Shows
Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Resilience Training. Facebook Live. Session 1A regulated nervous system is both a foundation for present moment awareness and a barometer for our continuity of mindfulness. It is a foundational key to maintaining responsiveness in challenging times.Please join teacher, writer, counselor, facilitator, somatic practitioner and political activist Christopher Luard in his upcoming FB and Insta Live talk: "Resilience Training."
2025-07-2337 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Awakened Living. The Noble Quest. A Talk"...But people love their place. The delight and revel in their place. It will be hard for those who delight and revel in their place to see this truth: Conditioned Arising. And also hard to see this truth: the stilling if inclinations, the relinquishing of biases, the fading away of reactivity. Desirelessness. Cessation. Nirvana."
The Buddha. From The Noble Quest.
Although the Buddha recognizes the challenge, he also recognized that liberation is possible. That is what led him to teach.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: Awakened Living. The Art of Letting Go.
Chris has...
2024-12-2242 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast."Finding Peace In The Midst Of LIfe's Unfolding." A Talk"Such is Struggle. It can be embraced. It has been embraced
Such is the Arising of Struggle (Craving and Reactivity): It can be let go of. It has been let go of
Such is the Ceasing: It can be felt and experienced. It has been felt and experienced
Such is the Path: It can be cultivated. It has been cultivated.
"The Discourse Which Set The Dharma Wheel In Motion. The Buddha.Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk:"Finding Peace In The Midst Of LIfe's Unfolding."
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2024-12-1447 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Awakened Living Year Long Meditation Immersive. Jan 8th-Dec 20th, 2025Welcome to Awakened Living. Our year long immersive online meditation program. Over the duration of this course we will take a comprehensive and non-sectarian exploration into the earliest teachings of the Buddha.
This will include the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, (including the Seven Factors of Awakening and the Five Hindrances) the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path, Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity.
The Awakened Living Course will be offered in four semesters, with a break of at least 10 days in between each semester.
Semester 1: 12 Weeks. Jan 8th-Mar 29th: Exploring The Truth of Suffering, The Arising and Cessation of...
2024-11-2420 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity. Finding Balance in the Midst of Life's Unfolding. A Wisdom Talk and Guided Meditation.“Dark itself is not dark.
It is due to light that dark
Becomes dark.
And light itself is not light
It is due to dark that light
Becomes light.
Because light changes into dark,
And dark gives way to light,
Their appearance and
disappearance
Depend upon each other…
All of experience is like this”
Zen Master Hui Neng.
The Platform Sutra.
Please join meditation teacher
Chris Luard in an upcomi...
2024-09-2153 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion and Acceptance. A Guided Meditation and Wisdom Talk"Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance."
Eckhart Tolle.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk:
Compassion and Acceptance as an Abode.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 38 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and...
2024-08-2743 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Kindness as an Abode. Meditation and Wisdom TalkKindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity. In some traditions these four qualities are known as the "Abodes of The Heart." But what does it mean to "abide in kindness or compassion? Joy or Equanimity?
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: The Four Abodes of The Heart.
2024-08-2137 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness. Seeing our resistance to kindness as the doorway to freedomI am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to our Autumn Retreat offering: "Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter"
Metta, often translated as Lovingkindness, is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds in the Buddhist traditions. During these twelve weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will guide us through an exploration cultivating a boundless quality of kindness, friendliness, and care. In drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience the circle...
2023-09-1332 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Resting In A Non-Reactive Space. Talk and Guided MeditationI am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to a feature event in our Autumn online offerings: Resting In A Non-Reactive Space. A Live, Twelve Week Immersive Online Meditation Program.
During these twelve weeks, our facilitator Chris Luard, will guide us through a deep dive into a series of resting meditations. Meditations composed with the intent to bring one into a very alert, but very peaceful, calm state of tranquility. Coming to rest in a non-reactive space can provide a resource for resilience, stability, and...
2023-09-1043 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.The healing potential of Kindness“I am not saying other practices do not, but cultivating unconditional kindness has been empirically shown to lessen and even reverse the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences.” Dr Peter Levine.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter.
Wednesday, Sept 6th. 7:30am EST
Facebook Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation tech...
2023-09-0646 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast."Lovingkindness: The Heart Of The Matter" our new upcoming online meditation program.I am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to our Autumn Retreat offering: "Lovingkindness. The Heart Of The Matter"
Metta, often translated as Lovingkindness, is one of the Four Immeasurable Minds in the Buddhist traditions. During these twelve weeks our facilitator Chris Luard will guide us through an exploration cultivating a boundless quality of kindness, friendliness, and care. In drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, neuroscience and psychology, this retreat will bring its participants to experience the circle...
