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BRN Podcast: Buddhist Recovery Network75: Healing Through Connection: Chris Warner's Journey⚠️Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of suicidal ideationIn this episode of the BRN podcast, host Beth Herzig speaks with Chris Warner, a therapist and board member of the Buddhist Recovery Network. Chris shares her personal journey of recovery from addiction, emphasizing the importance of mindfulness, trauma awareness, and community support. She discusses how her spiritual practices have intertwined with her recovery process and the role of compassion in therapy. Chris encourages listeners to explore their own sacred paths and take actionable steps towards healing and connection.Chris Warner Chris Warner, M.Ed., CYT, ISTT...
2026-01-3156 min
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBFThe Dharma of Other People - Matthew BrensilverHuman connection brings an inherent amount of suffering with it, so how do we cultivate equanimity in interpersonal relationships?In this talk, Matthew Brensilver reflects on the deep human need for belonging. Yet an unavoidable tension arises because no person or relationship can fully satisfy craving or end suffering. He explains that understanding this unsatisfactoriness helps us realistically approach relationships without expecting them to be perfect refuges.Instead, we learn to welcome ambivalence, the coexistence of conflicting feelings like love and frustration, joy and grief, which naturally arises in all connections...
2025-08-1756 min
10% Happier with Dan HarrisWhy Self-Hatred Makes No Sense | Matthew BrensilverThis episode explores a compelling Buddhist question: does self-hatred, or self-love, make sense if the self is an illusion? Matthew Brensilver, PhD, is a clinical social worker and experienced teacher of meditation retreats. He also worked at an organization called Mindful Schools, which teaches teachers how to teach meditation. This episode also explores: How and why to view your anger with skepticism The relationship between self-love and personal ethics What to do if you think you're a good person but have no interest in changing your behavior to get better How to handle a nagging sense o...
2025-05-211h 04
10% Happier with Dan HarrisAn Episode For The Over-Thinkers and The Stressed | Matthew Brensilver, Vinny Ferraro, Kaira Jewel LingoNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. A crucial (and often misunderstood) concept in Buddhism: letting go. For this episode, Executive Producer DJ Cashmere interviewed a trio of brilliant Dharma teachers to get their advice about how to handle surrendering or letting go. This is the fourth in a series of 'correspondent' episodes, in which DJ identifies a pain point in his life and meditation practice, then goes out into the world to report on the best ways to address it.
2024-11-061h 07
10% Happier with Dan HarrisThe Hidden Secret To Smarter Decision-Making, Better, Relationships, And Lower Stress | Matthew Brensilver, Vinny Ferraro, Kaira Jewel LingoNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- The Buddhist case — and toolkit — for "don't-know mind." For this episode, Executive Producer DJ Cashmere interviewed a trio of brilliant Dharma teachers to get their advice about how to handle being wrong. This is the third in a series of 'correspondent' episodes, in which DJ identifies a pain point in his life and meditation practice, then goes out into the world to report on the best ways to address it.
2024-10-231h 03
10% Happier with Dan HarrisWhat To Do When When Someone's Pissed At You | Matthew Brensilver, Vinny Ferraro, Kaira Jewel LingoNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- How to handle other people's anger—and the anger that their anger might trigger in you. For this episode, Executive Producer DJ Cashmere interviewed a trio of brilliant Dharma teachers to get their advice about how to handle anger. This is the second in a series of 'correspondent' episodes, in which DJ identifies a pain point in his life and meditation practice, then goes out into the world to report on the best ways to...
2024-10-091h 08
10% Happier with Dan HarrisWhat To Do When You're Angry | Matthew Brensilver, Vinny Ferraro, Kaira Jewel LingoNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- A deep dive on one of the thorniest and most destructive states of mind. For this episode, Executive Producer DJ Cashmere interviewed a trio of brilliant Dharma teachers to get their advice about how to handle anger. This is the first in a series of 'correspondent' episodes, in which DJ identifies a pain point in his life and meditation practice, then goes out into the world to report on the best ways to address...
2024-09-251h 12
10% Happier with Dan HarrisHow to Actually Be Present | Matthew BrensilverNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Tackling one of the best known contemplative clichés: being in the present moment and "inhabiting the now." Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and other Buddhist centers.He was previously program director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research o...
