Podcasts about four foundations

This podcast will be the second part in our series on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Feelings as told by Michael. By noticing how feelings arise and pass, practitioners learn that feelings themselves are not self and that attachment or aversion to them causes suffering. This awareness interrupts habitual reactions and fosters equanimity. 2026-06-16-Michael-mindfulness Young Urban Zen

Kōgetsu Mok leads us through a very powerful breakdown of the first of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: the breath. How does breathing help us to come home to our bodies, our lives, and ourselves? We can maybe see how something as ordinary as the breath can become a doorway to intimacy, humility, connection, and freedom.Not for enlightenment.Not to unravel emptiness.Not to grok some complicated philosophy.Just breathing. The Breath Young Urban Zen

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explores why one would practice meditation in Nature, even when conditions are difficult. Mark explores how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness are beautifully explored in Nature.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explores why one would practice meditation in Nature, even when conditions are difficult. Mark explores how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness are beautifully explored in Nature.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explores why one would practice meditation in Nature, even when conditions are difficult. Mark explores how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness are beautifully explored in Nature.

As a review of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse continues, Susan Baxter focuses on two of the Seven Awakening Factors, Joy and Tranquility.  She describes the characteristics of each factor and the various ways they can be cultivated and brought to the highest potential for Awakening.

FOUR Foundations of Health by Melina Roberts

(True North Insight)

This talk continues reviewing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, focusing on the hindrance of Skeptical Doubt.  Peter describes the difference between beneficial introspective questioning and the “analysis paralysis” experienced when afflicted by Skeptical Doubt.  He reviews the different categories of doubt that traditional Buddhist doctrine provides along with effective antidotes.  The antidote for Skeptical Doubt involves using meditation practice to build confidence in the ability to contend with uncertainty and respond effectively to the changes that occur in life. Here are the notes prepared for this talk:  Understanding Skeptical Doubt

(True North Insight)

This talk explores Wise Awareness as the art of seeing life clearly enough to actually live it. So much of human regret comes not from dramatic mistakes, but from drifting through our days half-awake—disconnected from our bodies, driven by unseen reactions, caught in mental weather, and estranged from what matters most. Drawing on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, we'll explore awareness of body, feeling tone, mind, and the deeper patterns of dharma as direct doorways to freedom. Wise awareness is not passive observation; it is precise, embodied, liberating seeing that brings us back to the vividness of this moment and helps us live with greater authenticity, intimacy, and presence.   You'll learn how to ground attention in the body, recognize feeling tone before it hardens into grasping or aversion, identify mind states without becoming trapped inside them, and see the lawful patterns of impermanence, suffering, and not-self unfolding in real time. We'll explore how mindfulness interrupts automatic living and reveals a more deliberate, wholehearted way of being. By the end, you'll have practical ways to deepen awareness in everyday life so that you are not merely getting through your days, but inhabiting them fully—with clarity, freedom, and fewer regrets.

This presentation by Lezlie Laws continues a series of talks reviewing the elements of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse.  Restlessness and Worry, commonly known as one of the Five Hindrances, has two characteristics: restlessness, a felt sense of scattered, agitated attention, and worry, the story that accompanies the agitation, seeming to justify and make the hindrance stronger and more controlling of attention.  Lezlie offers suggestions for setting this hindrance aside, cultivating a more serene and open-minded flow of consciousness.

During this talk, Susan Baxter continues the review by our teachers of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse.  After reviewing the overall structure of the Sutta, she focuses on the first of the Five Hindrances, Sense Desire, which investigates the distress and confusion associated with craving pleasant feelings.  She then describes how skillful attention and letting go can effectively set aside the untrained mind’s strong desire for pleasant experience to be controlled.  Part of the discussion focuses on how the over-activation of parts of the brain associated with feelings can lead to addiction, along with how mindfulness of breathing meditation and other wholesome mental conditions can effectively set aside sense desire.