2023-09-0114 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Introduction to Resting In A Non-Reactive Space Online Meditation ImmersionI am super delighted to announce the first of two online programs being offered in the fall.
Welcome to a feature event in our Autumn online offerings: Resting In A Non-Reactive Space. A Live, Twelve Week Immersive Online Meditation Program.
During these twelve weeks, our facilitator Chris Luard, will guide us through a deep dive into a series of resting meditations. Meditations composed with the intent to bring one into a very alert, but very peaceful, calm state of tranquility. Coming to rest in a non-reactive space can provide a resource for resilience, stability, and...
2023-08-2813 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Introduction to The Self Compassion, Forgiveness, The Inner Critic Online Immersive Meditation ExperienceWhen we hold on to resentment, anger, or any form of grudge, we hinder, veil, and block our access to the present moment. In this eight week course, our facilitator Chris Luard will gently guide participants through a series of practices designed to give one a way to work with these hindrances and to allow one to live a life free from the torments of the judging mind, the critical mind, and the resentful mind.
By drawing on the meditation techniques found in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, as well as practices offered by modern neuroscience...
2023-06-1019 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Self-Compassion. The Benefits and How To Apply The Salve. A Wisdom TalkPlease join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: Self-Compassion. The Benefits and How To Apply The Salve
June 8th, 2023. 7pm EST.
Facebook And Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom...
2023-06-0938 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness Of Hedonic Experience. A Dharma TalkBy cultivating a sensitivity to how the present moment feels at the point of contact, we empower ourself to respond, rather than react, to the present moment.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness Of Hedonic Experience.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR...
2023-03-1343 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy As A Superpower. Dharma Talk And Guided MeditationBy meditating on the quality of Joy we come to experience joy as an inner quality, rather than something to be had through acquisition. We don’t acquire something which brings us Joy….we have an experience which reminds us of our innate, internal experience of Joy.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for his next offering: Joy as a superpower.
Facebook Live.
Thursday, March 9th at 9:30 am EST
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since...
2023-03-0941 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness. A Dharma Talk.Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life.
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing...
2023-03-0639 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life. An Introduction To The Online CourseWelcome to our 2nd spring online meditation retreat offering: Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life.
In this 12 week course participants will take a deep dive into the practice of mindfulness. Not only will we be drawing on meditation practices from numerous traditions worldwide, but we will also be exploring techniques which will allow us to enter into a fearless embrace of the present moment while not meditating....in other words...a fearless embrace of life itself.
Heartfelt Awareness is mindfulness with an emphasis on the heart. But why...
2023-03-0314 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy: The Ground Of Resilience. A Dharma Talk and MeditationFar from being a type of toxic positivity, the practice of Joy can provide one with a type of inner resilience and strength needed to navigate the storms inherent in the human experience.
"To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil"
Jack Gilbert.
Welcome to our spring online meditation retreat offering: Joy. The Ground Of Resilience.
Celebrating the joys of life: enjoying the smile of a loved one, the purring of a kitten, the laughter of a friend, is...
2023-03-0326 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy. The Ground Of Resilience. Introduction To The Retreat"To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil"
Jack Gilbert.
Welcome to our spring online meditation retreat offering: Joy. The Ground Of Resilience.
Celebrating the joys of life: enjoying the smile of a loved one, the purring of a kitten, the laughter of a friend, is a practice of self compassion. It is the ground of resilience, and a much needed resource in these crazy times.
Now, more than ever, we need the resource of Joy.
2023-03-0300 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Resting In The Eye Of The Storm. Dharma Talk. FB Live Dec 7thFar from being a type of blind passivity, when we can rest deeply and completely into the present moment, we are completely engaged and relaxed at the same time. It is from here that compassion and wisdom spring forth.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: "Resting In The Eye Of The Storm"
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan...
2022-12-0947 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Boundless Lovingkindness. A Dharma Talk"...the great, the mighty, the medium the short and the small, those living near and far away. Those born and to be born. May all beings be at ease." Buddha. The Metta Sutta.
Please join meditation teacher Chris Luard in an upcoming talk: "Boundless Lovingkindness, Reaching All"
Sat. Oct. 1st. 8am Thailand Time
Friday, Sept 30th 9pm East Coast
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. He has...
2022-10-0344 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment.When we become sensitive to each moment of contact, to the present moment if you will, we have opened a door into complete freedom. It is in the very act of moving through the world without this sensitivity which gives rise to suffering.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment.