2023-12-221h 05
AudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksNon-Doing & Liberative Dependent OrignationThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2023.01.15 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.6 day Insight Retreat with Ines Freedman and Matthew Brensilver (2023-01-11 00:00:00 -0800)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2023-01-1553 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksMorning Instruction: EmotionsThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2023.01.14 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.6 day Insight Retreat with Ines Freedman and Matthew Brensilver (2023-01-11 00:00:00 -0800)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2023-01-1443 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksNon-doing: Receptivity & PurificationThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2023.01.13 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.6 day Insight Retreat with Ines Freedman and Matthew Brensilver (2023-01-11 00:00:00 -0800)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2023-01-1346 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksConversation about InsightThis talk was given by Max Erdstein and Matthew Brensilver on 2022.11.05 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Insight retreat with Matthew Brensilver and Max Erdstein (2022-11-03 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-11-0644 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksConversation about InsightThis talk was given by Max Erdstein and Matthew Brensilver on 2022.11.05 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Insight retreat with Matthew Brensilver and Max Erdstein (2022-11-03 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-11-0644 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksWhole Presence SamadhiThis talk was given by Max Erdstein and Matthew Brensilver on 2022.11.04 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Insight retreat with Matthew Brensilver and Max Erdstein (2022-11-03 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-11-0550 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksWhole Presence SamadhiThis talk was given by Max Erdstein and Matthew Brensilver on 2022.11.04 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Insight retreat with Matthew Brensilver and Max Erdstein (2022-11-03 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-11-0550 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksGuided Meditation: Self and SpaceThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.10.28 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Webcast Insight retreat with Gil Fronsdal, Matthew Brensilver, Ying Chen (online support) (2022-10-23 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-10-2845 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksRestlessness, Worry & CompassionThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.10.27 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Webcast Insight retreat with Gil Fronsdal, Matthew Brensilver, Ying Chen (online support) (2022-10-23 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-10-2855 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksGuided Meditation: Affect and MotivationThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.10.26 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Webcast Insight retreat with Gil Fronsdal, Matthew Brensilver, Ying Chen (online support) (2022-10-23 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-10-2653 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksIll-Will & MettaThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.10.25 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Webcast Insight retreat with Gil Fronsdal, Matthew Brensilver, Ying Chen (online support) (2022-10-23 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-10-2656 min
10% Happier with Dan HarrisHow to Actually Be Present | Matthew BrensilverNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Today we're gonna tackle one of the best known contemplative clichés: being in the present moment and inhabiting the now. The present moment seems to be a state we aspire towards, but are rarely given practical information about how to actually achieve. But today's guest, Matthew Brensilver offers just that— practical information on how to achieve being present. We also explore his argument that when painful memories sur...
2022-07-131h 06AudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksDeveloping our Dharma StoriesThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.06.22 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Online Insight Retreat 6/18/22 with Matthew Brensilver and Ines Freedman (2022-06-18 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-06-2346 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksTuesday Sit with Instructions: Affect and Meaning-makingThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.06.21 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Online Insight Retreat 6/18/22 with Matthew Brensilver and Ines Freedman (2022-06-18 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-06-2143 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksMonday Dharma Talk: Relationship between the Body and ThinkingThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.06.20 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Online Insight Retreat 6/18/22 with Matthew Brensilver and Ines Freedman (2022-06-18 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-06-2147 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksSunday Evening ReflectionThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.06.19 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Online Insight Retreat 6/18/22 with Matthew Brensilver and Ines Freedman (2022-06-18 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-06-2011 minAudioDharma: Matthew Brensilver's most recent dharma talksDharmette on Retreat Theme: Thought & FreedomThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2022.06.18 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Online Insight Retreat 6/18/22 with Matthew Brensilver and Ines Freedman (2022-06-18 00:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2022-06-1922 min
10% Happier with Dan HarrisWhy Self-Hatred Makes No Sense | Matthew BrensilverThis episode, with Matthew Brensilver, explores a compelling Buddhist question: does self-hatred, or self-love, make sense if the self is an illusion? Matthew Brensilver, PhD, is a clinical social worker and experienced teacher of meditation retreats. He also worked at an organization called Mindful Schools, which teaches teachers how to teach meditation. This episode also explores: how and why to view your anger with skepticism; the relationship between self-love and personal ethics; what to do if you think you're a good person but have no interest in changing your behavior to get better; how t...
2022-02-021h 01
Toward Light: Practical Buddhism for the Modern WorldRoadblocks to Liberation: The Ten FettersIn this episode I explore the ten fetters, and how this list of barriers can help us to stay on the Dharma path. I share quotes from Sharon Salzberg, Ruth King, Matthew Brensilver and more.
