Jos Loves Buddha: Guided Meditations for the Moon's Phases

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Hosted by Joslyn B. Hitter, Jos Loves Buddha: The Podcast offers guided meditations for each phase of the moon - new, quarter, full - along with the equinoxes and solstices. Joslyn is an Insight Meditation teacher with a masters degree in depth psychology and somatic studies, In each episode, Joslyn offers a short dharma talk that can touch on seasonal changes in the natural world, mythology, and astrology as well as a guided meditations as we move through the lunar phases.

Joslyn B. Hitter


    • Nov 1, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 84 EPISODES


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    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Scorpio

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 23:31


    Happy New Moon, and goodbye for now! This meditation is a guided somatics practice in grounding, centering and finding resource.

    A Guided Meditation for the Hunter's Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 37:00


    Happy Full Moon! In this meditation we are practicing Mindfulness of Mind. In this practice we recognize and allow any and all mind states, cultivating a naurally spacious and equanimous mind.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Libra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 24:31


    Happy New Moon! Welcome to Libra season and fully Fall vibes! In this meditation, we are practicing letting go by purposefully letting go of our meditation anchor and actively practicing choiceless awareness.

    A Guided Meditation for the Autumn Equinox

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 24:17


    Happy Autumn Equinox! In this guided meditation, we are practicing mindfulness of sounds.

    A Guided Meditation for the Harvest Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 31:47


    Happy Full Moon and Happy Eclipse Season! In this meditation, we are connecting to the depth and breadth of compassion practice, touching into the strength and courage that is always available to us just below the surface.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Virgo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 23:19


    Happy New Moon! Welcome to Virgo Season! In this meditation we are taking a trauma sensitive self-compassion break, a 15-minute guided practice to hold space for our feelings, connect to our humanity and be a good friend to our own sweet self.

    A Guided Meditation for the Cutter Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 30:48


    Happy Full Moon! For this moon cycle, we are practicing a trauma sensitive body scan meditation. In this meditation there are many modifications offered and invitations to explore and go at your own pace as we soften and relax the body and generally invite a sense of curiosity towards our embodied experience in this moment. 

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Leo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 41:51


    Happy New Moon! In this guided meditation, we are practicing radiating metta to all beings in all directions. This practice is inspired by the classical Burmese style of radiating metta and Bhikku Analayo's sushine analogy.

    A Guided Meditation for the Thunder Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 22:08


    Happy Full Moon! Welcome to the Thunder Moon! In this guided meditation, we are practicing a natural form of equanimity by remembering that we are the ocean, and the waves of pleasure and pain, gain and loss are just that, waves.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 26:25


    Happy New Moon! Welcome to the season of feeling our feelings wisely and compassionately. This meditation is here to guide us towards cultivating a softer and gentler relationship to our emotional landscape.

    A Guided Meditation for the Strawberry Moon and Summer Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 22:53


    Happy Full Moon and Happy Summer Solstice! In this guided meditation, we are practicing seeing things clearly and wisely. We are inviting a reflection throughout our practice that whatever is happening is natural and okay, because it is just what is happening right now.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Gemini

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 29:36


    Happy New Moon! In this guided meditation, we are practicing Mindfulness of Breathing with a focus on experiencing and calming body sensations, mental activity, and touching into the spacious and empty nature of mind.

    A Guided Meditation for the Flower Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 25:53


    Happy Flower Moon! In this guided meditation, we will be cultivating gratitude. We are practicing connecting to inner and outer beauty and appreciating our good fortune. 

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Taurus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 30:02


    Happy New Moon! In this guided meditation, we are continuing our loving kindness practice by practicing metta for self. We are practicing being worthy of kindness, compassion and love just as we are in this moment.

    A Guided Meditation for the Full Moon in Scorpio

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 28:29


    Happy Full Moon! For this full moon meditation, we will be doing a compassionate breathing practice. In this practice we will be cultivating our soft power by deliberately practicing non-reactivity and genuine care for all beings.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Aries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 30:48


    Happy New Moon! In this guided meditation, we are practicing equanimity, loving-kindness and compassion. As we launch into a new cycle, we are remembering our intentions to wish people well, be kind and gentle, and let go whenever possible.

    A Guided Meditation for the Full Moon in Libra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 24:31


    Happy Full Moon! In this guided meditation, we are cultivating generosity by practicing wishing loving kindness to our friends.

    A Guided Meditation for the Spring Equinox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 27:05


    Happy Spring Equinox! For this extra special equinox meditation, we are practicing cultivating joy together :-)

    A Guided Meditation for the Full Moon in Virgo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 27:16


    Happy Full Moon! In this guided meditation, we will be finding harmony between the earth and water element, working with opposing forces to find balance and create ease.