2022-07-1440 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment. A Dharma TalkWhen we become sensitive to each moment of contact, to the present moment if you will, we have opened a door into complete freedom. It is in the very act of moving through the world without this sensitivity which gives rise to suffering.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Embracing our Feelings, Embracing the Present Moment.
2022-07-1040 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity And The Middle Way. A Dharma TalkGain and Loss, Pleasure and Pain, Joy and Sorrow, Order and Chaos. The practice of equanimity is the practice of finding balance and poise in the midst of the inevitable highs and lows of life.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very rich and profound topic: Equanimity. Finding Balance amidst the chaos.
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Monday, July 4th at 2:20pm Portugal
Monday, July 4th, 9:30am East Coast
Monday, July 4th 8:30pm Bangkok
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has...
2022-07-0533 min
Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness: The Body. A Talk and Guided Meditation"When just one thing is cultivated the mind becomes tranquil, thought and examination subside, and all wholesome qualities which pertain to true knowledge reach fulfillment by development of. What is that one thing? Mindfulness of The Body."
The Buddha.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Heartfelt Awareness: Finding Peace and Joy In The Body.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received...
2022-07-0248 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Podcast Interview with Paul M. BradleyHere is a really fun interview I recently recorded with Paul and his fun YouTube channel.
We get deep into some really subtle topics such as non-self, emptiness, compassion and universal love.
Enjoy!
Paul Bradley
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*New Podcast Time!*
I'm back once more with the incredible mindfulness instructor and Buddhism expert Chris Luard as we talk about the Buddhist concepts of the self and no-self and how they relate to the seemingly endless crises we face today as well as how to embrace the heart and move forward into...
2022-06-241h 09Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Heartfelt Awareness. A Dharma TalkThis is a talk designed to both inspire and to inform listeners of an upcoming online meditation program.In this program we will be taking a very deep dive into mindfulness, not only as a meditation practice, but also as a way of life.
Participants will be invited to take a deep dive into the practice of mindfulness.
Not only will we be drawing on meditation practices from numerous traditions worldwide, but we will also be exploring techniques which will allow us a fearless embrace of the present moment while not meditating....in other words...
2022-06-2344 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Cultivating Joy. The Task At Hand. A Dharma Talk. 4/24/22Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Cultivating Joy In The Midst of Challenging Times.
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and has authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, Neuroplasticity, Non Violent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.
Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about b...
2022-04-2544 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Embracing Change. Resting In The River of Ever-Change. A Dharma TalkEverything Changes. Nothing Stays The Same. When we truly connect with this indisputable fact in a visceral way, our relationship with this experience we call life can shift dramatically. No longer clinging to desires, no longer running from aversions. We find freedom in the midst of the flux of life itself.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Embracing Change and Impermanence.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books....
2022-02-2345 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Embracing Change and Impermanence. A Dharma TalkEmpires rise and rule and crumble. Religions are born, live, and die. Planets, stars, and galaxies arise and pass. Seasons change, night turns into day, and with every breath we humans change.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic: Embracing Change and Impermanence.
Facebook and Instagram Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Ve...
2022-02-0846 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Self Compassion. A Dharma Talk.Compassion is the heart which trembles in the face of suffering. When we allow ourselves to honestly acknowledge and feel our own pain, we find a type of freedom within the struggle. This is when healing often occurs.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on this very important and timely topic of compassion.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 36 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation te...
2022-02-0452 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.The Path of Mindfulness. A Dharma Talk.“And this is the path: the path with eight limbs: appropriate view, thinking, talking, acting, working, trying, recollecting, concentrating” The Buddha.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in this journey into a secular reading of the eightfold path. In this talk Chris will give an overview of the path and how we can apply the wisdom within.
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions.
Chris has also received forma...
2021-11-1844 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.“Ever Expanding Lovingkindness. A Dharma Talk.”When we begin to extend Metta (Lovingkindness) to people we don’t know and perhaps even to people we don’t like very much, we begin to get a glimpse of a new world. An opening into a new and more loving worldview.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for “Ever Expanding Lovingkindness. A Dharma Talk.”
Lovingkindness has a medicinal quality. It carries with it an energy and a power which can mend the age-old wounds between self and other.
Facebook and Instagram Live
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogche...
2021-11-1742 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Awakened Living PT 2: "Life Wide Awake" A Dharma TalkAccording to the Buddha, our suffering is to be “fully known” or embraced, in order to find release from our suffering. In this Dharma talk we will take a look at what it means to embrace our suffering and the freedom which might be experienced as a result.