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This talk, provided by Lezlie Laws, continues reviewing elements of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, focusing in the Third Foundation, Mindfulness of the Mind.  Lezlie uses a Zen question to foster internal understanding of how the mind creates a self:  “What Is This?”  The question is not intended to be abstract and intellectual, but rather to invite direct subjective knowledge of how the mind is created in and ongoing way. During the talk, Lezlie refers to a YouTube interview involving Ezra Klein and Stephen Batchelor, a well-respected Buddhist teacher and author who suggests the value of this question.  Here is a URL recording that conversation:  https://secularbuddhistnetwork.org/ezra-klein-interviews-stephen-batchelor-on-what-is-this/

We return to the foundations of Buddhist practice by exploring the Five Aggregates — material form (rupa), feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formations (sankhara), and consciousness (vinnana) — the components that make up what we call the “self.” From this understanding, we examine how the Four Foundations of Mindfulness arise: mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, and Dhamma.The talk emphasizes that whichever object becomes most prominent — body, feeling, or mind — can serve as the doorway to insight. With steady mindfulness, supported by effort and concentration, wisdom gradually develops. Like polishing a tarnished brass bowl, repeated and continuous practice removes layers of defilement accumulated over countless lives.Through persistent cultivation of the Noble Eightfold Path, each moment of precise mindfulness becomes a stroke of the paddle carrying us across the ocean of samsara toward Nibbana. A practical reminder of what truly matters in the journey of insight meditation.YouTube Video LinkYouTube Channel Link Website:www.satipatthana.caDonations and Memberships

In this episode, we revisit what you can control in golf and what you cannot control, and how it's crucial in your development as a player. We talk about the big five from Jon's book The Four Foundations of Golf, and you'll get some much-needed perspective on your game. Thank you to our show sponsor Pestie Pestie delivers pro-grade, customized pest control right to your door — the same treatment the pros use, tailored to your location, season, and climate. The DIY kit includes everything you need — sprayer, mixing bag, pesticide, gloves, and simple instructions — and takes less than 10 minutes to apply, with no contracts or service appointments required. It's kid-and-pet-friendly when used as directed, eliminates over 100 types of bugs, and starts at just $35 per treatment — backed by a 100% bug-free guarantee. Keep the bugs away with Pestie. Go to https://pestie.com/SWEETSPOTS for 10% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this first of a series of talks reviewing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, a key teaching in all the Buddhist traditions.  Peter describes the repetitive passages in each of the foundations were required for centuries in a pre-literate culture.  He reviews how some of those passages have profound importance for understanding and practicing what is in the discourse. Here are the notes prepared for the talk:  Overview of the Satipatthana Sutta Here is an excellent translation of the Sutta:  Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta by Thanissaro

During this talk, Susan Baxter contributes to an ongoing review of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, focusing on the first foundation, mindfulness of the body.  Susan provides a personalized view of the benefits of scanning attention through the body when confronted by a chronically painful medical condition.  This review includes comments by those participating in the meeting.

This is the first of several Dharma talks that review what many believe is the most important teaching of early Buddhism, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse.  Peter reviews the general history and overall structure of the teaching, emphasizing various repetitive phrases and providing explanations of the archaic wording to make the teaching more accessible for a contemporary student.  Next week, Susan Baxter will review the first Foundation, Mindfulness of the Body, including how the Sutta describes the practice of anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing meditation. Here are the notes prepared for this talk:  Overview of the Satipatthana Sutta Here is a translation of the Sutta, as rendered by Bhikkhu Analayo, a preeminent Buddhist scholar and teacher:  ANALAYO TRANSLATES THE SATIPATTHÃNA SUTTA

This talk is part of a series reviewing the Four Noble Truths by April Koester, specifically focused on Right Mindfulness.  During the talk she reads sections of the Satipatthana Sutta, which translates as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness a key teaching within Buddhism.  Her comments are followed up by questions and comments from those attending the meeting. Here are the notes April prepared for the presentation, including access references regarding important articles and books that are organized around the Satipatthana Sutta:  Talk Notes_ Right Mindfulness as Strategic Agency (1)

Metta-Vipassana is an integrated practice that unites the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Vipassana) with Metta practices (Brahmavihāras). Vipassana meditation (insight or mindfulness practice) connects the richness of our shared human experience with the immediacy of moment-to-moment awareness. As the body and mind learn to settle, intuitive wisdom emerges. This wisdom allows us to fully open to the entirety of each moment, both within and around us. By cultivating this openness, we increase our capacity and interest in meeting life's joys and sorrows with ease and presence.Metta practice (kind-friendliness) calls forth and strengthens beautiful spiritual emotions within the heart: kindness, care, joy, and equanimity. Mindfulness of these qualities helps bring them to full fruition. This process directs our life's energy toward awakening our full potential, providing a stable foundation for contentment, purpose, and meaning...thus I have heard. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/schedule/  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.

