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Jonathan Foust

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.

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every 7 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
61
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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Beyond the Witness:  From Watching to Being

Beyond the Witness: From Watching to Being

This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self.

You’ll learn how the witness can free you from the tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can…

00:45:39  |   Sun 30 Mar 2025
How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation.

 

You’ll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it mea…

00:47:49  |   Fri 21 Mar 2025
Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

This talk explores the theme of ‘ancient future technologies,’ in particular the role of psychedelic-assisted therapy and meditation.

You’ll learn about research currently being done, a bit on the hi…

00:43:03  |   Tue 11 Mar 2025
Practice Questions with Tara and Jonathan, Part 1 [archive]

Practice Questions with Tara and Jonathan, Part 1 [archive]

Given these wild times, it's more important than ever to find ways to keep your practice rich and engaged.

Tara Brach adn Jonathan Foust take on a number of real-time questions on practice in challen…

00:58:40  |   Fri 07 Mar 2025
Your Obstacles Are the Path: Finding Grace in Difficulty

Your Obstacles Are the Path: Finding Grace in Difficulty

This talk explores the possibility of ‘problems’ as profound opportunities for growth and expansion.

 

You’ll learn the importance of equanimity, cultivating convergent and divergent thinking and dee…

00:42:24  |   Thu 27 Feb 2025
Do Unto Others: Mindfulness and the Golden Rule

Do Unto Others: Mindfulness and the Golden Rule

This talk explores how to apply the Golden Rule in the context of mindfulness practice.

 

You’ll learn how this timeless guidance ties into the practice of compassion (Karuna), interconnectedness (De…

00:35:58  |   Tue 11 Feb 2025
Seeing Clearly Into the Nature of Reality:  Retreat Talk

Seeing Clearly Into the Nature of Reality: Retreat Talk

This talk, from an IMCW Spring retreat, explores what happens when you deeply relax and pay attention to your moment-to-moment experience.

 

You’ll learn about the process of settling attention in th…

01:00:01  |   Tue 04 Feb 2025
The Illusion of Self:  How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom

The Illusion of Self: How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom

This talk explores how the most simple mindfulness practices point to liberation.

 

You’ll learn about the destination of cultivating present-moment awareness, understanding the nature of impermanenc…

00:38:18  |   Wed 29 Jan 2025
The Living Process Interview:  A Conversation with Dr. Greg Madison

The Living Process Interview: A Conversation with Dr. Greg Madison

Dr. Greg Madison is the founder of “The Living Process” and in this interview we explore the fusion Focusing and how somatic inquiry runs through the traditions of yoga and meditation.

I share a good…

01:11:29  |   Tue 14 Jan 2025
The How Of Now:  How to be More Present in Tumultuous Times

The How Of Now: How to be More Present in Tumultuous Times

This talk from 2022 explores the doorways from moving from fear and pain to a sense of ease and freedom.

 

You’ll learn how the conditioned self is dedicated to survival and self-preservation, the ro…

00:46:23  |   Tue 07 Jan 2025
Aligning with Your Purpose:  The Annual ‘North Star’ Review

Aligning with Your Purpose: The Annual ‘North Star’ Review

What does it mean to live a life of integrity?

 

You’ll learn the importance of defining your North Star and explore some helpful models that can help you refine what worked, what didn’t work and wha…

00:40:26  |   Fri 20 Dec 2024
How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 2:  Practices for Cultivating Steadiness

How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 2: Practices for Cultivating Steadiness

More on how to keep you keel in the water when navigating uncertainty.

 

You’ll learn some practical strategies for finding ‘refuge,’ a place of presence, particularly accessing Wisdom - clear seeing…

00:38:02  |   Tue 10 Dec 2024
How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 1:  Practices for Cultivating Steadiness

How to Surf the Waves of Uncertainty, Part 1: Practices for Cultivating Steadiness

This talk explores how you might cultivate greater steadiness in turbulent times.

 

You’ll learn some practical tools for finding refuge in present-moment awareness, in cultivating Witness Consciousn…

00:45:01  |   Tue 03 Dec 2024
Gratitude as a Gateway to Liberation:  The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

Gratitude as a Gateway to Liberation: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

This talk explores how tapping into gratitude can truly transform your life.

You’ll learn how you can overcome your innate instinct toward self-centeredness and self-preservation and how you can chan…

00:42:19  |   Tue 26 Nov 2024
Happiness and Your True Nature

Happiness and Your True Nature

This talk explores happiness as your essential nature.

You’ll learn how the intention to be truly happy cultivates clarity, wisdom and the realization of the inter-connectedness of your life. 

This t…

00:42:13  |   Thu 21 Nov 2024
The Balance of Resilience and Surrender

The Balance of Resilience and Surrender

This talk explores how to find the equilibrium between skillful action and skillful release.

 

You’ll learn how much of meditation practice (and life) calls for focus and sustained attention. But too…

00:46:56  |   Tue 12 Nov 2024
How to Keep Your Meditation Practice Alive and Thriving, Part Two

How to Keep Your Meditation Practice Alive and Thriving, Part Two

This talk is a continuation of how to bring aliveness to your practice. 

 

You’ll learn some inner practices as well as the invaluable qualities of finding like-minded people and the impact community…

00:46:01  |   Wed 06 Nov 2024
How to Keep Your Meditation Practice Alive and Thriving, Part One

How to Keep Your Meditation Practice Alive and Thriving, Part One

This talk explore how to cultivate inspiration in your practice, particularly when it gets challenging.  

You’ll learn why we stop practicing and a variety of tips, tricks and techniques for keeping …

00:47:46  |   Thu 31 Oct 2024
Letting Go, Letting Be and Surrendering to Presence (Retreat Talk)

Letting Go, Letting Be and Surrendering to Presence (Retreat Talk)

This talk is from the fifth evening of a week-long Vipassana Retreat.

You’ll learn how meditation increases your sensitivity to how you hold on, how the intention to let go can set in motion a proces…

00:56:15  |   Thu 24 Oct 2024
My Interview with Shawn Parell:  Somatic Inquiry and the Evolution of Practice

My Interview with Shawn Parell: Somatic Inquiry and the Evolution of Practice

Here’s my interview with the wonderful Shawn Parell, a wonderful teacher, guide and passionate student of the dharma.

We discuss the evolution of practice, the power of somatic awareness, how to bala…

00:57:04  |   Wed 09 Oct 2024
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