For the Moment

Konda Mason is a dharma teacher and social justice activist. For our Buddhism and Ecology summit this past spring, Mason led a guided meditation on being present with the natural world. This practice helps us connect more deeply with nature by using all of our senses. On September 14, tune in for another practice from the Buddhism and Ecology Summit, led by Tara Brach.

Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student. Today, she will guide us through a short practice to help us come to peace with what we can't change – and ground our actions in what we do have control over.

Today, Kimberly Brown, a meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student, will guide us through a short practice on metta, or lovingkindness. Brown encourages us to extend metta to all beings in our lives—including people who we may not like or agree with. This is the second of three practices from Kimberly Brown that we'll be releasing over the next several weeks. Tune in on August 24th for Part Three, Accepting What We Can't Change.

Meditation teacher and longtime Buddhist student Kim Brown teaches us how to work with anger by moving toward, noticing, receiving, and loving sensations as they arise. This is the first of three practices on anger from Kim Brown that we'll be releasing over the next several weeks. Tune in on August 10th for Part Two, Loving the People You Don't Like.

Loch Kelly is an author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist. In this short practice, Kelly demonstrates a technique for pain relief through “Effortless Mindfulness,” a synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions, contemporary psychology, and current neuroscience.

Abdi Assadi is a spiritual counselor in his 37th year of clinical practice. In this short practice, he guides us through grounding our conscious awareness in our physical body.

Andrea Fella is a teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. In this short practice, she guides us through experiencing emotions on a bodily level in order to transform and release stress.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the technique of welcoming-offering, which can help foster compassionate exchange within our relationships.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates awareness of the outbreath as a path to open and relaxed presence.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the use of “panoramic vision,” a relaxation technique to help us take in our environment with increased openness and clarity.

Lama Karma is the spiritual director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In this short practice, he demonstrates the use of gentle touch to integrate body and breath, forming a bridge to open awareness.

Deborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation and engaged dharma teacher, author, activist, and founder of nonprofit organization Mindful Living Revolution. In this short practice, Tull guides us to an “ocean of awareness,” where we can slow down and rest in the stable yet ever-changing waters of consciousness.

Deborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation and engaged dharma teacher, author, activist, and founder of nonprofit organization Mindful Living Revolution. In this short practice, Tull teaches us how to connect with the earth as a collective ancestor throughout “deep time,” increasing our capability for ecological stewardship, gratitude, and reverence.

Deborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation and engaged dharma teacher, author, activist, and founder of nonprofit organization Mindful Living Revolution. In this short practice, Tull teaches us how to be “deeply rooted like a tree,” allowing us to embody both groundedness and flexibility.

Jaya Rudgard is a teacher at Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts. With Christina Feldman, she teaches Tricycle's online course The Seven Factors of Awakening. In this practice, Jaya shows us how mindfulness can help us lay a strong foundation for the cultivation of further freedom and understanding.

Gil Fronsdal is a Soto Zen and Theravada teacher who teaches at the Insight Meditation Center and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. In this episode, he offers a practice to help us acknowledge, feel, and soften toward our felt experience.

Jessica Angima is a first-generation Kenyan American cultural producer and healing artist who teaches meditation. In this episode, she offers a method of self-inquiry to help release unhelpful mental formations and respond to anxiety with wisdom.

Lama Karma is a teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is the director of Milarepa Retreat Center in Happy Valley, Tennessee and also works with the Middle Way School in Saugerties, New York. In this episode, he shares a short meditation on exploring the space of the heart and the unique power of intention.

Jessica Angima is a first-generation Kenyan American cultural producer and healing artist who teaches meditation. In this episode, she shares a practice for anyone who needs help finding joy in meditation so that they can establish, or return to, a daily practice.

Dekila Chungyalpa is a conservation scientist and director of the Loka Initiative, a faith-based, climate-activism program. In this episode, Dekila shares a practice to strengthen our interconnectedness with the natural world using awareness and breathing. This audio practice is provided by Healthy Minds Innovations. You can find more of their practices on the Healthy Minds Program App.