(Gaia House) Wisdom, truth, relinquishment and peace, leading to no longer being swept over by the tides of conceiving.

Trechos do texto “The Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness “, de Bhikkhu Bodhi.Jeffrey Block ou Bhikkhu Bodhi, é escritor, tradutor e monge budista da tradição Theravada.Nascido em Nova York no ano de 1944 e criado em uma família judaica, Jeffrey desenvolveu um interesse pelo conhecimento oriental durante os seus anos de faculdade de Filosofia.Em 1967, enquanto ainda era um estudante, foi ordenado monge sramanera na ordem do budismo Mahayana vietnamita. Em 1972 concluiu sua pós-graduação em filosofia pela Claremont Graduate School, e logo após viajou ao Sri Lanka onde, através do mestre Ananda Maitreya, recebeu ordenação monástica do budismo Theravada.Ao longo dos anos, Bodhi mergulhou no estudo das escrituras Pali e Budistas e contribuiu incansavelmente para a disseminação dos ensinamentos budistas no Ocidente, desempenhando um papel fundamental na tradução de textos importantes para o inglês.Os ensinamentos de Bhikkhu Bodhi concentram-se nos princípios fundamentais do Budismo Theravada, como as Quatro Nobres Verdades e o Nobre Caminho Óctuplo.Conhecido por sua clareza de expressão e sua capacidade de tornar conceitos budistas profundos acessíveis a um público amplo, Bhikkhu Bodhi transmite em seus ensinamentos um compromisso com a ação compassiva, encorajando os praticantes a integrar o Dharma em suas vidas diárias e a se envolverem em esforços para aliviar o sofrimento, tanto a nível individual como social.

Deuteronomy 6 is a pivotal chapter emphasizing Israel's exclusive devotion to one God, summarized by the Shema (vv. 4-5): "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one," commanding love for God with all your heart, soul, and might, and giving instructions for how to internalize and teach these words to future generations. As we dig deeper into verses 4-7, we find four foundational principles for parents to apply in their homes: Know the Lord, Love the Lord, Know God's Word, Teach God's Word.

