CENTRE OF GRAVITY

July.09.10 - This is the world, and the world is one - either one - and neither and both of your eyes. And your face is its face. And the eyes in your face are the eyes you have seen, seeing you, in the faces of others. After Erin Robinsong reads "Dogen," by Robert Bringhurst, Michael teaches the Genjokoan during part 3 of practice period. Toronto. 1 hour.
July.08.10 part 02 - When you are a Buddha, you don't even know it. And yet, we actualize the Buddha in others unknowingly. Because of impermanenece, taking care of yoursef really maters. Part 2 of Michael Stone's talk on the first section of the Genjokoan during the summer intensive. Toronto 50 min.
July.08.10 part 01 - Being Free Within the Mud. Michael Stone gives a very in-depth talk about the one-month practice period for Centre of Gravity about practicing in a full and committed way. He introduces Dogen's Genjokoan, a 13th century text on the heart of practice and waking up to our lives. This was an important talk in the summer intensive schedule. Toronto. 1 hour.
June 15 2010 - Ordinary Mind is The Way. Michael gives a talk integrating Chao Chou's discussion on Ordinary Mind as the key to practice with line 2.15 from Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra.
June 05 2010 - Not Knowing is the Most Intimate: Michael Stone gives an afternoon dharma talk on a silent retreat on a well known Chinese Story about pilgrimage and the practice of not-knowing. Sugar Ridge Retreat, Ontario. 50 min.
June 04 2010 - Norman Feldman: Insight and Friendliness. Norman gives an afternoon talk on a Vipassana retreat co-led with Michael Stone. A talk about intuitively knowing the inner nature of things in a way that is experiential and embodied. Sugar Ridge Retreat, Ontario. 45 min.
May 25 2010 - Do People The Days Need Enlightenment? Michael continues questioning the role of enlightenment in our practice and what the term allows for and also what it shuts down. How can we heal the split between ourselves and the world, between our practice and every thing we engage with. Centre of Gravity, Toronto. 50 min.
May 18 2010 Part 2 - Responses to: What do you call the world? Centre of Gravity Toronto, 25 min.
May 18 2010 Part 1 - What Do you Call the World? Michael unpacks a riddle on how to take care of the world and what we "think" the world is or is not. Centre of Gravity Toronto, 25 min.
April.27.2010 - Be An Island Unto Yourself. Michael gives a talk during the last afternoon of a silent retreat about the way we need to take care of ourselves in order to really take care of others. Sometimes we need to stretch ourselves open but how do we know when this process hurts us more than it heals? Toronto, 1 hr.
April.24.2010 - 30 Minute Meditation - The Safety Zone. A guided meditation with instructions about not pushing away what shows up in meditation practice. Michael Stone 30 min.
April.23.2010 - 30 Minute Guided Meditation. Michael offers suggestions for staying with and opening to the body as the foundation for formal meditation practice. 30 minutes.
April.13.2010 - Bodies, Machines, Syntheses: The Inner Realities of Deleuze and Guattari" Fadi Abou-Rihan is a psychoanalyst in private practice; he lives, works, and writes in Toronto. This talk is from his visit to Centre of Gravity to talk about the important work of the French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Toronto. 1.2 hours.
March.30.10 Part 17, Yoga-Sutra: Samadhi as a practice of concentration and also a daily practice of attentiveness. Michael challenges the notion that samadhi is something eternal that we reach forever but rather a technique for creative awareness and wraps up the first chapter of Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra at Centre of Gravity, Toronto.
March 28.10.04 The Creative Task of Performing One's Life. A Talk by Stephen Batchelor on Creativity and making one's practice one's own. Last Dharma talk of weekend. Centre of Gravity, Toronto 1 hour.
March.28.10.02 A Rereading of the 4 Noble Truths. A Talk by Stephen Batchelor at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. 1 hour.
March.28.10.01 What is this? A very short (8 min.) Meditation Instruction by Martine Batchelor at Centre of Gravity Toronto.
March 27.10.01 The Four Noble Truths and the Existential Shift of Buddhist Psychology. Stephen Batchelor Morning Dharma Talk, Centre of Gravity Toronto.
March.26.10.03 A Detailed Exploration of Grasping, Contact and Feeling in Meditation Practice. Afternoon Meditation Instruction given by Martine Batchelor, Centre of Gravity Toronto.
March.26.10.02 What is Enlightenment in the Buddhist Tradition? Afternoon Dharma Talk # 2 by Stephen Batchelor. Centre of Gravity Toronto.
March 26.10.01 Secular Buddhism. Stephen Batchelor visits Centre of Gravity and gives a stellar talk on Secular Buddhism to begin a three day retreat. Recorded at Multi-Faith Centre, U of T.
