Christopher Luard

Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast.

Religion EN ↓ 711 episodes

Here you will find a podcast with a variety of talks, meditations, and other resources specifically designed to support and enhance a meditation practice. Appropriate for all skill levels.

Author

Christopher Luard

Category

Religion

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Resting. Body, Mind, and Heart 08.08.2025

When we come to a deep state of rest in the body we can clearly experience the arising and passing of sensations. When we come to a deep state of rest in the mind and heart, we can clearly experience the impermanent nature of our thoughts and emotions. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in...

Resting in the Body, Observing the Mind 01.08.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation designed to allow us to cultivate a deep state of bodily rest. From that deep rest we observe the activity of the mind, so that we might find a space of rest from the overactive thinking. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regards to this, or other medita...

Resilience Training. FB Live. Session 2 31.07.2025

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Resilience Training. Facebook Live. Session 1 23.07.2025

A 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."

Satipatthana Meditation. 23.07.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation bringing mindfulness to body, feeling tones, mind/heart, and mind structures. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 practi...

Reslience Training Online Immersive Program 20.07.2025

Hello Friends! It is with great pleasure that I announce our Autumn Online program: RESILIENCE TRAINING! This will be an eight week long online immersive program. We will be exploring a set of practices which I personally have found very helpful in navigating the (sometimes extreme) stress of the current world crises. I hope you will join me!

A Kind Body Scan 20.07.2025

A Kind Body Scan Here I offer a guided meditation offering our own physical body kindness and warmth. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 medi...

Intention Setting. A Guided Meditation 18.07.2025

Here is.a practice where we are invited to bring into awareness some intention. Either for the practice of for our life in general. We then activate the nervous system to et the whole brain involved in the process. A deep and rich practice. Enjoy! Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally we may experience things which surprise as a result. If you have any questions or concerns in regar...

Three Intentions. A Guided Meditation 11.07.2025

Here is a guided meditation exploring the intentions of our life, of the present moment, and what brings us joy. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 prac...

Mindfulness of Body, Feelings, Mind 03.07.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring us to a kind acceptance of our body, feelins, and mind. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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...

Heartfelt Awareness. Body, Feelings, Mind 01.07.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation designed to bring us to a kind acceptance of our body, feelins, and mind. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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...

Kindness to Heart and Mind 23.06.2025

Here is a variation on the pracitce of "mindfulness of mind", emphasizing the non-judment and warmth of mindful awareness. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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....

Kindness to our body and feeling tones. 16.06.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation, offering our own physical body and to our hedonic experience, kindness and warmth. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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...

Mindfulness. Body-Feelings-Mind 14.06.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation through the body, feeling tones, and mind/heart, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, bones, and the elemental qualities of the body: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. Then we rest deeply in the body and from that...

A Kind Smile Body Scan 11.06.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation offering our own physical body kindness and warmth. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 39 yea...

Skin, Flesh, Bones. A Guided Meditation 01.06.2025

Skin-Flesh-Bones Body Scan. Such Sweet Thunder Meditation Podcast. Play Here I offer a guided meditation through the anatomy of the body as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, and bones. With practice, this practice can lead one to a deeper sense of present moment awareness, and to recognize the not-self aspect of our p...

Heartfelt Body Scan. 25.05.2025

In this practice we are invited to bring a kind awareness to our body. Offering our body a smile, and a kind open heart. Enjoy! Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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...

Mindfulness of Body Feelings Mind-Heart 24.05.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation through the body, feeling tones, and mind/heart, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, bones, and the elemental qualities of the body: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. Then we rest deeply in the body and from that...

Mindfulness of Mind 10.05.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation inviting us to observe our thoughts and feelings without judgement. Enjoy!

Kindness to Ourselves. Pleasant, Neutral, Unpleasant 07.05.2025

Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to open to ourselves in ways that we like, that we are neutral toward, and in ways which we find challenging. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 webs...

Kindness to Ourselves and Loved Ones 02.05.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation by offering the gift of lovingkindness in the form of phrases to loved ones. Then we move into a visualization where we radiate kindness energy out to drench ourselves in the warm energy of kindness. The longer we stay in the experience of lovingkindness, the more our neurons wire and fire together, allowing the passing state of kindness to become a permanent trait...

Kindness to all of ourselves. A Guided Meditation. 02.05.2025

Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to open to ourselves in ways that we like, that we are neutral toward, and in ways which we find challenging. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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 webs...

Heartfelt Awareness. A Talk and Guided Meditation 03.04.2025

Sati...the word that is translated into "mindfulness" equally means "heartfulness." Here I explore ways of bringing a kind awareness to all of our experiences, pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral. May All Benefit.

Kindness. Body, Mind, Heart. 30.03.2025

Here is a guided meditation designed to allow us to meet our present moment experience in both body, mind, and heart. Meditation can be challenging at times. Occasionally 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...

Mindfulness of Body, Feeling tones, Mind. Take 2 26.03.2025

Here I offer a guided meditation through the body, feeling tones, and mind/heart, as presented by Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo. In this practice we explore our experience of our body through the skin, flesh, bones, and the elemental qualities of the body: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. We are then invited into the feeling tones inherent in the human experience. Then we rest deeply in the body and from that...

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