Join Chris Luard for this special talk entitled “Life Wide Awake”
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received f...
2021-11-1146 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Awakened Living Part One. The Four Truths as a Practice. A Dharma TalkThere is suffering. There is a cause and a release from suffering. There is a way to live where we may experience this release.
This is a loose, secular reading of “The Four Noble Truths” from the Buddhist tradition. Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a Dharma talk on this profound teaching, where we will look at the original discourse and how to cultivate and practice these teachings.
Facebook and Instagram Live
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhis...
2021-11-1048 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for those whom we love. A Dharma TalkLovingkindness has a medicinal quality. It carries with it an energy and a power which can mend the age-old wounds between self and other.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a wisdom talk on the topic of Lovingkindness (Metta)
Chris has received formal training in Zen, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, from the Mahayana (Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan) traditions, Vipassana and early buddhist studies from the Theravada traditions, and Vedanta from the Hindu traditions. Chris has also received formal instruction from the more modern traditions and modalities such as Secular Buddhism, MBSR, Insight, Shambhala, Buddhist Psychology, Trauma-Sensitive Mi...
2021-11-0945 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity. A Guided Meditation. 2021Resting in just this present moment, we may find our way to stillness in the midst of the turbulent world.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a special guided meditation on the topic of Equanimity. The meditation offered will be one of the practices explored during Chris’s upcoming online retreat offering, which launches Sept 27th, 2021
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Chris has trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
May All Benefit
2021-09-1746 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity: Resting in the Eye of the Storm. A Dharma TalkWith a practice of equanimity, we may find a middle way between praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, success and failure. We may find a sense of poise and calm in the midst of these “worldly winds.” We may indeed find a way to rest in the eye of the storm.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into Equanimity: Resting in the Eye of the Storm.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trau...
2021-09-0943 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity. The Unspoken Middle.“Dark itself isn’t dark. It is due to light that dark becomes dark. And light itself isn’t light. It is due to dark that light becomes light. Because light changes into dark, and dark gives way to light, their appearance and disappearance depend each other” Zen Master Hui Neng.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into Equanimity: An incredibly fascinating, deep, and healing potential hidden within the fibers of every human heart.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism...
2021-09-0242 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity: The Clear-Seeing Heart. A Dharma Talk.Equanimity is known in the Buddhist tradition as one of the four boundless qualities of the heart. It is also used in some text as synonymous with Nirvana.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard for a deep dive into this fascinating, deep, and healing potential of the human heart.
Chris has been practicing meditation for over 35 years, and teaching worldwide since 2009. Trained extensively in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, and Neuroplasticity.
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2021-08-2635 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy for Challenging People and Challenging Times. A Dharma TalkJoin meditation teacher Chris Luard for a very special dharma talk: “Joy for challenging people and times”
In this talk Chris will discuss the powerful, unifying qualities of Boundless Joy, one of the four immeasurable qualities of the heart.
Facebook and Instagram Live
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. Chris teache...
2021-06-1853 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.The Joy of Play. The Play of Joy. A Dharma TalkJoin Chris Luard for our next Wisdom talk on Joy! This talk is titled: “The Joy of Play. The Play of Joy.” In this talk Chris will cover the benefits and techniques of joy meditations, and how we might bring them to our everyday life.
Facebook Live!
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psycho...
2021-06-1149 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy: A Boundless Quality of the Heart. Facebook Live Dharma TalkJoin meditation teacher Chris Luard for a special Dharma Talk: Joy. A Boundless Quality of the Heart. In this talk Chris will discuss pragmatic practices which can be used to open our hearts to this ever-present quality.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books. Chris has received formal training in Theravada, Mahayana (Tibetan, Zen,) and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, MBSR, and Buddhist Psychology. Chris teaches from a secular voice and is passionate about bringing timeless...
2021-06-0553 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Body Scanning with Feeling TonesHere I guide a traditional mindfulness practice with an emphasis on noting Vedana: pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling tones, as they arise in the body. This gives us an awareness as to which sensations give rise to reactive emotions. When awareness of this process is cultivated, we can see and interrupt the chain reaction, giving us an opportunity to step out of reactivity and respond skilfully to the present moment. Chris Luard has been studying and practicing meditation for over 35 years. He has received training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Secular Dharma, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and numerous traditions. He ha...
