Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.

Not 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.&nbsp...

Nick Daez is a Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Sound Healer. He completed his teacher trainings in New Mexico, Nepal, Bali and Palawan. Embracing his calling to serve and teach, he leads shamanic energy healing rituals and does creative work as a multi-disciplinary artist. He co-founded the award winning boutique video production company, Seabiscuit Films which is based in Manila. In thi...

Here is a really fun, informative, an deep interview I did with  Clint Sabom of Contemplative light. We discuss Mantra practice, Dont Know mind, emptiness, trauma informed mindfulness, and many other healing modalities.  May All Benefit.

Human experience arises in terms of opposites. Some wise people have said that release from suffering lies in the silent space in between.  May All Benefit. 

Welcome to the Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program will be a Dharma talk introducing a mindfulness of emotions and feelings practice.  7pm Sunday, Aug 9th (PT) 9am Monday, Aug 10(Thai time) Facebook and Instagram Live! May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏

This episode I get the opportunity to dive deep with pianist/healer maestro Pablo Arellano  into topics such as how meditation influences the creative process, using creativity to design  new ways of teaching contemplative practices, enlightenment, boundless heart,  compassion, wisdom, and much much more.  It is truly my pleasure to have this amazing opportunity to speak with a...

Welcome to The Such Sweet Thunder meditation program: Q n A on the topic of mindfulness!  Topics discussed: benefits of mindfulness, meditating with discomfort, and the four foundations of mindfulness.  May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏

In this presentation I give a secular, accessible, task based approach to the Buddha's principal teachings on the Four:  1. Life contains suffering.  2. We suffer as a result of our emotional reactivity 3. We can unplug our emotional reactivity 4. That unplugging becomes easier when we create a path allowing that to occur. (mindfulness on all aspects of life) This approach allows these t...

The wise rest in the never ending state of becoming. Make this path of becoming a path of love. This episode I will guide a meditation and offer a poem/commentary on the topic of resting in a state of becoming. May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏

Welcome to “A Voice From the Ever-Change” meditation program EP 19. Today I’ll be guiding a meditation and offering a poem and commentary to deepen the practice. In this episode I discuss widening our circle of care and compassion to include all beings. 

In this truly heartwarming story, Chris tells the famous story of the young Woman Kisa and her journey from pain into compassion. A story told in temples worldwide. May All Benefit

Here I guide a traditional mindfulness practice with an  emphasis on noting pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling tones as they arise in the body. When we do this, we separate and distinguish  the difference between the feeling tones and our emotional reactions to the feeling tones. Finding freedom  May All Benefit.

Welcome to A Voice From the Ever-Change meditation program! In this episode I will guide a meditation and then offer a poem and commentary from my latest book. Today’s topic is Insight meditation. The challenges and benefits of this beautiful practice May All Benefit

This interview features the amazing and super talented  Ea Torrado. Ea Torrado is a multidimensional healing artist whose medicine blends the use of body, voice, ritual and storytelling. She is founder and artistic director of Manila-based dance theatre group, Daloy Dance Company. With the company, Ea has presented Walang Hiya Festival, Sayaw Galaw, Ugnayan Community Program and Tanghal at Ta...

Here I guide a meditation designed to allow one a state of complete rest. Resting in the body, mind, and heart with the experience of sounds, sights and sensations.  May All Benefit.

This is a recording of a sunrise meditation which I offered to the community at The New Life Foundation in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The sound of the nature makes a lovely soundscape to meditate with.  May All Benefit.

In this lovely, heartwarming story, Chris unfolds the legend of Kuan Yin incarnating into Avalokiteshvara. There are many wonderful gems of wisdom hidden in this beautiful myth. A story of how to embrace the light and dark of life without falling into despair.

Welcome to the next episode of Brahma Viharas Series: Lovingkindness. “Imagine Lovingkindness” In this episode I’ll answer a few questions about meditation bells and the sleep/meditation comparison, then I unpack John Lennon’s classic “Imagine” and how it relates to a practice of Lovingkindness.

Can we find peace within the flowing river of ever-change called life? Can we rest in the midst of the flux? Welcome to “A Voice From The Ever Change” meditation program, where I’ll be offering a guided meditation, poem, and a commentary on the topic of Resting in Impermanence. May All Benefit🙏🙏🙏

Natcha is a Pottery wizard and writes extraordinary, heartfelt writing laced with non-dual awareness. We go in the deep end quick here so fasten your seatbelts! Natcha's Enlightened Pottery: instagram @thevesselflight Natcha's writing set to art: instagram: theblueflamespirits May All Benefit

In the practices of Metta (Lovingkindness) we systematically open and embrace ourselves, loved ones, strangers, and enemies. By widening our circle of care and compassion to include everyone, we eradicate violence from life. Join me for a talk on Lovingkindness! Live At Chiangmai Holistic Center. I really had an amazing time offering this talk at this beautiful space to beautiful people. If you ha...

In meditation we are often carry the misperception that our environment should be silent. Sounds are then struggled against rather than seen as just another experience. Join me for the next episode of Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Program: meditation with sound, body, and breath. May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏

”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 F...

Thanarat Pui is a contemplative facilitator and healer specializing in modalities of movement and art. In this entertaining and enlightening interview we discuss fearlessness in creativity, resolving the inner-critic, art and movement as healing modalities, and much more. Pui and I are Co-facilitating a retreat at The New Life Foundation, July 17th-24 titled: "Lovingkindness. A Healing Retreat"

When we allow the body, mind, and heart to rest completely, yet remain engaged and alert, what happens? May All Benefit 🙏🙏🙏