Skillful Means Podcast
1) #112: Mindfulness Meditaiton Guided Practice
Text me your feedback. In order to be an open-hearted, compassionate person, we first have to notice the things things that need our support. This is where mindfulness — the practice of presence — com...Show More
2) #111 Awakening the Heart Part 3: Generosity of Spirit with Lauren Goldberg
Text me your feedback. In Part 3 of the Awakening the Heart series, we're looking at why acts of kindness and service are powerful resilience-builders — possibly the exact things we need if we're to o...Show More
3) #110 Transform Suffering with Brief Tonglen Guided Practice
Text me your feedback. Tonglen - the practice of sending and receiving - helps us to be with hardship without falling into despair. An explanation of the practice appears in the Lojong teachings and ...Show More
4) #109 Training in Compassion
Text me your feedback. Continuing our series on Awakening the Heart, this month we're exploring the Buddhist path of the bodhisattva through the cultivation of bodhicitta - the awakened heart-mind tha...Show More
5) #108 Awakening Heart Meditation
Text me your feedback. In this variation of loving-kindness, or metta, meditation, tap into the energetic resonance of the heart to awaken loving feelings within before sending them outward. Inspired...Show More
6) #107 Awakening the Heart Part 1: Accentuate the Positive
Text me your feedback. While the world may feel increasingly more fraught, we can't sustain ourselves on anger and fear alone. We must remember what we're fighting for and, as Tennessee Williams asks ...Show More
7) #106 Strong Back, Soft Front Guided Meditation
Text me your feedback. This month's practice features an embodied mediation to help you stay present with life's challenges without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down. Inspired by Roshi Joan Halif...Show More
8) #105 Embracing Difficult Emotions
Text me your feedback. This month, we're looking at a question that comes up a lot: All parts are supposed to be welcome, but how do we work with feelings we don't like? Drawing on Buddhist wisdom and...Show More
9) #104 Earth and Sky Guided Visualization Practice
Text me your feedback. The Taoists believe that we can harness the stabilizing qualities of Earth Qi along with the generative qualities of Heaven/Sky Qi to improve physical health, increase longevit...Show More
10) #103 I See You, I'm With You Guided IFS Practice
Text me your feedback. There are definitely times when we need to get a hold of ourselves. But how do we do that without dismissing our feelings? This brief Parts Work practice is for moments when yo...Show More