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By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

In many contemplative traditions, it is said that we can practice meditation during the most ordinary activities, such as taking a walk, washing the dishes, or even in the midst of a busy day of emails. Here, our friend and Sounds True author Dr. Andrew Weil shows how the simple art of cooking – when engaged in a present, mindful, and open way – can offer a gateway into the experience of meditation.

We’d love to hear from you on how cooking and other so-called “ordinary” activities offer you a portal into deeper love, awakening, and aliveness in the present moment.

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A free video from our dear friend Thich Nhat Hanh

By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

Enjoy this lovely video from our dear friend, Thich Nhat Hanh, recorded at the Body and Mind are One retreat in Colorado in the summer of 2011. There is something about Thich Nhat Hanh’s presence that just allows for an outpouring of mindfulness, love, kindness, and compassion. When we at Sounds True reflect upon mindfulness, we think immediately of our dear friend, Thich Nhat Hanh, and how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to work with him, something we’ve been blessed with over the last 20+ years. In so many ways, he embodies the work we’re doing here: our values, vision, and mission.

The beautiful and inspiring footage we gathered from Body and Mind are One was edited into a seven-hour online course, which you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home, on a schedule that works for you. More than an ordinary training course in mindfulness, Body and Mind Are One is at once a living transmission of insight from this beloved Zen master and a practical teaching series covering fundamental principles for a joyful life.

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Free, 12-part video series of self-acceptance

By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

Access the Self-Acceptance Project free of charge

Self-aggression, self-acceptance, self-love, and issues of self-worth can be challenging for contemporary spiritual practitioners, even for those who have meditated or engaged in psychotherapy for years. There are many ways we can be unkind to ourselves, often subtle and unconscious, which can affect the way we perceive and engage in our lives, especially in interpersonal and intimate relationship.

In this free, 12-week video event series, I invited 23 psychologists, psychotherapists, neuroscientists, and spiritual teachers to speak with my friend and longtime colleague, Tami Simon, to explore these areas and how we might move toward the creation of a certain kind of holding environment in which we can grow, heal, and transform together.

All episodes of the Self-Acceptance Project are now posted and can be accessed as video or audio downloads, or can be streamed at no cost from the comfort of your own home. We invite you to join us for this pioneering series and look forward to sharing our discoveries with you – and hearing what you have learned. It is our intention that you benefit deeply from this work and that it guide you along your own journey of love and awakening.

Episodes include

Developing Shame Resilience with Dr. Brené Brown
Waking Up from the Trance of Unworthiness with Dr. Tara Brach
Turning Towards Our Pain with Dr. Robert Augustus Masters
Begin Exactly Where You Are with Jeff Foster
Taking in the Good with Dr. Rick Hanson
The Human Capacity to Take Perspectives with Dr. Steven Hayes
What if There is Nothing Wrong with Raphael Cushnir
No Strangers in the Heart with Mark Nepo
Transforming Self-Criticism into Self-Compassion with Dr. Kelly McGonigal
Faith in Our Fundamental Worthiness with Sharon Salzberg
Developing a Wise Mind with Dr. Erin Olivo
Embodied Vulnerability and Non-Division with Bruce Tift
Perfect in Our Imperfection with Colin Tipping
Staying Loyal to One’s Self with Dr. Judith Blackstone
Compassion for the Self-Critic with Dr. Kristin Neff
Curiosity is the Key with Dr. Harville Hendrix
Kindness is the Means and End with Geneen Roth
Healing at the Level of the Subconscious Mind with Dr. Friedemann Schaub
Embracing all of Our Parts with Dr. Jay Earley
Understanding Empathy and Shame with Karla McLaren
Integrating the Shadow with Dr. Parker PalmerLetting Life Be in Charge with Cheri Huber

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Staying Awake – with Mark Nepo

By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

Most of us can remember a time when we felt completely awake—fully present, deeply engaged, our heart and mind wide open. We also know those periods of sleepiness when our purpose is unclear, we lose our way in relationship, and life’s challenges seem more than we can bear. In Staying Awake: The Ordinary Art, Mark Nepo invites us to inhabit our truest selves “in all ways in all directions,” as we find our own voices in the One Conversation in which each of our lives is a story waiting to be told.

With a poet’s keen view of the vast and often hidden territory of the inner life, Mark Nepo talks directly about what a gift it is to be here and about the resources that the mysteries of being and experience reveal. Informed by his journey through cancer, he explores the lessons brought to us by the press of love and suffering. For each of us is born awake and yet it takes courage to stay awake, to remember that all we encounter is real.

Sharing his own rich poetry along with the inspired writing of luminaries across generations, Nepo guides us in the central practice of staying awake: to be who we are, no matter what we face, and to enter our days and moments to the fullest. We do this, he teaches, by holding nothing back—by bringing all of who we are to every situation, enlivening our connection with everything life has to offer. Using teaching stories and a series of exercises and reflections, Nepo invites us to listen to our own stories and to find our own wisdom.

Enjoy this short video from Mark on staying awake.

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Sounds True Radio!

By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

Come on by and take a listen to Sounds True Radio! – http://www.soundstrue.com/radio/

Our free, 24-hour-a-day, streaming radio station offers music for yoga, meditation, relaxation, and inspiration; audio teachings from bestselling and highly respected authors; and insightful and provocative interviews with spiritual teachers and authors on the cutting edge. We also have a new channel which provides selections from many of our new releases. Sounds True Radio is an easy (and free!) way to connect with our authors and to immerse yourself in heart-opening and life-changing wisdom. Through the station, you can also access our our acclaimed Insights at the Edge podcast.

Whether you’re interested in mindfulness, personal growth, emotional healing, awakening and the spiritual journey, creativity, meditation, mantra, sacred chant, brainwave and other healing music, kirtan, or world music of all kinds, you’ll be sure to find something to inspire and open you to the preciousness of the journey that we share together. We look forward to connecting with you at Sounds True Radio soon!

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How to Meditate – with Pema Chödrön

By Patrick Hinchcliff — 11 years ago

Pema Chödrön is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. With How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind, Pema offers her first book exploring in-depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong practice.

More and more people are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, and aliveness. Meditation, Pema explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way as we discover:

Visit the How to Meditate page for more information, a free sample, and ordering instructions.

Free audio teachings from Pema Chödrön:

Embracing Intensity

Just Be Curious

Unconditional Confidence

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Dr. Andrew Weil on “cooking” meditation

A free video from our dear friend Thich Nhat Hanh

Free, 12-part video series of self-acceptance

Staying Awake – with Mark Nepo

Sounds True Radio!

How to Meditate – with Pema Chödrön

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