2021-05-3132 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy. A Dharma Talk. Facebook Live Audio 5/28/21Welcome to Joy! A Dharma Talk
Join Chris Luard for his upcoming series on Boundless Joy! (Mudita) In this talk Chris will be discussing how to practice Joy in difficult times, the difference between Joy and Toxic Positivity, and offering a guided meditation.
Chris Luard has been studying and practicing meditation for over 35 years. He has received training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Secular Dharma, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and and numerous traditions. He has been teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder
2021-05-2852 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Self Compassion Guided MeditationHere I guide a traditional meditation used to discover our innate self-compassion.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. If you find these podcasts helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
2021-04-0523 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy: a sensory exploration.Here I guide a meditation designed to bring a sense of appreciation and gratitude to the miracle of the human nervous system. Since our nervous system is with us all the time, cultivation of this skill will allow one to feel into a sense of joy with each breath.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation f...
2021-04-0430 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Calm Strength and ResilienceHere I guide a meditation designed to allow one to rest deeply in a state of calm resilience
and inner strength. Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these podcasts hel...
2021-04-0329 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Three Pillars of Self CompassionHere I guide a brief meditation through the three pillars of Self Compassion as codified by Dr. Kristen Neff.
By moving through the stages of mindfulness, common humanity, and kindness, we may soften around our
struggles and allow in healing.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
I have been practicing meditation for 35 year...
2021-03-2912 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Self Compassion TonglenHere I guide a meditation designed to allow one to experience our struggle,
holding our struggle mindfully, recognizing the common humanity inherent
in the experience of struggle, and then offering nurture and support to help
ourselves compassionately.
May All Benefit.
2021-03-2922 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy to StrangersIn this guided meditation we take a deep dive in "Mudita", which is Sanskrit for joy.
By cultivating the ability to rejoice in the success of strangers, every face in the crowd
becomes an opportunity for joy!
2021-03-2227 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Basic Human Goodness: CompassionHere I guide a traditional Tibetan meditation technique designed to allow one to connect with our basic human desire to be free from struggle, pain, and difficulty. In that connection, we discover our basic human goodness of Compassion
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message Chris through his website: www.suchsweetthunder.org. Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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2021-03-2219 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness For The World. A Guided MeditationLovingkindness, or Metta, has a healing, transformative quality. Here I present a meditation designed to allow us to open our heart and extend the healing warmth of lovingkindness to the entire world.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these podcasts h...
2021-03-2136 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.RAIN into ForgivenessEverybody's story has at least one villain. Likewise, we all play a villian in someone's story.
Here I present a powerful practice, designed by meditation teacher and psychologist Tara Brach,
to help us remove the stone of resentment and anger from our heart.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me throu...
2021-03-2124 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion for The WorldSometimes it takes a fierce demon to cut through our habitual reactivity. Anger, hatred, and fear are normal and natural human responses to violence, ignorance, and discrimination. Yet boundless compassion asks us to accept all, just as it is. (Ready to ally with that fierce demon?)
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion for the World."
Dedicated to all whom are suffering due to ignorance, violence and racism. (Atlanta Shooting)
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and ha...
2021-03-1954 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion Q n A and Dharma Talk. March 2021Kuan Yin: her name means “to hear the cries of the universe.” In the open, compassionate space of present moment listening, healing arises.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. Q n A session.” In this session we will compare and contrast Empathy and Compassion, and working with challenging emotions.
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Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditati...
2021-03-1545 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion. Widening our Circle of Care. A Dharma TalkBy offering compassion freely to others, regardless of belief, view, race, gender, and circumstances, we cultivate the possibility of peace.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. Widening our Circle of Care, where he will explore this very timely and much needed topic.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voi...
2021-03-1248 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.The Four Immeasurable Minds. Interview With Contemplative LightI recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Clint Sabom for the website Contemplative Light. In this talk, I get the opportunity to take a deep dive into the Four Immeasurable Minds (Lovingkindness, Compassion, Equanimity, Joy) and the online retreat program which I am offering based on these practices.
May All Benefit.
2021-03-081h 00Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy for Loved Ones. A Guided MeditationHere I guide a meditation designed to allow us to drop the inner-critic and the comparing, judging mind, and celebrate the victories and successes of our loved ones as our own success.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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2021-03-0826 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Forgiveness and Compassion Part 2. A Dharma Talk and Guided MeditationComplete acceptance leads to compassion. The practice of forgiveness leads to acceptance.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. A Detour Into Forgiveness, part 2” A Dharma Talk and Guided meditation
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teaches from a secular voice and he is passionate about bringing timeless wisdom teachings to people of any f...