What does it take to build a life that withstands the storms? This exploration of Proverbs 14 takes us deep into the architecture of a godly life, revealing that everything begins with the foundation we lay. Just as a construction crew wouldn't dream of placing a building on unstable ground, we cannot expect our lives to flourish without first establishing ourselves on four critical foundations: reverence, wisdom, stability, and character. The opening verse presents us with the image of a wise woman building her house—a powerful metaphor for how we construct our entire existence. When we fear the Lord with deep respect and reverence, we're not cowering in terror but standing in awe of His majesty, much like children who have a healthy respect for loving parents. This fear becomes the bedrock upon which everything else is built. The message challenges us to move beyond impulsive living toward discernment, to establish consistent rhythms in our spiritual lives rather than chasing perfection, and to recognize that our character—how we treat the McDonald's employee during a frustrating wait or how we speak to our neighbor—matters eternally. The truth is, more is caught than taught. Our lives become living testimonies, and when we root ourselves deeply in God's Word, we create a foundation that cannot be shaken, even when the winds blow and the floods come.**Sermon Notes: Building a Foundation (Proverbs 14)****Detailed Notes:**1. **Introduction to Proverbs 14:**  - The speaker notes a shift in Proverbs' structure and approach to this chapter.  - A thematic exploration of Proverbs 14, focusing on building a foundation.2. **Four Foundations:**  - **Reverence:**    - Defined as a deep respect/fear of the Lord.   - Wisdom and reverence set as crucial for a strong spiritual foundation.   - Proverbs 14:1-2 discusses the wise woman building her house with reverence.   - Verses 26-27 highlight the benefits of revering God (confidence and refuge).  - **Wisdom:**   - Emphasizes discernment over impulses.   - Wisdom involves prudent decision-making (Proverbs 14:8, 15).   - A caution against following worldly wisdom rather than God's wisdom.  - **Stability:**   - Importance of a stable foundation likened to Matthew 7's parable of building on a rock.   - Proverbs 14:11 contrasts the house of the wicked with the tent of the upright.   - Encourage development of healthy rhythms and consistency in spiritual practices.  - **Character:**   - Focus on speech, compassion, and peacefulness (Proverbs 14:3, 21, 30).   - Character impacts how we treat others and respond to life situations.3. **Summary of Proverbs 14:**  - A reader's perspective after detailed examination: listen through the lens of building a strong foundation.  - Establishing life on God's word forms a foundation that influences personal life and those around you.**Practical Applications:**1. **Reverence:**  - Cultivate a daily practice of reflecting on God's greatness to foster a respectful fear and deepen your spiritual foundation.2. **Wisdom:**  - Practice discerning choices by consulting scripture and seeking godly counsel before making significant decisions.3. **Stability:**  - Establish consistent spiritual habits, such as daily devotionals or attending church, to create a stable foundation.4. **Character:**  - Be intentional about speaking truthfully and acting compassionately, reflecting Christ-like behavior in your daily interactions.**Discussion Questions:**1. **Reflection on Reverence:**  - How do you currently demonstrate a fear of the Lord in your daily life? In what areas can this be deepened?2. **Gaining Wisdom:**  - Can you share an instance where discernment triumphed over impulse in your life? What was the outcome?3. **Building Stability:**  - What are some spiritual rhythms you have established or plan to establish to ensure stability in your faith?4. **Character Development:**  - In what ways can you improve how you represent your character at work, home, or community, ensuring it aligns with your faith?This structured approach (detailed notes, practical applications, and discussion questions) keeps the message focused while encouraging reflection and action.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discussion of the fourth foundation as a progression within the discourse on "The Four Foundations of Establishing Awareness".

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

What does it mean to truly awaken—and how do we live with full awareness in every moment, even in the face of impermanence? Eugene Cash's warm, playful, and deeply sincere style invites us into a rich exploration of mindfulness, death, and the immediacy of life. Drawing from the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Eugene emphasizes the experiential nature of awareness, encouraging us to feel our bodies, notice our breath, and recognize the fleeting nature of each moment. He shares personal stories, including a near-death experience and the dissolution of San Francisco Insight to illustrate how impermanence can be a gateway to freedom.Eugene's teaching is grounded in both classical Buddhist texts and lived experience. He references the Satipatthana Sutta (MN 10), Zen master Dogen, Longchenpa of the Dzogchen tradition, and Shantideva, offering poetic and powerful quotes that illuminate the path to awakening, focusing on:Mindfulness of posture, breath, and bodily elements (earth, air, fire, water)Awareness in all activities—“no one at Safeway has to know you're meditating”The normality of death and the intoxications of youth, health, and lifeAwakening as “springing into being” and “the freshness of reality”The insight that freedom arises when we stop clinging to anythingHe offers us a gentle nudge to wake up to the miracle of being here, now.______________Eugene Cash is the founding teacher of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community of San Francisco which ended in October 2025 after more than 30 years. He now teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads intensive meditation retreats internationally. His teaching is influenced by both Burmese and Thai streams of the Theravada tradition as well as Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practice. He is also a teacher of the Diamond Approach, a school of spiritual investigation and self-realization developed by A. H. Almaas. Learn more at https://www.insightdharmacenter.org/ ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

This talk explores the transformative power of tuning into the felt sense—the subtle, bodily knowing that lies beneath thought and emotion. Rooted in early Buddhist teachings and supported by contemporary somatic practices, the felt sense offers a direct path to presence, insight, and release. By connecting deeply with the body from the inside out, we ground our awareness in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and begin to directly experience the liberating truths of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self.   You'll learn how to recognize and trust the language of inner sensation, how the felt sense awakens the Five Spiritual Faculties—faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom—and how this embodied presence becomes a guide for wise action and compassionate insight. Through reflections, guided sensing, and practical tools, you'll discover how to stay close to what's real and alive, and how this intimacy with the body can lead to deep inner freedom.

