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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

Mar 31, 2012

How do you align what you do with your values?  This talk draws on some Buddhist teachings as well as an exploration of practical things we can do to make work our spiritual practice.


Mar 31, 2012

Faith and Doubt can work hand in hand.  Healthy doubt reflects your intention to be skillful, wise and compassionate.  Healthy Faith requires you 'verify' your experience through direct practice. 


Mar 13, 2012

The Buddha's life is fascinating not just from an historical perspective, but as a story of the 'hero's journey,' the journey we each make into greater awareness and aliveness.  This talk explores some of the major turning points in the Buddha's life and reflects on how we can use adversity, determination and...


Mar 13, 2012

A wonderful way to enter meditation is through sound.  As you settle in, you notice that you cannot hear better by trying harder.  Listening cultivates a sense of receptivity.  Just as sounds come and go, so do sensations, moods, thoughts and even different states of consciosness.


Mar 12, 2012

As you pay more intimate attention to the moment-to-moment experiece of what is arising and falling away, you may inevitably become aware of three fundamental characteristics of reality.  Learning to look through this lens can provide a powerful doorway to insight and freedom from stress and suffering.