Pamela Weiss is a teacher in the Insight Meditation and Soto Zen Buddhist traditions and the founder of Appropriate Response, an organization dedicated to bringing mindful awareness to the workplace. In this two-part episode, Pamela leads a before and after work meditation to help integrate our practice into our daily life and work. Here's part one, setting an intention before work.

Pamela Weiss is a teacher in the Insight Meditation and Soto Zen Buddhist traditions and the founder of Appropriate Response, an organization dedicated to bringing mindful awareness to the workplace. In this two-part episode, Pamela leads a before and after work meditation to help integrate our practice into our daily life and work. Here's part two, reflecting on our intention after work.

Mindy Newman is a psychotherapist and a meditation teacher at the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. In this episode, Mindy leads a walking meditation to help cultivate love and compassion for all beings we may encounter.

Sumi Loundon Kim is the Buddhist chaplain at Yale University and a long-time student of the Theravada tradition. In this episode, Sumi leads a family bedtime meditation on lovingkindness that can be practiced with children.

Loch Kelly is an author, Buddhist teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. In this episode, Loch leads us through a meditation on welcoming and liberating fear.

Valerie Brown guides us through the Plum Village's practice of the Three Earth Touchings to help us heal from within. Valerie is a former prosecutor and a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. This is the fourth in a four-part series on the Three Earth Touchings practice. Here is the Third Earth Touching on letting go of limitations.

Valerie Brown guides us through the Plum Village's practice of the Three Earth Touchings to help us heal from within. Valerie is a former prosecutor and a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. This is the third in a four-part series on the Three Earth Touchings practice. Here is the Second Earth Touching on connecting with all people.

Valerie Brown is a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. She is also a leadership coach and former prosecutor. This four-part series begins with an introduction to the Plum Village's Three Earth Touchings practice, followed by each of the Earth Touchings individually. The first practice will be on connecting with our ancestors. The second will be on connecting with all people that are alive in the world. And the third practice is on letting go of the notion of a limited lifespan and body. This is a mindfulness practice to accompany the article, “How to Fight Without Hating.”

Mindfulness teacher Jessica Angima leads a meditation on how to approach strong emotions—like anger, sadness, or fear—with honesty and compassion. Jessica is a first-generation Kenyan American cultural producer and healing artist, working in the modality of meditation.

Today's practice comes from Craig Hase. Craig holds a PhD in counseling psychology, and has spent years practicing in the traditions of Zen, Vipassana, and Vajrayana Buddhism.

Mona Chopra, a meditation teacher and acupuncturist, offers a lovingkindness meditation inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Psychiatrist, longtime Buddhist practitioner, and author Mark Epstein shares a visualization practice.

Theravada monk and Metta Forest Monastery abbot Thanissaro Bhikkhu offers a meditation for settling into one's practice and making oneself at home in the mind.

Marcy Vaughn is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than 40 years. She is a senior student of the Bon Buddhist master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and a senior teacher in Tenzin Wangyal's non-sectarian 3 Doors Academy. This is the third of three practices, modeled on the three doors to the inner refuge: Stillness (of the body), Silence (of speech), and Spaciousness (of mind and heart).

Marcy Vaughn is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than 40 years. She is a senior student of the Bon Buddhist master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and a senior teacher in Tenzin Wangyal's non-sectarian 3 Doors Academy. This is the second of three practices, modeled on the three doors to the inner refuge: Stillness (of the body), Silence (of speech), and Spaciousness (of mind and heart).

Marcy Vaughn is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism for more than 40 years. She is a senior student of the Bon Buddhist master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and a senior teacher in Tenzin Wangyal's non-sectarian 3 Doors Academy. This is the first of three practices, modeled on the three doors to the inner refuge. The first practice will be Stillness (of the body), followed by Silence (of speech), and ending with Spaciousness (of mind and heart).

Welcome to this new podcast from Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, featuring short practices tailored to the present moment.