The talk is from Vallecitos, and covers the teaching on the four foundations of Mindfulness. 

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) First Foundation Body-teaching and Guided Meditation

Once a month, Peter provides an opportunity during the meeting for those participating to ask questions regarding Buddhist concepts and practices.  The questions posed during this meeting focus on the “Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse”, for example the “noting” method for cultivating insight, compared to practices that first emphasize the cultivation of high levels of […]

GSL and Coach Tim have an enlightening conversation about improvement with Jon Sherman, author of The Four Foundations of Golf, and we conduct on post-mortem on GSL's latest double-digit disaster. He is coping fine.

A deep dive into one of the most essential Buddhist texts on mindfulness—The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, often referred to as The Direct Path to Realization. This episode's guest hosts explore its foundational teachings as presented in Venerable Anālayo's book, offering a clear, contemporary lens through which mindfulness teachers and practitioners can engage with this timeless wisdom. You will be guided through the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—contemplation of the body, feelings, mind, and dharmas—with a strong emphasis on direct experience over intellectual understanding. What You'll Learn in This Episode: ✔ A clear breakdown of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness ✔ How to contemplate the body through breath, posture, and impermanence ✔ What it means to observe feeling tone, mental states, and dharmas with non-reactivity ✔ The role of diligence, clear knowing (sampajañña), and mindfulness (sati) ✔ How these teachings support inner stability and confidence in guiding others ✔ Why direct experience, not theory, is the foundation of authentic mindfulness teaching This episode is especially helpful for mindfulness and meditation teachers, as well as committed practitioners looking to root their practice in traditional teachings while maintaining relevance in today's world.

(Gaia House) Fourth foundation - processes - seeing processes - seeing conditionality.

  If your foundation isn't solid, your life will eventually come crashing down. In this episode, Daron Earlewine unpacks The Four Foundations—a framework for building a life that lasts, rooted in love, purpose, and spiritual truth. Key Takeaways: Building a meaningful life begins with love—not ambition—and love is built on four foundational needs. If we don't intentionally build on a solid foundation, everything in our lives—business, marriage, dreams—can come down with a great crash. Jesus doesn't say if the storm comes, but when. Your foundation determines what will stand. To love others well, we must first allow ourselves to be seen, known, affirmed, and blessed by God—and then offer that same foundation to others. You weren't created to be a human doer—you're a human being created to bless, not just build. Quotes: "The foundation of your life determines the future of your life." "Love is the only foundation strong enough to weather life's storms." "To be fully known and truly loved is a lot like being loved by God." – Tim Keller "You were created to bless, not just to build." "If you're not seen, known, affirmed, and blessed, you're not fully alive."

This week on Bet the Process, Jeff and Rufus chat golf with Jon Sherman, PGA Tour couch and author of The Four Foundations of Golf, including the importance of mental preparation and emotional control, and the impact of weight and strength training on golf swing speed. They also discuss Sloan conference details for this weekend, and give another Splash Sports pick for this week.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on all Four Foundations of the Satipatthana Sutta leading into a silent sit.

On this episode, Jen covers Week Two of the Truth of Happiness focusing on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. A group discussion follows. We will be spending the next several weeks on this material. Details and readings can be found at Classes - Cross River Meditation   Please join us for mediation and discussions on Saturday mornings at 8:30am eastern, both in person and via zoom at https://zoom.us/j/9083919079    If you are subscribed to our Podcast on Podbean, iTunes, or Spotify you will receive notifications when new episodes are posted.     Should you feel motivated to do so, please support us by donating here: Cross River Support

On this episode, Brian covers Week One of the Truth of Happiness and provides an overview of the Four Noble Truths in relation to our practice and meditation in particular. A group discussion follows. We will be spending the next several weeks on this material. Next week we will cover the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Details and readings can be found at Classes - Cross River Meditation   Please join us for mediation and discussions on Saturday mornings at 8:30am eastern, both in person and via zoom at https://zoom.us/j/9083919079    If you are subscribed to our Podcast on Podbean, iTunes, or Spotify you will receive notifications when new episodes are posted.     Should you feel motivated to do so, please support us by donating here: Cross River Support

