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 some of the mistaken beliefs about the practice of meditation.
You’ll learn how meditation is not a quick fix for your problems, is not about escaping reality and how this practice…
This talk explores the art of new beginnings.
You’ll learn how important it is to embrace your first reaction when things change, how to soften and release the past, how to open to new possibilitie…
This talk explores mindful strategies for overcoming procrastination. You’ll learn different ways we put things off, what gets in the way of the flow state, what flow feels like and for me, the most…
This talk explores how to work with acute anxiety.
You’ll learn how to identify the triggers that cause feelings of overwhelm and some strategies for working panic, whether it be for yourself or wh…
This talk explores the fundamental elements of fear and how to release what is between you and feeling free.
You’ll learn about the essential nature of anxiety, the cause and the release of sufferi…
This talk explores strategies for working with fear and anxiety.
You’ll learn how you can move from threat mode to opportunity mode and strategies for working with fear and anxiety in the body as wel…
This talk explores the art of working with anxiety and dread.
You’ll learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy fear, the roots of fear and some strategies for transforming the experience of …
This talk explores the difference between luck and karma.
You’ll learn how a mindfulness practice may help you cultivate a clearer intention, recognize opportunities and help you more quickly reset w…
This talk explores the tenth of the ten perfections.
You’ll learn how you cannot make steadiness and serenity happen, but can create the conditions that allow this inner state to arise. When you re…
The talk explores the power of loving kindness.
You’ll learn how to be more of a well-wisher to all, some techniques to more effectively express kindness in the world and a reflection on what might h…
This talk explores the power of grit.
You’ll learn the importance of first creating goals that are fully aligned with your heart and spirit and then developing your capacity to stay on your path, d…
This talk explores how to attune to what is true.
You’ll learn how to discern between conventional and eternal truth, two essential teachings of truth and how to use your relationships and wise speec…
This talk explores how to cultivate the quality of patience and self-restraint.
You’ll learn about the power of refraining from those who have caused you harm, how to endure hardship, how to cultiv…
This talk explores how to cultivate vitality, courage and resilience in your life.
You’ll learn how you can manage the energy you have and how to build vigor and confidence to pursue that which cal…
This talk explores how to cultivate wisdom and insight.
You’ll learn about the importance of cultivating the wise heart, what gets in the way of seeing clearly, the anatomy of an insight and how to…
This talk explores the potential of mindful renunciation.
You’ll learn how critically important it is to know what is most important, cultivate the thoughts, behaviors and actions that will bring a…
This talk explores how paying attention to your behavior can support you in your life.
You’ll learn how all traditions have guidelines regarding your moral behavior, how morality is often based on …
This talk explores the power of cultivating an attitude of love and care in your life.
You’ll learn what the Buddha said about giving, how intimately receiving is connected to generosity, the shado…
This talk explores some practices for cultivating embodied compassion and care.
You’ll explore what means to ‘heal’ as well as a few ‘deep dives’ - first into a chakra scan then a scan through the…
This talk explores how to investigate the inner energy centers through the lens of mindfulness.
You’ll learn about the chakras, a bit on the origins of different approaches, the components of each …