2021-01-0614 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksSaying Yes to LifeThis talk was given by Max Erdstein on 2020.10.14 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver (2020-10-12 17:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2020-10-151h 01
Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver, Tuere Sala: Tuere Sala and Matthew Brensilver in dialogue about wisdom(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dharma Talk
2020-10-0854 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Reflection & Meditation: Grief & Compassion(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided Meditation
2020-10-0830 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Feelings and their elaborations(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-10-0654 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: The Parami of Truthfulness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dharma Talk
2020-10-0547 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Settling into the Body(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-10-0340 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Your Face: The Gaze, Self-view, Intimacy and Letting Go (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-05-1746 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Vulnerability, Porousness, Equanimity & Love (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-05-1443 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Dialectics of Practice - Opening and Protection (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-05-1242 min
Spirit RockMatthew Brensilver - Dharma and AnxietyMatthew Brensilver - Dharma and Anxiety by Spirit Rock
2020-03-1947 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Addressing Coronavirus with a Dharma View- Monday Night Dharma Talk(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-03-0951 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Death and the Poignancy of Life(New York Insight Meditation Center) William James said that death was the ‘worm at the core’ of the human condition that turns us all into ‘melancholy metaphysicians.’ A century later, awareness of mortality is documented to affect our thinking and emotional lives in powerful ways. It figures prominently in Buddhist practice.
In what ways does consciousness of death distorts our view and lead us away from wisdom and compassion? Alternatively, how can we open to the truth of finitude such that our heart is softened? Can we intuit the freedom or love that might be released were we more deeply at peace...
2019-12-171h 01Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 6 Morning Guided Instructions: Pervasiveness of Feeling (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-10-2348 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 2 Morning Guided Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Rest is Available-Body Breathing
2019-10-1950 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Attention, Wisdom, Grief and Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-08-1550 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Brian Lesage, Matthew Brensilver: The Interpersonal Dimension of the Dharma (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Matthew and Brian share reflections on bringing our spiritual practice into the relational field of our lives.
2019-06-2257 min
Brian Lesage's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)Brian Lesage, Matthew Brensilver: The Interpersonal Dimension of the Dharma (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Matthew and Brian share reflections on bringing our spiritual practice into the relational field of our lives.
2019-06-2257 minBrian Lesage's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Brian Lesage, Matthew Brensilver: The Interpersonal Dimension of the Dharma (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Matthew and Brian share reflections on bringing our spiritual practice into the relational field of our lives.
2019-06-2257 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Body and Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-06-2139 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: The Story of Jumping Mouse (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-06-1858 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Equanimity and Samadhi(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Substantial overlap with previous talk on samadhi.
2019-06-0551 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: How the world impacts the emotional body(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)
2019-06-0446 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Body Settling, Pleasure of the Breath(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)
2019-06-0230 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Monday Night Dharma Talk(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-03-2559 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Compulsive Thinking, Concentration & Equanimity(New York Insight Meditation Center) Meditation practice cultivates a diverse set of attentional, emotional and introspective skills.
Central to the practice of mindfulness is the stabilization of attention. But before our attention stabilizes, practice can be overstimulating.
This talk will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest. In developing this steadiness, equanimity (the capacity to fully permit the flow of both pleasure and pain) is a vital skill.
We will see how concentration and equanimity reinforce each other and support a deeper understanding of ourselves. And how this stability, in turn, makes space for the heart to...
2019-03-081h 00Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: guided meditation(New York Insight Meditation Center) Meditation practice cultivates a diverse set of attentional, emotional and introspective skills.
Central to the practice of mindfulness is the stabilization of attention. But before our attention stabilizes, practice can be overstimulating.
This talk will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest. In developing this steadiness, equanimity (the capacity to fully permit the flow of both pleasure and pain) is a vital skill.
We will see how concentration and equanimity reinforce each other and support a deeper understanding of ourselves. And how this stability, in turn, makes space for the heart to...
2019-03-0836 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Technology as an Existential Threat to Mindfulness - Matthew Brensilver and Randy Fernando(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-02-283h 01Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Monday Night Dharma Talk(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-12-1055 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Sila as Our Practice in the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-11-2445 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-11-2347 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-11-231h 45Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-11-2355 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 6: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-11-2151 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Sila, Samadhi, Panna (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-10-2254 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Ethical Implications of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-06-1647 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Turbulence and Peace (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-06-1655 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Clinging and Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-06-141h 00Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-06-1349 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Metta Reflections: Opening to Life Requires Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2018-06-1227 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Monday Night Meditation Talk (Drop-in at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Monday Night Meditation Talk
2017-10-231h 05Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Bringing Dharma Into Interpersonal and Communal Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2017-05-2848 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 5: Instructions and Sitting(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mostly a quiet sit.
2017-05-2738 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 4: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections and INstructions: comparing mind, envy and Mudita.