2021-03-0855 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity For The World. A Guided MeditationWhat is the only word for “them” was the word “we”
What if the only way to express “other” was with the word “us”
With this practice we may begin to experience the entire world population
free from preference and prejudice.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worl...
2021-03-0737 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Skillful Action. Part 1 of the 10 non-virtuous acts: Killing. A Guided MeditationWelcome to meditations on skillful action! Here we take a deep, visceral dive on what it feels like to take the life out of something. Whether it is a mosquito, an idea, or the volume on our least favorite song, there is a unique feeling which arises each time. By identifying that feeling in the body, we can learn to use our body as a barometer for present moment, skillful action.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or o...
2021-03-0526 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Forgiveness and Compassion. A Dharma TalkTrue acceptance is a necessary step towards holding ourselves and others with a compassionate heart. But how do we do that if we are harboring resentments and anger?
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard in his next offering: “Compassion. A Detour Into Forgiveness” where he will explore this very delicate topic.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. Chris teache...
2021-03-0548 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion Q n A and Dharma Talk.In this talk I cover why a compassionate acceptance of ourself and circumstances can make our path of growth and discovery much more fruitful. I also discuss how compassion plays a role in social change.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices, please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these videos helpful...
2021-03-0151 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Self-Compassion. A Dharma Talk.Avalokiteśvara is a symbol of compassion throughout Tibet and elsewhere throughout the world. He or she has thousands of arms, each one has an eye in the palm of the hand. Each hand represents a different way of seeing Truth. Awakening to this is a step toward compassion for ourself and for others.
I hope you will enjoy this rich talk, where I dive deep into the practices and challenges of Self-Compassion.
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2021-02-2751 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion. A Dharma Talk February 2021By cultivating our innate quality of compassion, we gift ourself with the stability to rest in the eye of the storm.
Join meditation teacher Chris Luard as he kicks off the next series of FB Live offerings on Compassion.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and I have been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.
Chris Has received formal training in Tibetan, Zen, and Vedanta meditation techniques as well as Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness. I teach from a secular voice and I am passionate about...
2021-02-2546 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity For Groups. A Guided MeditationBillions of people here today. Billions more have come and gone.
Each one equal in birth and equal in death.
Each one wanting a life of happiness and wishing to be free from suffering.
Welcome to the next episode of Brahma Viharas: Equanimity for groups. A guided meditation.
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
2021-02-2330 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy for Ourself: A Guided MeditationJoy is considered to be one of the boundless qualities of the heart, which when practiced thoroughly,
allows the experience of "I/Other" to dissolve into a "we."
Join me here for stage one of a six stage practice where we explore the cultivation of boundless joy!
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May All Benefit.
2021-02-2225 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Taking in the Good. A Guided Meditation.Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to resource our good experiences. As the saying goes: "the neurons which wire together, fire together"
By embarking on this type of practice, based on the pioneering work of Dr. Rick Hanson, we can train ourself to balance out the human tendency to focus on the negative experiences of life (negativity bias) and allow us to cultivate a stable, strong awareness which experiences equally the positive and negative aspects of experience.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result. If y...
2021-02-2021 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Compassion for our self and the world.Here I guide a meditation designed to allow us to experience a deep sense of self compassion
Then we extend that compassion out to all beings.
Meditation can be challenging. Sometimes we may experience things which surprise as a result.
If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other meditation practices,
please feel free to message me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these videos helpful please consider making a do...
2021-02-0823 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Counting Breaths Meditation Plus.Here I guide a meditation designed to help cultivate a single pointed awareness in concentration.
May All Benefit
2021-02-0721 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.A Guided RAIN meditation into Self-CompassionIn this meditation I gently guide us through a RAIN practice designed to cultivate
Self-Compassion.
RAIN= R=Recognize A=Allow I=Investigate N=Nurture.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation at paypal.me/suchsweetthunder
May All Benefit
2021-02-0422 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for Ourself and the World. A Guided MeditationHere I guide us a meditation which is allowing us to cultivate and widen our
circle of care and lovingkindness to include the entire world.
May All Benefit.
2021-02-0325 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness For The World. A Guided MeditationBy cultivating the capacity for Lovingkindness towards the world, and all of its citizens, we widen our circle of care to include everyone. Omitting none.
