The Neural Substrates of Mindful Empathy
In a group setting, Rick discusses empathy and 3 fundamental circuits as well as challenges to empathy....
22 February, 2017
Author: Rick Hanson
Train Your Brain: Filling Your Body’s Cupboard
Take charge of the biochemistry – in your own body – that is the physical basis of your well-being and your capacity for contemplative practice....
16 February, 2017
Train Your Brain: Awareness of Your Body
Awareness of the body has been a fundamental practice within most contemplative traditions. The body as a temple, the body as a source of beauty, the body as repulsive, the body as transitory—all of these concepts have had their place in spiritual practices....
09 February, 2017
Continuity of Mindfulness
Any mindfulness is a good thing. It's one of the seven factors of enlightenment and the one that catalyzes the others - so the more mindfulness, the better....
02 February, 2017
Ways to Deepen Householder Practice
The Buddha taught that complete enlightenment was possible for householders and monastics alike. It's wonderful news that ordinary activities such as going to work, raising a family, driving in traffic, paying bills, raking the leaves, etc. are not inherent barriers to complete freedom, joy, love,...
26 January, 2017
What Supports You? (Part 1)
In this audio from the San Rafael Meditation Group, I talk about what it's like to be you and what supports you. ...
25 January, 2017
Knowing and Living the Truth: The Perfection of Wisdom
Wisdom (sometimes called “discernment”) is one of the ten “paramis” or perfections of a Bodhisattva, an Awakened person who postpones their ultimate enlightenment to bring all beings to liberation....
19 January, 2017