The Buddha once said: “Nothing whatsoever should be clung to as ‘I’ or ‘mine’.” In this talk, I analyze this statement as an important signpost on the map of practice. […]
Meditation Without Grasping | Dharma Talk
In this talk, I continue to unpack the experience of waking up, exploring how consciousness often awakens to being entangled with some part of experience (usually thoughts), and to reflect […]
The Mourning Joy of Insight | Dharma Talk
In this dharma talk, I reflect on a teaching from my dharma mentor Jack Engler: “the entirety of the spiritual path is a path of mourning.” This talk is an […]
Donna Brooks | The Dharma Door of Grief
In this episode, I welcome Donna Brooks back to the podcast to talk through the experience of grief and how embodiment practices support our capacity to navigate this challenging emotional […]
Voluntary Free Fall | Dharma Talk
In this talk, I explore some common views about meditation and thinking, and I encourage bringing inquiry to the views of practice that we may be clinging to. Releasing views […]
The Tiger + The Snake Revisited | Dharma Story
In this week’s practice story, I continue to explore the famous Buddhist parable about the tiger and the snake, and I suggest how the core images of this story symbolize […]
The Tiger + The Snake | Dharma Story
In this old Buddhist parable, we are presented with a description of the human predicament. In the face of being caught between death and something worse, how does our practice […]
Jung + The Rainmaker | Dharma Story
In this episode, I share Jung’s famous story of the Rainmaker. I suggest ways in which this story offers insight into the direction of the spiritual path. But when there […]
Kisagotami and the Mustard Seed
In this talk, I reflect on the heart-rending story of a mother who lost her young son, experienced inconsolable grief, and what happened when she met the Buddha. Kisagotami’s story […]
Ozzie’s Dharma
In this episode, I offer a few reflections on the passing of my dear companion, Ozzie. On February 15, 2023, Ozzie died peacefully in our arms, in front of his […]
Earthquakes and the Dharma
In this episode, I try to speak to the implacable heaviness many are feeling in the face of the overwhelming number of ongoing disasters in the world. What, if at […]
Cooling the Flames of Anger | A Practice Story
In this episode, I reflect on the roots of anger in my own conflicts and share the tools I’ve learned from mindfulness-based modalities to de-escalate tensions and nurture harmony. I […]
Robert Wright | On My Cognitive Empathy Struggles
In this episode, I republish a conversation I had with Robert Wright on his Nonzero Podcast. Bob and I discuss my struggles with cognitive empathy in everyday life. Not my […]
On Practicing Yin | Dharma Talk with Josh
In this episode (#207), Josh reflects on the four foundations of practicing Yin Yoga, and how the first two foundations – safety and relaxation – inform the development of the […]
Linda Modaro + Nelly Kaufer | Reflective Meditation
In this episode (206), I am joined by my friends and colleagues Linda Modaro and Nelly Kaufer to talk about their new meditation book, Reflective Meditation – Cultivating Kindness and […]
Ringing Sangha Voices | Dharma Talk with Josh
In this episode (205), I share voices from the River Bird Sangha on the theme of non-violence in practice and society. Together, in a circle of practice, I suggest ways […]
The Creative Tension of Practice | Dharma Talk with Josh
In 1963, while imprisoned for staging nonviolent protests, Dr. King Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter From Birmingham Jail in which he delivered a blistering public response to local clergymen […]
Elisa Malinverni | Yoga for Recovering Addicts
In this episode, I talk with the Swiss yoga teacher Elisa Malinverni about her wonderful new book, Yoga for Recovering Addicts, Stories of Hope and Ways of Self-Healing. Elisa’s clear […]
New Year, Old Self | Dharma Talk with Josh
In the first dharma talk of 2023, Josh offers a meditative reflection on the relationship between reflective listening and the development of skillful intentions in practice. He offers some key […]
Your Solstice Gift – Our Suite of Practices | Dharma Talk with Josh
This solstice season, let us give you the gift of practice. In this episode, I describe our portfolio of practices and how they integrate into the process of awakening body, […]
Tending Fire, Tending Practice | Dharma Talk with Josh
In this talk, I reflect on some of the parallels between tending the fire of a woodstove and tending the conditions of a meditation and yoga practice. And in gratitude […]