Jonathan Foust Podcast
1) One Breath at a Time: Anchoring Awareness in the Present
This talk explores the simple yet profound practice of using the breath as an anchor for awareness. In a world where distraction and stress pull us in countless directions, the breath is always availa...Show More
2) The Eightfold Path, Part 2: Living from Wise Intention
This talk explores the second step of the Eightfold Path, Wise Intentionâthe heartâs compass that points us toward freedom. Rooted in the Buddhaâs teachings, Wise Intention asks us to orient our lives...Show More
3) Your Body is a Temple: Coming Home to Sensation
This talk explores the profound practice of coming home to the bodyânot as an object to fix or improve, but as sacred ground for awakening. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings and somatic insights, we...Show More
4) The Eightfold Path, Part 1: The Path to Freedom
This talk explores how the Buddhaâs Eightfold Path offers a clear, practical guide to living with greater wisdom, compassion, and inner freedom in everyday life. Weâll look at how each step on the pat...Show More
5) Begin Where You Are: Laying the Groundwork of Mindfulness
This talk explores how to begin a mindfulness practice by starting exactly where you are. Rather than striving for a particular state or trying to âdo it right,â we look at how mindfulness arises thro...Show More
6) Choose What is Already Changing [archive talk]
This talk explores how to embrace impermanence. Â Youâll learn about the inevitability of change and how understanding your reactivity and biases can help you access a quality of awareness that can he...Show More
7) Your True Nature is Already Here [archive talk]
This talk explores the nature of âtrue nature.â Â Youâll learn more about the nature of âtrue nature,â what gets in the way of experiencing this primal quality of being and some doorways of practice t...Show More
8) How to Access the Flow State, Part 2 [archive talk]
This talk explores the mechanics for entering the flow state. Â Youâll learn the role mindfulness plays in setting up the flows state, a review of triggers that can be helpful, how applying the princi...Show More
9) How to Access the Flow State, Part 1 [archive talk]
This talk explores what it means to be in flow. Youâll learn about the magic of being in the flow state, some distinctions between mindfulness and flow and how to be more aware of how you consciously ...Show More
10) How More Focus Can Transform Your Life, Part 2 [archive talk]
This talk explores the power of willful attention inwardly as well as in the world. Â Youâll learn some strategies for inner focus in your meditation as well as some outer focus to cultivate sustained...Show More