March 23.10 Buddhist Body and Art Making. Christopher House, Artistic Director of the Toronto Dance Theatre, gives a talk on Deborah Hay and the Cellular Body with references to Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and Yvonne Rainer. Christopher is part of the guest lecture series at Centre of Gravity that seeks to build bridges between contemporary artistic and intellectual thought and ancient teachings. 1 hour. Centre of Gravity.
March.16.10 Part 16 Yoga Sutra. Coalescence: The First Stages of Samadhi. What lies under the fluctuations of thought? What lies under the snow?Those who wait for flowers to bloom miss what's under the snow. This class is about the stages of concentration in intermediate meditation practices but Michael then ties these practices into their importance as cultural practices in "the civilizational matrix." An interesting twist on traditional ways of exploring the value of meditation practice. 45 min. Centre of Gravity.
March.14.10 The Low Tone of Anxiety. Michael teaches on the first lines of the Yoga Sutra from an existential perspective during a weekend yoga workshop. Regina, Sask. 1.5 hours.
March.09.10 Part 15 Yoga Sutra. Using the end of your exhalation to relax into a stable awareness when we are disturbed during meditation practice. 45 min. Centre of Gravity.
Feb 16.10 Part 11 Yoga Sutra. Equanimity. Michael gives a talk on the powerful practice of balanced attention in working with the hindrances to practice. The near enemy to equanimity is indifference and the far enemy is reactivity. How to take equanimity to be the foundation for meditation practice and its application in daily life, especially when laziness, doubt and other hindrances surface. Centre of Gravity, 40 min.
Feb. 09.10 Part 10 Yoga Sutra. Friendliness. Michael discusses how to meet the disturbances in our practice (Laziness, Inconstancy, Hedonism, lack of progress) with friendliness. Ordinary practice, a Sharon Olds poem on Parenting, and discussion of child psychology punctuate the talk. Centre of Gravity 45 min.
Dec.31.09 #3 - You Are a Treasure House. Michael gives a talk just before the new year on looking inward and realizing we have everything you need. If we can all trust ourselves we can live such sane and compassionate and creative lives. Recorded on silent retreat, Midland. 32 min.
Dec.31.09 #2 - Practice is breaking Through To Grab an Ordinary Person's Life. A short talk on understanding and misunderstanding emptiness in our meditation practice. 25 min.
Dec.31.09 #1 - The Forms of practice are not about fancy or clever theologies but rather procedures to contact the intimate reality of our lives. The whole Universe is created on your inhale. Opening to you life as you are. Just this. 30 min.
Dec.30.09 - Your Life Is Your Life: "There is a light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness." Beginning with a poem by Charles Bukowski, Michael gives a talk on trusting yourself, knowing what nourishes you, and knowing your creative realm. 45 min.
Dec. 29.09 - There will never be another day like this: Morning Meditation Instruction, talk and practice on Silent Five Day Retreat. Moving one breath at a time, following the impermanence and freshness of each and every breath. Sugar Ridge Retreat, Midland. 1 hr.
Dec.20.09 Snowflakes and Medicine. What in our lives is not medicine? Why do we practice? Michael pre-records a dharma talk for a group of therapists on their day long retreat while he is away on a writing retreat. Flesherton. 35 min.
Dec. 15.09 Part 9 Yoga-Sutra. Commitment to Practice. How to make spiritual practice the centre of your life rather than something tangential that we return to once in a while. Only give poems to a poet! Centre of Gravity. 26 min.
Dec. 08.09 Part 8 Yoga-Sutra. Smrti (Mindfulness). All spiritual practices are really aiming at coming home. Coming home to self, body, community, breath. Home is always in the middle of things. Home is never separate from you, from this moment. A poem by William Carlos Williams. Centre of Gravity, 38 min.
Nov.17.09-2 Part 7 Yoga-Sutra: Faith, Doubt and the power of inquiry in practice. Michael also talk about teenagers and the way teens naturally have bog questions and doubts and we need to support them to open to these questions rather than providing answers. Perhaps the mystical experience is about questioning rather than peak states. Do we even need to use the term enlightenment or moksha?Centre of Gravity, 50 min.
Nov 17.09 Silence, Love, Impermanence and the Nature of Mind. Morning talk during two-day meditation retreat on using the form of the practice, even the form of the meditation posture, to stay open and present for our lives. Renunciation is the heart of internal and external practice. Do you have everything you need to practice and stay connected to what's important?
Nov. 16.09-2 The power of silence. Michael gives a talk on not retreating from anything during a two-day meditation retreat. When you judge yourself you devalue your life. Is all the judging we do helpful? What can we do about it? What can silence offer that judgement never can? A talk about not splitting. Recorded at Centre for Training in Psychotherapy, 1 hour.
