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A Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan offers talks, guided meditations and inquiries into what it means to be awake in mind and heart.  www.jonathanfoust.com

Dec 22, 2011

Inner balance is moving target. With so many forms and styles of practice available, how do you choose what is best?  The key is in paying attention to what is happening and cultivating an intuitive sense of how the moment wants you to be with it.


Dec 22, 2011

In the meditation we begin with willful breathing and continue to explore effortless breathing and the practice of allowing.


Dec 1, 2011

We can't make the heart and mind open, but we can cultivate an optimal environment for awakening.  One of these factors is cultivating like-minded relationships. This talk explores the importance of community and offers some practical suggestions for waking up through conscious relationships.


Nov 23, 2011

The first teaching of the Buddha was on generosity.  When we cultivate a generous heart our sense of identity can shift dramatically.  This talk explores the practice of generosity, particularly when it is most difficult.


Nov 23, 2011

A simple body scan and sense-based meditation, accompanied with dog-tail thumping and the sounds of an amazingly creaky door in the St. Mark's Nave.