Senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan Foust share weekly talks, guided meditations and inquiries that explore how to cultivate an awakened heart and mind.
This talk explores how to embrace impermanence.
You’ll learn about the inevitability of change and how understanding your reactivity and biases can help you access a quality of awareness that can h…
This talk explores the nature of ‘true nature.’
You’ll learn more about the nature of ‘true nature,’ what gets in the way of experiencing this primal quality of being and some doorways of practice …
This talk explores the mechanics for entering the flow state.
You’ll learn the role mindfulness plays in setting up the flows state, a review of triggers that can be helpful, how applying the princ…
This talk explores what it means to be in flow.
You’ll 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…
This talk explores the power of willful attention inwardly as well as in the world.
You’ll learn some strategies for inner focus in your meditation as well as some outer focus to cultivate sustaine…
This talk explores the power of willful attention.
You’ll learn what the Buddha said about concentration and liberation, some essential practices for deepening focus and how skillfully applying con…
This talk explores the power of streaming thoughts toward love, compassion, kindness, joy and equanimity.
You’ll learn about the origin of the heart practices, how here love starts as a thought and…
This talk explores the practice of Bare Attention and how suffering ceases in the experience of gratitude. You’ll learn about the distinction of the linear mind and the intuitive mind, the practice …
This talk explores how to deconstruct beliefs. You’ll learn about the origin of thoughts and beliefs, the art of interrupting the stream of thinking, the art of deconstructing beliefs and the import…
This talk explores the power of noting or labeling your inner experience. You’ll learn how you can cut through discursive thinking by training your attention to the sense fields, but also what it me…
This talk explores how to cut through the trance of thinking. You’ll learn how turning toward awareness itself reveals how much you rely on thinking and some practical strategies using embodied awar…
A few years back, Tracy retired and thought to himself, “What would happen if I practiced at home with the same intensity as I would on retreat?”
He was inspired to practice the “Elephant Path,” a …
This conversation is with Jeff Fajans—a creative momentum coach, seasoned musician, and PhD‑backed creative performance researcher—who helps creative people bring their biggest ideas to life.
Whet…
As your practice deepens, you may begin to notice you are less identified with your thoughts. 'Observing without judgement' can open all kinds of new possibilities.
This talk explores some strat…
Mindfulness practice can get dry and rote. When you remember why you are practicing you'll reconnect with your passion and deepest intention. When you can sustain your practice, you may notice a nu…
This talk explores how to manage your energy as you pursue your aspirations.
You’ll learn about four guidelines: How to prevent unwholesome states before they arise, how to let go of unwholesome s…
This interview with Ray and Tara explores how to work with the deepest challenges of sickness, old age and death.
You’ll learn how Ray and Tara are working with Ray’s diagnosis of glioblastoma a ye…
The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your relationship to the here and now.
You'll learn my favorite…
The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present. How do we do this?
I share some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with…
This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release.
Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho’oponopono, it introduces four phrases that guide your attention to:
• Tak…