Awake in the World Podcast - Michael Stone

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Best of Awake in the World: Symptoms of Trauma Dec 11, 2022

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This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael details fear, dissociation, and shame, and how they impact the body, mind, and relationships. Very clear talk about the strategies we use to protect ourselves and create recognizable symptoms. Michael ends with a story about generational trauma. Meditation Facilitation Program, London. Recorded on July 30, 2016. Listen to Part 2, Healing Trauma Through the Body: bit.ly/2kke4WB

Best of Awake in the World: How to Work with Strong Moods Dec 04, 2022

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This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael discusses Chapter 5 of the Shantideva and the way negative emotional mood swings cannot hold together for very long without thoughts. How we have to inject stories into our moods to keep them afloat; and the practices for transforming anger. Recorded on February 26, 2013.

A Journey Through the Wilderness Nov 27, 2022

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Michael begins this podcast with a quote from Marcel Proust about the path to wisdom being “a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us.” Michael compares yoga asana to a journey through the wilderness of the body–our “zones of preferences,” and the eight limbs of yoga as pointers to integrate our experiences while we’re on this path. Recorded on November 6, 2007.

Now Is the Teaching Nov 20, 2022

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In this talk on the first few lines of the Yoga Sutras Michael explains that the present moment is the teacher. He argues that the “chitta vrittis” are sacred and not meant to be eliminated, but rather it’s our relationship with them that requires insight and work. Recorded on November 25, 2007.

I Don't Care About Your Enlightenment Nov 13, 2022

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In this short talk Michael describes non-harming (ahimsa) as the natural response to understanding interdependence, and states that yoga must become a form of ecological and social awareness—otherwise it’s not helpful. Recorded on November 24, 2007.

The Internal Practice of Ashtanga Yoga Nov 06, 2022

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This wide-ranging talk, delivered in Vienna (2007), covers the internal, psychological and potentially transformative aspects of Ashtanga practice. Touching on Freud, the yamas, karma, interdependence and impermanence Michael argues for a yoga of relationship, creativity and change. Recorded on November 23, 2007.

Sudden, Ready, Uninhibited Oct 30, 2022

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In this 2008 talk on the nature of the self Michael considers a framework of “four selves,” the Buddha’s teachings on not-self, and Hakuin’s assertion that, with practice, the self becomes wisdom and compassion–as spontaneous as “beads rolling on a tray: sudden, ready, uninhibited.” Recorded on November 8, 2008.

A Journey of Return Oct 23, 2022

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In this talk Michael covers our tendency to compose narratives that create a separate self (and then judge it), and a paradox: we have to take care of ourselves in order to forget ourselves. Recorded on November 16, 2009.

This Posture Can Support You Oct 16, 2022

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Michael leads a thirty-minute meditation mainly focused on feeling the body. Recorded on November 16, 2009.

What Are You Committed To? Part Two Oct 09, 2022

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Michael explains ahimsa, the importance of attention, the role of asana, and the meaning of samadhi. (The talk ends abruptly. We suspect the recorder ran out of battery). Recorded on November 16, 2007.

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