This is Part 3 of our 4 part series on Business Foundations.Check out our first two from earlier this week, then dive into Mechanisms today.Today we'll explore creative and unique approaches to differentiate your fitness coaching methods.Vince explains the importance of creating emotionally compelling and intellectually intriguing strategies, like the 'Power Circuit Method' and 'Macro Matching Method.' The episode aims to help fitness coaches attract clients by standing out in the crowded market.Make sure to check back tomorrow for Part 4 of this 4 part series (and hit the link below to be part of our $45,000 birthday celebration giveaway!).In This Episode:0:00 Intro1:11 The Four Foundations of a Successful Fitness Coaching Business2:43 Creating Emotionally Compelling Mechanisms5:22 Examples of Unique Mechanisms of Action6:18 3 Examples To Make Your Program Sound Way Cooler13:45 Homework: Get Your Mechanisms DONE14:07 Birthday GIVEAWAY!Resources Mentioned:Exclusive Event Replays

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) This talk explores how the four foundations of mindfulness can be richly experienced and cultivated in nature meditation retreats. Nature provides in particular a rich arena to cultivate an embodied awareness and to explore vedana, citta and the nature of reality.

How do you go from living in a treehouse and playing in a band…to the top of one of the most iconic motivational speaking companies in the world?  Gary Chappell blew us away when we first heard the story of how he left his unconventional life behind and began the climb from carpenter to the CEO of Nightingale Conant, the world leader in personal development for over 50 years.  Today, he's sharing his journey to the top…and the 4 most valuable lessons he's learned about life along the way.     Episode Highlights: 00:38 Meet Gary Chappell: From Carpenter to CEO 01:35 The Life-Changing Lesson of Non-Judgment 04:45 A Turning Point: Living in a Tree House 06:59 Discovering Personal Development 18:56 The Four Foundations of Life 32:13 How to Connect with Gary Chappell

These days, the word mindfulness has become a buzz phrase but very often people don't know what the word actually means, much less how to practice it. One simple definition of mindfulness is the ability to see what's happening in your mind without getting carried away by it. The benefits of doing so are vast and profound— from decreased emotional reactivity to being more awake to what's actually happening in your life.Today's guest Joseph Goldstein talks about a classic Buddhist list called the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, which lays out various techniques for developing mindfulness within your practice.Goldstein is one of the premier western proponents of Mindfulness. He co-founded the legendary Insight Meditation Society alongside Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield. He also wrote a book called Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening.In this episode we talk about:The historical context for the four foundations of mindfulness Why he thinks the Buddha loved listsWhy the Buddha placed mindfulness of the body first on the listThe steps to mastering mindfulness of the bodyThe meaning of the word embodied and how that's different from our usual mode of being in the worldHow and why to do walking meditationsWhat are feeling tones and why are they importantPractices for cultivating mindfulness of mindThe mantras that Joseph uses when teaching Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/joseph-goldstein-483-rerunSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“Mindfulness” has become a buzz phrase. There are books on mindful parenting, mindful lawyering, even mindful sex. But what does the word even mean? And how do you actually do it? In one of his most famous and foundational discourses, the Buddha was said to have laid out, in great detail, four ways to establish mindfulness. In today's episode we're going to walk through these four “foundations” of mindfulness with Sally Armstrong, who started practicing in 1981, began teaching 15 years later, and now leads retreats all over the world.We posted this episode a few years ago, but thought it might be a good time to drop a good, old-fashioned, meat and potatoes, stick to your ribs dharma episode to help us get back to basics. Because, like Sally says, Guru Google can only get us so far…In this episode we talk about:How Sally got started in meditation – including sitting and in person retreat with SN Goenka and living near the Dalai LamaUsing our meditation to align on intentions and values and seeing that we have a choice once we wake up. Where she encounters challenges in her practice todayThe importance of Beginner's mind Sally's clear breakdown of the Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness (the first time we've really gone into detail on the show)For tickets to TPH's live event in Boston on September 7:https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/dan-harris/Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/sally-armstrong-232-rerunSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.