Depression and Anxiety and the Four Noble truths. How depression or anxiety can assist in understanding the Four Noble Truths. Also Amita's personal journey and experiences in this regard.

This talk highlights four essential gifts that Dipa Ma Barua's life offers dharma practitioners today.  The talk also includes two recordings of Dipa Ma's chanting.

I learned this meditation in 2003 from Tibetan monk, Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He affectionately called it the “French Press” meditation because he wanted us to follow the exhale breath down into the belly in the same slow way the hand held coffee maker pushed the grinds to the bottom. Now somatic therapists and researchers know that a belly breath also connects with your vagal nerve, and you can reset your nervous system with just a few of these breaths. This meditation meditation combines breathing into the belly and grounding in stillness.

Exploring four paradoxes in practice; thoughts and stillness; effort and relaxed, the personal and the profound, right now and forever.

12 Steps and the Dharma: Freedom from the Bondage of Self as it relates to Buddhism. Thoughts on addiction and no self.

How to embody a deep quiet in your practice and your life. Ways to work with thoughts and find more stillness.

In answer to a question, this short piece describes a few strategies to work with monkey mind, from both the practical, to the emotional healing of the root cause.

Three Questions on Trauma, Love, and Rawness

Have the courage, like the Buddha, to take your one seat in the world. Discover what is your truth, your stillness, and your wisdom. Be willing to embody this completely and authentically in the world.

What if you could use 100% of your heart capacity? What would be possible then? Improving inclusivity and connection will move you towards this 100% heart.

Instead of forcing Lovingkindness, there are ways to reflect inside with compassion for those parts of you that can't do Metta.

Suggestions for meditators who have trauma.

Antifragile Dharma practice can actually make us gain strength from difficult times. This talk includes some practices to create invincibility of heart, and has "the daffodil story."

Wholeness. Part 2 of "No Part Left Out.: Creating and building wholeness in yourself in every day.

Are you stuck in worry, a thought, or a problem? This guided meditation can help give you a new perspective on your thoughts and your life. It is calming, spacious and insightful.

A guided meditation to remember that a "field of lovingkindess that has your back."

This talk looks at how all parts of your psychology can lead to wholeness. Meeting all of yourself with compassion and connection creates awakening. When Nun Izuimi Shikibu (974-0134 AD) became enlightened she reflected on this experience; "I knew myself completely; no part left out."

Develop lovingkindness from the inside out using eye contact with loved ones to rewire your nervous system. This meditation is designed to create a greater sense of connection, lovingkindness and inner family.

Fearlessness is a deep spiritual practice. This talk offers some tools and reflections on increasing your inner strength and fearlessness during these difficult times

What is the "we" of dharma and how do we cultivate this? Part 1

Some basic strategies on using mindfulness to help with anxiety and trauma.

Bodhisattvas are compassionate beings who transmute the suffering of the world. Here are some tools and reflections on how to be a Stealth Bodhisattva in your work and your life.

How to work with thoughts and emotions.

Benefactor and self - guided metta meditation.

Ways to use mindfulness to help with depression.

Ways to sustain love and find the core of love in every situation

This talk combines fifteen years of my work in Alzheimer's Disease and the practice in Buddhism. How to wisely prepare the mind and heart for dementia. Dedicated to my father who died of Alzheimer's Disease.