Dharmapunx NYC

Talk and guided meditation; the talk presents an overview of early buddhist and contemporary clinical insights into the psychology processes underlying the sudden switch from a safe and confident state into a hypervigilant, survival mode; the meditation explores self-soothing during triggered states, and de-activating triggering individuals.

Talk and Guided meditation on the three nervous system states and neural correlates underpinning helping others skillfully, without being dysregulated via emotion contagion.

Recorded December 31 2018 in Brooklyn NY, from 11pm to just before midnight (after which the sangha chanted the Buddhist refuges and precepts).

34 minute talk and 26 minute guided meditation on the theme.

30 minute talk and 29 minute guided meditation on transforming ingrained behaviors and perceptions through developing a sustained awareness of underlying feelings.

Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring the theme. Hour long episode.

A talk summarizing the Buddha's insights into one of the most pernicious catalysts of suffering, why self-improvement regimes invariably leave us disappointed and often with even more damaged states of inner esteem, and the psychologically sound practices to process emotional wounds.

Talk and Guided meditation exploring alleviating social anxiety

26 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation developing creative visualization practice Also: Join us for our last retreat of the year!

35 minute talk + 24 minute guided meditation on developing a secure base And join us for our last retreat of the year! 

Talk and Guided Meditation

Talks and guided Meditations from the October 25 - 28 Won Dharma Retreat on Secure Attachment

Talk and guided meditation on the process of overriding fear through visualization process.

33 minute dharma talk followed by 29 minute guided meditation on the theme

Talk on the concept of core shame, what causes it, how it leads to self-doubt, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, vulnerability and avoidant coping patterns, and a guided meditation demonstrating how to alleviate core shame in practice.

30 minute talk followed by guided meditation on the theme

Extended talk on the efficacy of emotions followed by meditation exploring the theme. Recorded September 28 2018 at Garrison Institute

28 minute talk + 28 minute guided meditation

30 minute talk + 30 minute guided meditation where we practice making a difficult decision

39 minute talk followed by 25 minute guided meditation on themes introduced in the talk.

33 minute talk, 27 minute guided meditaiton practicing the tools described in the talk

33 minute talk + 30 minute meditation reviewing different techniques

25 minute talk + 25 minute meditation which further investigates the theme.

36 minute talk, 27 minute guided meditation on the theme. This talk expands on ideas found in the clinical books of 'Addiction as an Attachment Disorder' by Philip Flores, 'Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self' by Allan Schore Along with these other studies: Caspers, K. M., Troutman, B., & Spinks, R. (2006). Attachment as an organizer of behavior: implications for substance abuse problems...

Talk given at Akazienzendo in Schoneburg Berlin.