Join me for this powerfully moving guided meditation: Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness for The World.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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May All Benefit
2021-02-0145 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Enter the Endless River of Ever-Change. A Guided Meditation on Impermanence.If something is of the nature of existing, it is also of the nature of ceasing. Everything born is subject to death. From the smallest grain of sand to the largest mountain, from the most whimsical idea to the most profound insights, from the smallest hut to the largest empire. This is the eternal law.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of A Voice From The Ever Change meditation program: Drenched in the river of ever-change. A guided meditation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
If you...
2021-01-2853 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for Challenging People. A Guided MeditationHere I guide a traditional Metta practice designed to allow us to gradually open our circle of care
to people who challenge us, provoke us, or add a sense of struggle to our lives.
Pro tip: Start easy with this meditation! We DO NOT use someone whom really hurt us for this practice.
Meditation can be challenging sometimes. If any questions or concerns arise, feel free to email those to
me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
2021-01-2729 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Tonglen. A Guided Meditation into Self-CompassionIn this guided meditation we explore a traditional Tibetan meditation and investigate how this ancient, beautiful practice can be used to cultivate self-compassion.
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2021-01-2639 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Advanced Counting Breaths MeditationHere I guide a meditation where we count our breaths as a way of connecting awareness
to the present moment, and we then sync our experiences of the present moment on
the breathing process. Breathing in-breath and body. Breathing out-hearing sound.
This allows for both a strengthening on concentration and an expansive, open awareness.
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2021-01-2424 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Joy for Ourself: A Guided MeditationBy locating and dismantling our “inner-critic” we allow our natural joy to be released and flow.
Join me for the next episode of Brahma Viharas: Joy for ourselves.
A guided meditation designed to allow us to experience joy in all we do.
Meditation practice can be challenging and often brings up unexpected expereinces
If you wish to reach out with any questions, please email me through my website:
www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit. 🙏🙏🙏
2021-01-2442 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Brahma Viharas: Introduction to Joy. A Dharma TalkThe Brahma Viharas meditation series continues with an introduction to Joy!
In this dharma talk I’ll be outlining a practice designed to allow us to
cultivate a type of Joy that is free from any circumstances.
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2021-01-2330 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Desire. Friend or Foe? A Dharma TalkHere I will address questions on desire as it pertains to Lovingkindness practice,
and address different ways desire in held on a spiritual path.
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2021-01-1924 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for Strangers. A Guided MeditationWe can feel the beauty of Lovingkindness for our loved ones. We can experience the warmth of our own open heart. Can we extend that to someone we do not know? Yes we can!
Welcome to the “Brahma Viharas Series: Lovingkindness” Here I guide a meditation designed to cultivate Lovingkindness for those we do not know. By widening our circle of Lovingkindness in this way, we may bring a warmth and openness to each introduction.
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2021-01-1739 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Counting Breaths MeditationHere I guide a meditation using counting breaths as a way of anchoring awareness
in the present moment. This is a good method for building the muscle of single-pointed
awareness.
Meditation can be challenging. If you ever have any questions in regards to meditation practice,
please feel free to contact me through my website: www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit.
2021-01-1719 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.RAIN. A Guided Meditation for compassionate opening into angerIn this episode I guide a RAIN practice opening and working compassionately with the experience of anger
RAIN=Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture.
This practice allows one to open to and soften into the universal, human experience of anger and helps
us to feel our anger without falling into unhealthy reactions or repression.
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2021-01-1422 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for Loved Ones. A Guided MeditationMay you and I always be at ease.
Welcome to the next edition of “The Brahma Viharas: Lovingkindness for our loved ones.”
Here I will offer a guided meditation designed to cultivate a pure experience of Lovingkindness
for our loved ones.
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2021-01-1436 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.“Lovingkindness for Loved Ones” A Dharma Talk.Welcome to Lovingkindness “Lovingkindness for Loved Ones”
In this episode I introduce a meditation designed to allow us to unflinchingly
extend the gifts of Lovingkindness to our loved ones. In doing this, we receive great benefit as well.
This is a talk. No guided mediation in this episode.
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2021-01-1337 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.RAIN. A Guided Meditation for Self Compassion.RAIN is an acronym with stands for Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture. In this practice
I guide into a challenging emotion and invite you through the steps of RAIN. In doing this we may
open and accept the present moment experience more fully, A gateway into a more self-compassionate
experience.
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2021-01-1121 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Lovingkindness for Ourself. A Guided MeditationHere I guide a traditional Lovingkindness meditation designed to
allow one to cultivate the experience of Lovingkindness for the self.
These practices can be challenging at times, so if any questions arise,
please email me through my website, www.suchsweetthunder.org
May All Benefit
2021-01-0835 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.New Years Gratitude Meditation 2020-2021.Here I outline and guide a meditation designed to allow one to dive deep into
the experience of gratitude. This is considered a resourcing practice and can
be very helpful when moving through times of transition, stress, and turbulence.
