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The Monk on a MotorbikeDeath and the Dhamma. An interview with Yanai PostelnikToday I'm talking to meditation teacher, Yanai Postelnik about old age, sickness, death and the Dhamma
Yanai was diagnosed with bowel cancer just over a year ago and so has a very personal experience of both the Dhamma and ill health.
He has led retreats on the subject and talks very openly and candidly about what he has been through, so far from being a morbid conversation I personally found hearing his story to be deeply inspiring
Yanai is a mainstay of the teaching community at Gaia House Meditation Center in Devon in the UK...2024-06-021h 28
Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Teachings and Meditation(Gaia House) Opening to the possibility of how freedom, liberation and release can arise when we are not bound by or identified with inner and outer conditions.2021-03-1453 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Teachings and Guided Meditation(Gaia House) Guidance on turning towards what may be difficult in our experience, with care and kindness.2021-03-1353 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk(Gaia House) Reflections on how living an embodied life is central to the spiritual journey, and how to find a balance between engagement and relaxation when working with the body in our practice.2021-03-1251 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Teachings and Meditation(Gaia House) Instructions on practicing Insight Meditation, and a lightly guided meditation.2021-03-1259 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Opening Evening of the Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat(Gaia House) Welcome, orienting within the retreat, short guided yoga and meditation.
This recording also includes Helen Stephenson.2021-03-1154 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections, Instructions and Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2020-10-2240 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk(Gaia House) Reflections on what it might mean for us to embody a 'just' awakening.2020-10-2154 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections and Guided Meditation(Gaia House) Asking for and offering forgiveness, for ways that we may have caused harm, or have been harmed by others.2020-10-2041 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections, Instructions and Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2020-10-2041 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk(Gaia House) Reflections on how skillful contemplation can be part of our practice.2020-10-1946 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Instructions and Practice Guidance(Gaia House)2020-10-1842 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Closing Session(Gaia House) This recording also includes Helen Stephenson2020-06-0534 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions and Meditation(Gaia House)2020-06-0544 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Evening Dharma Talk(Gaia House)2020-06-0444 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2020-06-0444 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions and Meditation(Gaia House)2020-06-0343 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Evening Dharma Talk(Gaia House)2020-06-0250 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2020-06-0243 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Closing Reflections(Gaia House) This recording also includes River Wolton2020-04-1313 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections, Instructions, Meditation(Gaia House)2020-04-1338 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Teachings(Gaia House)2020-04-1252 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections, Instructions, Meditation(Gaia House) This recording also includes River Wolton2020-04-1255 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Silent Meditation, Dedication, Chant(Gaia House) This recording also includes River Wolton2020-04-1128 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation and Dharma Teachings(Gaia House)2020-04-1148 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Reflections, Instructions, Meditation(Gaia House) This recording also includes River Wolton2020-04-1134 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Lightly Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2020-04-1140 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Closing Talk(Gaia House) This recording also includes Gavin Milne.2020-01-2747 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - A Path of Peace - Generosity, Ethics and Spiritual Development(Gaia House)2020-01-2554 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Standing and Sitting Meditation, Advice on Sitting Posture(Gaia House)2020-01-2545 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Instructions (Day 1)(Gaia House) This recording also includes Gavin Milne.2020-01-2548 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Climate Emergency Dharma 2020(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on the climate and ecological crisiss we face, and my involvement in non-violent civil disobedance with Extintion Rebellion2020-01-051h 07Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions - Attention, Awareness and Presence.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2020-01-0553 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Metta Meditation With Metta Mudra(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2020-01-0444 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Living In Rental Accomdation: Contemplating Impermance(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2020-01-031h 01Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: 4th Day Morning Reflections and Instructions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Working with vedana - "hedonic tone"2020-01-0255 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Meditation - Kindness For The Body(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Offering care and kindness to our human bodies and the larger body of life.2020-01-0141 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Day Three Walking Instruction(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2020-01-0105 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: WholeHearted Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Refelections on craving, aversion and the cultivation of non attachemnt, inclusivity and the wholeness of heart.2019-12-3112h 35Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: First Morning Reflections and Sitting Meditation Instructions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2019-12-3045 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: New Year Retreat Opening Talk(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2019-12-291h 02Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Finding Peace and Stillness in Movement(Gaia House)2019-12-0152 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Climate Emergency Dharma(Gaia House)2019-11-051h 04Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Tender Heart Practice(Gaia House)2019-11-0252 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions(Gaia House)2019-11-0251 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Climate Emergency Dharma(Gaia House)2019-10-1957 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Contemplating Impermanence(Gaia House)2019-10-1856 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation Instructions (Day 3)(Gaia House)2019-10-1849 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation(Gaia House)2019-10-1729 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Wholehearted Practice(Gaia House)2019-10-1650 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation Instructions (Day 1)(Gaia House) This recording also includes Gavin Milne2019-10-1656 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Love in the Time of Extinction: Dharma Practice, Climate, Ecology and Non-Violent Civil Disobedience(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)2019-07-141h 28Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Climate Emergency Dharma(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflection on the dharma of responding to the climate and ecological emergency with an open heart.2019-07-121h 02Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Love in the Time of Extinction: Dharma Practice, Climate, Ecology and Non-Violent Civil Disobedience(Barre Center for Buddhist Studies) How practices of awakening and compassion converge with conscientiously choosing to disobey the law, in responding to the climate and ecological emergency we face.