    A Guided Meditation for the Lunar New Year and New Moon in Aquarius

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 18:22


    Welcome to the year of the Wood Dragon! Happy Lunar New Year and Happy New Moon in Aquarius. For this guided meditation, we will be working with the element of Wood in Chinese Medicine. Wood is represented by the energy of spring: the time of year when green buds push burst from the ground. For this meditation, we will be working on cultivating this type of new, fresh and vibrant bright green energy in our meditation practice.

    A Guided Meditation for the Full Moon in Leo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 32:47


    Welcome to the first Full Moon of 2024! The Abenaki people refer to this moon as the Greetings Moon, recognizing a traditional practice of greeting friends, family and community members with the phrase: "Anhaldamawi kassi palilawaholan." When translated into English, its meaning is "Forgive me for any wrong I may have done you." This Full Moon meditation will feature a forgiveness practice that I have adapted from the Insight Meditation tradition.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Capricorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 22:02


    Happy New Year, Happy New Moon! For this new moon meditation, we will practice beginning again with a back to basics Mindfulness Meditation. 

    A Guided Meditation for the Cold Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 19:30


    Happy Full Moon! In this meditation, we will be cultivating compassion because it is never a bad time to become more skilled at giving and receiving kindness, love, and compassion.

    A Guided Meditation for the Winter Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 24:46


    Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome to hermit season! As we celebrate this moment of perfect stillness, I invite us to savor our goodness and rejoice in the beauty of the winter season.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Sagittarius

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 28:42


    Happy New Moon! Welcome to the season of gathering by the fire and sharing in our own well-being. In this guided meditation, we will work with fire element in traditional and creative ways.

    A Guided Meditation for the Freezing River Maker Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 18:45


    Happy Full Moon! In this meditation we will be working with water element and letting go, sending any difficulties downstream.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Scorpio

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 24:06


    Happy New Moon! Welcome to the season of celebrating the darkness! In this guided meditation, we will embrace quiet stillness and find clarity by calming and quieting our minds through a mindfulness of breathing practice.

    A Guided Meditation for the Hunter's Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 31:24


    Happy Full Moon! This full moon and lunar eclipse is a wonderful opportunity to practice "holding steady." In this meditation, we will cultivate a place of peace and stillness in our own hearts and minds, with the hope that this peace will ripple out to the world around us. May we all learn to be more peaceful. 

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Libra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 29:13


    Happy New Moon in Libra. In this meditation, we are learning how to work with unpleasant feelings. We are practicing how to relax and stay open despite afflictive states of mind and heart. We are coaching ourselves to befriend whatever we are feeling without judgment or reactivity. We learning to "it is okay to feel this."

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Virgo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 28:36


    Welcome to the season of celebration! We have a new moon in Virgo and the launch of a new lunar year in the Jewish calendar. In this guided meditation we will practice working with what is called in Buddhist psychology, the three characteristics of human experience. A fancy way of saying we will practice not taking this personally, not getting resisting change and not getting too caught up when things don't work out according to plan.

    A Guided Meditation for the Corn Maker Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 27:32


    Happy Blue Moon! This guided meditation is a mindfulness of emotions practice geared specifically for working with difficult emotional patterns. We will practice being mindful of a particular emotional pattern and softening and soothing around this pattern with the hopes of building a different and more kind relationships with the emotional patterns that may feel stuck and/or unworkable. 

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Leo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 27:25


    Happy New Moon! In honor of Leo season, I will be guiding us in an equanimity practice. In this practice, we will cultivate an attitude of balance and ease with the ups and downs of this very human life.

    A Guided Meditation for the Cutter Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 39:41


    Happy Full Moon! For this guided meditation, we will embrace the magic of forgiveness practice. We will practice offering and receiving forgiveness for ourselves and for others.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 19:58


    Happy New Moon! For this guided meditation, we will practice flowing with ease. This will be a guided open and spacious awareness practice with an emphasis on flow and ease.

    A Guided Meditation for the Thunder Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 19:04


    Happy Thunder Moon! For this Full Moon Meditation, we are learning together how maintain a steady and continuous application of appropriate energy in our formal meditation practice. We will explore this together by practicing mindfulness meditation in the standing posture.

    A Guided Meditation for the Summer Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 27:37


    Happy Summer Solstice! In honor of the summer season, I will be guiding us in an appreciative joy and gratitude practice. We will have an opportunity to celebrate and delight in all that is going well in our lives and the lives of our beloved beings together.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Gemini

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 20:01


    Happy New Moon dear ones! In this guided meditation we will tune into the particular qualities and aspects that Gemini does best, mainly air element and space element. We will settle ourselves in with a mindfulness of breathing practice and then open our awareness to include the element of space, practicing resting in an open and spacious awareness together. 