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2020-12-2936 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Loving our enemies. Bridging the Great Divide.“All of the devils and demons in the world emerge from the human heart. That is the only battlefield where the wars should be fought” Mahatma Gandhi
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of Lovingkindness: Loving our enemies. Bridging the Great Divide.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009. He has received formal training in Vedanta, Zen, and Tibetan lineages,Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, among others. Chris has authored two books.
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2020-12-1850 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Drenched in the Endless River of Ever-Change. A Guided Meditation.If something is of the nature of existing, it is also of the nature of ceasing. Everything born is subject to death. From the smallest grain of sand to the largest mountain, from the most whimsical idea to the most profound insights, from the smallest hut to the largest empire. This is the eternal law.
Join Chris Luard for this very special edition of A Voice From The Ever Change meditation program: Drenched in the endless river of ever-change. A guided Meditation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years...
2020-11-2453 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Equanimity: A Guided MeditationHere Christopher guides us through a meditation specifically
designed to allow us to cultivate the quality of non-judgement and
equanimity.
By allowing ourself to experience our mind free from preference and prejudice,
wee discover the ability to experience people above and beyond a belief
system. A great gift indeed!
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2020-10-1929 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.A Voice From the Ever Change Meditation Program: Impermanence. A Dharma talk.Everything changes. Nothing stays the same.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of A Voice From the Ever Change Meditation Program:
Impermanence. A Dharma talk. Here Chris will outline the benefits of engaging the meditation practices
on impermanence and how they directly relate to the current world situation.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
2020-10-1441 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.A Voice From the Ever-Change Meditation Program: Impermanence. A Dharma TalkEach and every thing created must eventually crumble. This is a universal law.
When I contemplate impermanence, I often visualize the “great” empires of the past. Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Angkor Wat, (among others) All of these amazing empires must have seemed like indestructible structures, impervious to the law of impermanence. Yet after a certain passing of time there are only ruins and history books to recall their place in time.
Join Chris Luard for A Voice From the Ever-Change meditation program: Impermanence. a Dharma Talk.
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2020-09-2542 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: A Dharma Talk/ Q n A on the practice of Heart Opening.By opening our heart to whatever is arising in our present moment experience, we have an opportunity to alleviate suffering for ourselves and others.
Join Chris Luard for the next episode of Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: A Dharma Talk/ Q n A on the practice of Heart Opening.
Chris has been practicing meditation for 35 years and teaching worldwide since 2009.
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2020-09-0734 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: Opening the Heart. A Dharma talk"With continued practice in opening the heart during meditation, we begin to accept and love facets of our own self which we forgot or have been repressed. The repression of old pains softens and lifts, because we no longer fear the pain.
However, if fear does arise, we open our heart to that fear. We open our heart to the old scars and the pains.
As Rumi once wrote “The wound is where the light enters you.” Allow your awareness to be the light which enters you through the wound."
Chris Luard. Such Sweet T...
2020-08-2929 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Complete Resting. A Dharma TalkNot entertaining the past, not pursuing the future, not dwelling on the present. Just rest.
Join Chris Luard for Such Sweet Thunder Meditation program: an exploration of rest. This will be a Dharma talk in which I will outline a practice designed to allow a complete rest, then I discuss the many benefits of such a practice.
Chris has been meditating for 35 years and teaching since 2009.
May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏
2020-08-2230 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.A Voice From the Ever-Change: The Birth of Creativity”In Meditation we reach a point of stillness. A stillness which is always there, but our mind is typically too loud to notice it. When we rest in that stillness, we actually recognize this stillness as the very birthplace of creativity. It is this same stillness where the universe goes to create a star, a thought, a song, or a human being.” C. Luard. Such Sweet Thunder.
Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever Change.” Meditation Program
In this episode I guide a sound meditation into silence, then offer a poem an...
2020-07-0539 minSuch Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.Mindfulness Made SimplePart 1: Here Christopher gives the basic mindfulness meditation instructions. Taking the mystery out of mindfulness meditation and delivering the teachings in a secular, pragmatic, easy to grasp method.
Part 2: Here Christopher answers a few questions in regards to setting up a home meditation practice, how to silence the mind, and how mindfulness is used as a pain management technique.
Part 3: Here Christopher discusses a useful technique of body scanning, the process of embracing the returning to the present moment, and how mindfulness can be done in everyday life activities
2020-06-1545 min