What does dharma practice look like in the face of a Climate and Ecological emergency? How do the Buddha’s wisdom teachings and compassionate practices empower us to meet this crisis? How do we keep our heart open while engaging with our inner responses and the outer situation?2019-07-101h 05Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Body Dharma(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Contemplating our body and the teaching it offers us.2019-07-091h 03Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - Turning Towards the World's Pain(Gaia House)2019-06-141h 00Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Loving Kindness Meditation(Gaia House)2019-06-1342 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Dharma Talk - The Bouyancy of Life(Gaia House)2019-06-1253 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Instructions and Guided Meditation(Gaia House)2019-06-1244 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Goodness, Presence, Wisdom(Gaia House)2019-06-0954 min
Gaia House: Jaya Rudgard's most recent Dharma talksJaya Rudgard: Chants and Reflections; Brahma Viharas; How Our Happiness Depends on Our Inward and Outward Actions(Gaia House) In this recording Jaya Rudgard and Yanai Postelnik both offer their own reflections. JAYA RUDGARD (00:00 - 30:18)
Chant: "May I abide in wellbeing" (call and response and unison).
Reflections on sustaining practice and intention after leaving retreat, chanting practice, Brahma Viharas and personal responsibility. YANAI POSTELNIK (30:50 - 66:36)
Reflections on how our deeper happiness depends on our relationship to action, and on how consciously we are able to engage inwardly and outwardly in thought and deed in the world.2019-04-291h 06Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Exploring What's Possible - Not Turning From Discomfort(Gaia House)2019-04-271h 00The Monk on a MotorbikeLove in the Time of ExtinctionIn this episode hear internationally respected meditation teacher, Yanai Postelnik, talking about Buddhism and breaking the law, his involvement with Extinction Rebellion, getting arrested twice during protests against climate change in London. his spiritual path, living solely on donations from his students, going back to protest whilst on bail, and loads of other interesting stuff, 2019-04-141h 41Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation Instructions(Gaia House)2019-01-2835 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Loving Kindness & Compassion Meditation(Gaia House)2019-01-2745 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation Instructions(Gaia House)2019-01-2706 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Awakening Inner Peace(Gaia House)2019-01-2654 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Looking Back And Moving Forward - A Talk For The New Year(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on an engaged response to the climate emergency and social injustice issues as an expression of dharma practice.2019-01-0659 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Day seven instructions - Including thoughts(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2019-01-0555 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Forgiveness - Reflections and Guided Meditation(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2019-01-0444 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Comptplating Mortality.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2019-01-031h 03Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions -(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Vedana - Feeling Tone2019-01-0251 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Guided Movement Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Metta - Loving kindness practice for our body.2019-01-0145 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Tender Heart Practice(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2018-12-3157 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Questions And Answers(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2018-12-301h 47Gaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Standing Meditation Instructions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2018-12-3013 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Meditation Instruction - The Breathing Body(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2018-12-3057 min
Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Acting from the courageous heart.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on inner and outer activism: responding to greed, hatred, and delusion in the world from a place of courageous compassion.2017-01-061h 02Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Morning Reflection(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2017-01-0549 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Guided Meditation On Foregivness(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2017-01-0440 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Morning Instructions(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2017-01-0351 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Embracing our aliveness.(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2017-01-021h 05Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Guided meditation on the full awareness of the breathing body(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2017-01-0141 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Second Morning Instructions - Body Breathing(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2016-12-3145 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Meditation and Letting Go(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on renunciation and letting go as a foundation for deepening meditation practice and wellbeing.2016-12-3053 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Questions and Answers(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2016-12-3031 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Standing Meditation Instruction(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2016-12-3046 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Opening Talk(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on renunciation and letting go as a foundation for deepening practice and well-being.2016-12-291h 23Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat 2016-12-29Yanai Postelnik: Opening Talk - Edited(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)2016-12-2951 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2016-11-02Yanai Postelnik: Question & Answer Session(Gaia House)2016-11-2756 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2016-11-02Yanai Postelnik: The Art of Unknowing(Gaia House)2016-11-1852 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2016-11-02Yanai Postelnik: The Beauty of Discomfort & Tribute to Leonard Cohen(Gaia House)2016-11-1158 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2016-11-02Yanai Postelnik: A Passion for Freedom(Gaia House)2016-11-0334 minGaia House: Yanai Postelnik's most recent Dharma talksYanai Postelnik: Closing Talks - Akincano, Catherine, and Yanai(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Clues for practice and encouragement2015-01-0651 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2012-10-31Yanai Postelnik: The Heart of the Dharma(Gaia House)2012-11-2558 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2012-10-31Yanai Postelnik: Gratitude(Gaia House)2012-11-1146 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Retreat talks from November Solitary 2012-10-31Yanai Postelnik: Mindfulness of the Body(Gaia House)2012-11-0350 min
Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Catherine McGee's most recent Dharma talksCatherine McGee: Instructions on Working with Thought(Gaia House) This recording also includes Yanai Postelnik2012-07-0648 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Catherine McGee's most recent Dharma talksCatherine McGee: Instructions and Guided Meditation on Knowing Mindstates(Gaia House) This recording also includes Yanai Postelnik2012-07-0545 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Catherine McGee's most recent Dharma talksCatherine McGee: Short Chanting Session (on Metta, Compassion, Joy), Silent Meditation, Short talk(Gaia House) This recording also includes Yanai Postelnik2012-06-3011 min