2017-05-2634 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 3 Instructions and Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Feeling and Internal Dialogue
2017-05-2537 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Intentions for Practice and the Jewel of Curiosity (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2017-05-2445 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 1: Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2017-05-2332 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Day 1: Instructions and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Attentional Control, Emotion Regulation and Nonidentifcation
2017-05-2336 min
Z Z Archive 2017We Deserve Better - Dorrin RosenfeldMatthew Brensilver, PhD will discuss the proper techniques, and the purpose of meditation. This activity is something we can all do singly or with others at any place or time. Meditation is known to increase concentration, focus, and relaxation. This can be especially helpful when one has become chronically scattered or unfocused due to a brain trauma. We all strive to quiet the spontaneous noises of the mind; and a focused talk on why meditation is productive and how it can be best utilized has the potential to help a wide variety of people. Matthew exudes calmness and centeredness, and a...
2017-02-031h 55
AudioDharma: Collection of talks from Daylong Meditation RetreatsOwnership, Letting Go, LoveThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2017.01.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2017-01-2918 minAudioDharma: Collection of talks from Daylong Meditation RetreatsQ & AThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2017.01.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2017-01-2932 minAudioDharma: Collection of talks from Daylong Meditation RetreatsGuided Meditation - Deconstructing Sensory ExperienceThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2017.01.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2017-01-2846 minAudioDharma: Collection of talks from Daylong Meditation RetreatsPerils and Promise of TechniqueThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2017.01.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2017-01-2818 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Intensity, Clinging and Anatta in the teen years (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2016-12-3041 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Spirit Rock-Attention, Love and Service(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2016-11-2545 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Spirit Rock-Samadhi in the Context of Letting Go(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2016-11-2248 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksMorning instructions - Emotions and Non-DoingThis talk was given by Max Erdstein on 2016.10.09 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Oct 7-10: Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver (2016-10-06 17:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2016-10-0948 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksEvening Q & AThis talk was given by Max Erdstein on 2016.10.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.Oct 7-10: Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver (2016-10-06 17:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2016-10-0936 minAudioDharma: Max Erdstein's most recent dharma talksWaking Up, Giving Up, Growing UpThis talk was given by Max Erdstein on 2016.10.08 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.Oct 7-10: Max Erdstein, Matthew Brensilver (2016-10-06 17:00:00 -0700)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2016-10-0854 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Anxiety and Tranquility(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Audio recording of Monday Night Meditation class with Matthew Brensilver on May 9th, 2016
2016-05-0958 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Grief, Love and Groundlessness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Audio recording of the Monday night class on April 18, 2016 with Matthew Brensilver.
2016-04-1853 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02Guided Meditation (Day 6): Poems, Reflections, SilenceThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.09 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0939 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02TranquilityThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.08 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0850 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02Guided Meditation (Day 4): Emotion in the BodyThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.07 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0737 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02EnergyThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.06 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0640 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02Guded Meditation (Day 2): BreathThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.05 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0550 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver 2016.04.02MindfulnessThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2016.04.04 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Apr 3-10, 2016: Nikki Mirghafori, Matthew Brensilver (2016-04-02 17:00:00 -0700)
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2016-04-0439 minAudioDharma: Alexis Santos's most recent dharma talksReflections on the Path of AwarenessThis talk was given by Alexis Santos on 2016.01.16 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos (2016-01-15 16:00:00 -0800)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2016-01-171h 02AudioDharma: Alexis Santos's most recent dharma talksMorning Instructions - Awareness and WisdomThis talk was given by Alexis Santos on 2016.01.16 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.January 16-18, 2016: Matthew Brensilver & Alexis Santos (2016-01-15 16:00:00 -0800)For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.orgIf you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/.This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
2016-01-1750 minMatthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)Matthew Brensilver: Q&A(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Matthew, Marv and Joanna answer questions
2015-12-3136 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015.05.28Not-SelfThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2015.06.03 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver (2015-05-28 17:00:00 -0700)
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2015-06-0449 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015.05.28Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of MindThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2015.06.02 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver (2015-05-28 17:00:00 -0700)
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2015-06-0345 minAudioDharma: Retreat talks from May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver 2015.05.28Cultivating Confidence in PracticeThis talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2015.06.01 at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
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May 29-Jun 3 2015: Gil Fronsdal, Nikki Mirghafori,Matthew Brensilver (2015-05-28 17:00:00 -0700)
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2015-06-0244 min
ZencastZencast 441 - Clinging & Letting Go by Matthew BrensilverClinging & Letting Go - Matthew Brensilver This teaching is given freely courtesy of Audio Dharma. Audio Dharma ; IMC ; Matthew Brensilver
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