    A Guided Meditation for the Strawberry Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 26:23


    Happy Strawberry Moon! For this meditation, I will be guiding us in a basic mindfulness practice where we will connect with different objects in our field of awareness to help us ground and stabilize our attention.

    A Guided Meditation for the Field Maker Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 25:14


    Welcome to the Field Maker Moon! In this guided meditation, we will practice mindfulness of emotions. Together, we will practice recognizing and allowing our emotions, even the sticky and icky ones, giving the emotions space to flow through us so we don't get too stuck in an emotional experience that is naturally coming and going. 

    A Guided Meditation To Welcome Taurus Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 21:44


    Welcome to Taurus Season. In this meditation, we will practice grounding into the earth element internally and externally, as we plant ourselves into the spring season here in the Northern Hemisphere. We will also practice appreciating the natural abundance that surrounds us and offer gratitude for these breathing bodies.

    A Guided Meditation for the Passover Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 21:48


    Happy Passover Moon. In this guided meditation, we are invited to connect with the earth element and ground and settle our nervous systems. We also have an opportunity to practice being with our senses, hearing and smelling and feeling into all the different body sensations to connect more deeply with the natural world this precious spring season.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Aries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 20:18


    Happy New Moon in Aries! In this guided meditation, we will practice cultivating an attitude of generosity. We will tune into the ways in which paying attention is actually a gift, and how being alive and aware is just like being in a circle of generosity. 

    A Guided Meditation for the Spring Equinox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 20:58


    Welcome to the Spring Equinox, a happy moment of perfect balance! In this guided meditation we will practice finding balance and working skillfully with our energy. We will bring our mindful awareness to whatever energy is present and try some fun tips and tricks for how to practice when we are feeling over energized and under energized. 

    A Guided Meditation for the Full Moon in Virgo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 11:59


    Welcome to the Full Moon in Virgo. For our Full Moon Meditation, we will be taking a self-compassion break together. This is a short and sweet practice to acknowledge how hard life can be sometimes, and how the only actually helpful response most of the time is to meet the tough moments with mindfulness supported by compassion.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Pisces

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 24:14


    Welcome to the New Moon in Pisces. For this new moon meditation, we will be practicing a basic mindfulness meditation emphasizing the moments when we have a chance to start over, and making sure we begin again with so much kindness and care. Plus a poem by Joy Harjo to start out meditation with a sense of freshness and newness. 

    A Guided Meditation for the Snow Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 23:56


    Happy Snow Moon! Phew, we made it to the 2nd phase of winter. We are steadily climbing towards the Spring Equinox and more light is coming our way, meanwhile the world is feeling dark as we process mass shootings in California and the brutal death of Tyre Nichols. What do we do with all the feels? I suggest this "Strong Back and Soft Front" Meditation. This is an equanimity and compassion meditation that I learned from the wise elder and abbot of the Upaya Zen Center, Roshi Joan Halifax. Much gratitude and appreciation for Roshi Joan Halifax for sharing this meditation with the world. This is my adaptation of her meditation, thank you Roshi Joan!

    A Guided Meditation for the Lunar New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 23:08


    Welcome to the year of the Water Rabbit! For this meditation we will be practicing with the water element, allowing our practice to flow like water and giving ourselves an opportunity to deepen into our sensitivity and listen to our intuition.

    A Guided Meditation for the Wolf Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 23:34


    Welcome to the Wolf Moon! In this meditation we will be practicing self-compassion, because honestly there is really nothing better we could be doing with our time.

    A Guided Meditation for the New Moon in Capricorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 24:35


    For this New Moon Meditation we will explore how to skillfully work with the quality of determination in our meditation practice. This will be a fairly basic mindfulness meditation where we will practice grounding and anchoring our attention in the body. We will also bring some awareness to our relationship to the object we are using to anchor our attention and see if we connect more firmly with this object, aiming and sustaining our attention in a focused way. We will practice balancing our determination and using just enough effort to sustain mindful awareness and see for ourselves how we can use the quality of determination in a wholesome way in our practice and in our daily lives.

    A Guided Meditation for the Winter Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 23:52


    Welcome to the Winter Solstice, an extra special time of year. For this meditation, we will be practicing equanimity. We will do our best to embrace the quiet and stillness here at the cusp of winter and embody balance, peace and ease while the comings and goings of our busy lives swirls around us.

    A Guided Meditation for the Cold Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 20:47


    For this Full Moon meditation we are cultivating joy and gratitude. We are practicing appreciating what is going well in any given moment and refraining from acting on any ingrained habits or tendencies to judge and find fault with ourselves and others.

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