 62:06 Download Listen Discuss ways to strengthen the quality of equanimity, increasing our ability to move through the world with grace and poise. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-23 Exploring not-self in our own practice. 62:24 Download Listen This talk describes various ways that we can explore the truth of not-self experientially in our own practice. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-16 Boredom and ordinariness. 57:36 Download Listen Discusses the goal of practice as becoming more ordinary and how boredom can be a doorway into peace. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-05 Guided Standing Meditation 22:18 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-10-30 Morning Instructions - Emotions 44:22 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-10-25 Introduction To Metta Meditation. 50:36 Download Listen Includes a guided metta (loving-kindness) practice for oneself and an easy person. Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-10-07 Soften with Compassion Guided Meditation 21:50 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart

2018-10-07 Third Morning Meditation 9:25 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart

2018-10-06 Metta Chant 9:36 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart

2018-10-06 Brahma Vihara practice 37:11 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart

2018-10-06 The Brahma Viharas 56:12 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart

2018-10-06 Outside Meditation 30:36 Download Listen Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Developing Our Steady and Graceful Heart