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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

Apr 30, 2025

This interview with Ray and Tara explores how to work with the deepest challenges of sickness, old age and death.

 

You’ll learn how Ray and Tara are working with Ray’s diagnosis of glioblastoma a year ago.  They speak beautifully of how the practice deepens, how to find steadiness and how to open again and again to...


Apr 25, 2025

The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your relationship to the here and now.

You'll learn my favorite definition of mindfulness, the art of 'saying yes,' how every 'no' actually means yes - and the classic instructions to...


Apr 19, 2025

The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present.  How do we do this? 

I share some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with practical examples and teachings through the ages.

This is the first talk on my podcast, from the fall of 2011.


Apr 8, 2025

This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release.

Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho’oponopono, it introduces four phrases that guide your attention to:

• Taking responsibility for your inner experience

• Attuning to the process of release

• Reflecting on gratitude and...