Wild Heart Meditation Center

In this episode WH facilitator Madeline Finn offers a guided meditation on self compassion.

May I open to any parts of me that are hurting

May I care for any parts of me that are hurting

May I be fre…

In this episode WH facilitator Madeline Finn offers a guided meditation on mindfulness of feeling tone. 

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https:…

In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on metta, or loving kindness towards self. The phrases used are:

May I be at ease.

May I be at peace.

May I be kind and gentle with myself.

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In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers a guided mindfulness of breathing meditation. 

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartm…

In this episode, Andrew provides an overview of the Buddha's powerful teachings on the Four Brahmaviaras (The Heart Practices). These are sometimes referred to as the sublime states or the Four Immea…

In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers the closing talk of WHMC's Interdependence Day Weekend Retreat held in Bay St. Louis, MS on July 6th-9th, 2023 with Flowering Lotus Meditation. 

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In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers an instructional talk and guided meditation on compassion. This talk was given as the second morning instructions of WHMC's Interdependence Day Weekend Retre…

The first evening of the Interdependence Weekend Retreat, Andrew talks about the Wisdom of Dissatisfaction and how the dharma encourages us to embrace the difficulties in our lives rather than always…

In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers an instructional talk and guided meditation on metta or loving kindness. This talk was given as the first afternoon instructions of WHMC's Interdependence Da…

On the first day of the WHMC Interdependence Weekend Retreat, Andrew offers instructions on mindfulness of breathing. Enjoy!

Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in N…

In this episode, Rev. Mikey Noechel offers a talk on tanha which is the cause of suffering. Tanha is often translated to mean craving, thirst or addiction and is the second of the Four Noble Truths. …

In this episode, Andrew talks about the 3 skills that we are essentially cultivating in our meditation practice: 1. concentration, 2. investigation, and 3. equanimity. These are three aspects of medi…

In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers a talk on the 1st Noble Truth, the truth of dukkha. Dukkha is often translated as pain, suffering, or stress. This is what the Buddha described dukkha as in …

Andrew finishes up the series on the Buddha's teaching of "The 3 Marks of Existence: Dukkha, Annica, and Anatta". In this talk he speaks on the topic of non-self. How can we take our thoughts, mind s…

In this episode Jennifer Wang and Rev. Mikey Noechel team up to discuss the role of discipline in meditation practice. They explore how effect, integrity, and discipline brings upon spiritual joy. Pe…

Flowering Lotus Meditation will be hosting our Interdependence Day Compassion Meditation Retreat on July 6-9, 2023 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. In this episode, Beth Herzig from Flowering Lotus Med…

In this episode Rev. Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on the 3rd foundation of mindfulness: mindfulness of the mind. This talk is a part of a series on the Satipatthana Sutta which is the d…

In this episode, Andrew continues a series of talks on "The Three Marks of Existence". This is his second talk on "Dukkha", where we dive into the topic of craving and clinging. Enjoy!

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Andrew continues a series of talks on "The 3 Marks of Existence" speaking on the topic of Dukkha. Perhaps the first teaching that the Buddha offered was on the nature of our unhappiness and dissatisf…

In this episode Kit Canlas offers a talk on engaged Buddhism in response to the Nashville school shooting and the political violence which followed. Kit offers reflections on clear seeing, non-violen…