Nov.16.09 Very clear Guided Meditation on setting up proper alignment and also finding ease in the breath amidst repeating stories, agitation or preoccupation with conflict and "needing to figure things out." There are some levels of mind we cannot reach with thinking. 30 min. Recorded in toronto
Nov.10.09 A beautiful evening of poetry and prose at Centre of Gravity with Michael Stone, Sarah Selecky and Erin Robinsong reading their favorite poems and also reading some of their own work. Toronto, 1 hour.
Oct.31.09 Meditation Instruction. Detailed instruction on finding the soothing qualities of the breathing patterns. Even when the mind and body are not at ease, we can find stillness through tuning into the most subtle and gentle qualities of the breath. Toronto, 30 min.
Oct.30.09 Meditation Instructions. Notice how our attention can slowly turn inward away from its scattered patterns to a more unified stream. Toronto, 30 min.
Oct. 27.09 Part 6 Yoga Sutra: What happens at death?Can we know? Is there a difference between Reincarnation and Rebirth? Do we need to believe in life after death in order to understand karma? Centre of Gravity, 40 min.
Oct.20.09 Part 5 Yoga Sutra: Michael returns from teaching in Denmark and talk about stillness and the way Patanjali describes the four different states of mind that occur as stillness arises. How has religion changed this century: We all want to connect with something bigger than ourselves. Centre of Gravity, 40 min.
Oct.06.09 Part 4 Yoga Sutra: Practice & Non-attachment in detail. Michael draws on Gary Snyder's stand against imbalance and ignorance and talks about the poet's radical approach to seeing the world clearly. When we are quiet, awareness is stable behind the scenes and does not seem to fluctuate. Purusha = Pure awareness. Centre of Gravity, 46 min.
Sept.29.09 Part 3 Yoga Sutra attributed to Patanjali. Exploring Practice and Non-Attachment. The dew falls on everything equally. The last 20 minutes are cut off during the questions and answers. talk explores what non-attachment means in meditation and daily life.
Sept. 26.09 Guided Meditation with an emphasis on the physical alignment of formal seated meditation practice. 26 min.
Sept.25.09 Mindfulness in Clinical Practice. Looking at the third foundation of mindfulness (sattipathana sutta) and connecting it with psychotherapy practice. How to work with the three roots of greed, hatred and confusion. Recorded at The Centre For Training in Psychotherapy. 55min.
Sept. 15.09 Part 2 Yoga Sutra attributed to Patanjali. A Case of Mistaken Identity: Reading the first paragraph on the Yoga Sutra looking at fluctuations in the mind as strategies to deal with our inherent emptiness. Ties personal psychology with the social and economic imbalances of our times. Centre of Gravity, Tuesday evening dharma talk. 40 min.
Sept.13.09 Time and Space - A talk on retreat about space being the absence or resistance. Flesherton, Ontario. 1 hour 11min.
Sept.12.09 -pt.2 Self portrait. This would only be a good talk to listen to if you were on retreat. The group takes turns reading their self portraits after a day of silence and meditation and yoga. Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg. Flesherton, Ontario.40 min.
Sept.12.09 -pt.1 Studying the 12 hours of the day and doubting ourselves in time. Michael gives a talk on retreat on Uji, Dogen's teaching on the identity of Time and Being. Recorded on retreat in Flesherton. 1hr.
Sept 11.09 For the Time Being - Talk on Uji on retreat in Flesherton exploring how we think about time, how we experience time, and the way that time can also fall away revealing our spontaneous and creative nature. 40 min.
Sept.07.09 Part 1 Yoga Sutra attributed to Patanjali. Michael gives a talk breaking down the first two lines of the Yoga Sutra in relevant and precise details. An good introduction to Patanjali. Centre of Gravity, Tuesday evening dharma talk. 50 min.
August 14. -pt.209 Questions and Responses after the evening talk in Madison Wisconsin. Topics include knowing, wisdom, suffering, patterns in mind and body, our connection to the natural world. 30 min.
August 14.-pt1.09 Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration, Wisdom: The Five Powers of Mind outlines in the Yoga Sutra and the early teaching of the Buddha. An evening talk at Mound Street Yoga in Madison Wisconsin. 1hr. 10min.
July.18.09 Sila, Compartmentalization, and the Dharma - Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist from Los Angeles Trudy Goodman (www.insightla.org) gives a dharma talk during a co-teaching session with Michael at the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto. 1hour.
June 26.09 Who is Breathing? Michael offers a guided meditation on "Who is breathing" to begin to cultivate investigation during formal meditation practice. Recorded on retreat at Sugar Ridge. (30 min.)
June 25.09 The Rain Through The Roof - Michael uses one of Ryokan's prose pieces to talk about meditation practice. The morning sessions on silent retreat begin with meditation instructions for the sangha. Working with tears, feelings and thoughts from the perspective of the three characteristics. (45 min.)
June 24.09 Guided Meditation - Michael offers a guided Meditation in the morning session of a silent retreat. (42min.)
June 23.09 The Five Aggregates - Norman Feldman gives a dhrama talk on the five aggregates during a silent meditation retreat at Sugar Ridge Centre co-taught with Michael. (46 min.)
June 21.09 YellowStone National Park - a dharma talk at Centre of Gravity after Father's Day. Michael uses a Phillip Whalen poem to explore how to develop a personal daily meditation practice and the motivation to practice. (42 min.)
June 16.09 Putting Our Attention Where Things Are Born - Yoniso Manasi Kara - A lively dharma talk offered by Michael at Centre of Gravity. (50min.)
June.04.09 Healing Stories: Michael gives a talk at SnowLion on the way our stories can give rise to healing or can hinder transformation. Michael uses David Foster Wallace's commencement speech, "This is Water," punctuated by readings by Sarah Selecky (www.sarahselecky.ca). (50 min.)
May 05.09 Expressing Practice: Spontaneity under Fear. Heart Sutra Exploration and the last evening in the alley studio before we change locations. Recorded at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. aprox.40 min.
April.28.09 Whom Bomb? We Bomb You. Michael reads a portion of Allen Ginsberg's "Hum Bomb" When you create an enemy you are falsely grounded in your viewpoint, leading to confusion. Heart Sutra Study at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. aprox.40 min.
April.21.09 Bodhisattvas take refuge in THIS! Where else can you take refuge? Creating a "no-landing zone" in mind, body and heart, even with blame, anger and fear. Heart Sutra Study at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. aprox.40 min.
April.07.09 The Groundless Ground. The Ground of Our Lives is Impermanence. Taking Refuge in Flow. Heart Sutra Study at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. aprox.40 min.
March.31.09 Form has the Characteristic of Emptiness; Fore the Characteristic of Heat. No separation of Emptiness and Form. Heart Sutra Study at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. aprox.40 min.
Dec.30.08 What Time Is It, Really? Michael talks about the "form & emptiness" paragraph of the Heart Sutra. Toronto, 45 minutes.
Dec.23.08 Take All Your Tears & Pour Them Back Into The Ocean: Michael introduces the Heart Sutra, quotes the vegetable Root Discourse and Luce Irigaray. Michael translates the Heart Sutra as "just open, open, open." evening dharma talk, Centre of Gravity. 45 min.
Dec. 16.08 "So Much Depends..." - Michael quotes William Carlos Williams after a series of talks on the five aggregates affected by clinging, from the Buddha's teaching: A Single Excellent Night. Practice takes us right up to the edge of violence, yet grounded in non-harm. evening dharma talk, Centre of Gravity. 45 min.
Dec.09.08. Dharma Talk: Spontaneity - Michael gives a talk on "Spontaneity." The talk plays with relationship between formal practice and spontaneous expression of practice in everything we do.
Nov 18.08 The Self: Like Beads on a Tray - Sudden, Ready, Spontaneous. Tuesday evening talk at Centre of Gravity following Zen weekend with Enkyo Roshi focusing on Hakuin's commentary on Heart Sutra. 40min.
Nov.11.08 Remembrance Day - Dharma talk on Tuesday Evening on the topic of Remembrance and War. Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 1 hour.
Nov.10.08 This is the Way it is - Simple and Clear Guided Meditation Practice. Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 29 min.
Nov.06.08 Form, Technique & Independence: Creating a Yoga Practice That Works. a talk during a five day intensive at Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 35 min.
Nov. 05.08 The Healing Power of Silence: Working with Psychological & Physiological Grooves - evening talk at Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 30 min.
Nov.04.08 Guided Meditation - Michael leads guided meditation early morning during 5 day retreat at Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 31 min.
Oct.28.08 The Circle of "Me" - A Tuesday evening talk at Centre of Gravity. Toronto. 1 hour.
Oct.12.08 Nothing to Gain: A Detailed exploration of meditation practice technique. A talk exploring inquiry based on asking: Who Is The Other? Centre of Gravity Sangha, Toronto. (1hour).
Oct.09.08 Inner Tradition - A long public talk at Yoga Mudra before books signing and five day workshop. Copenhagen, Denmark. 1hr. 30min.
Oct.06.08 Guided Meditation. 30 minute very simple sitting instructions. Centre of Gravity Sangha, Toronto.
Oct. 05.08 Not Confined By Thought. Continuing previous talks on Buddha's awakening. Centre of Gravity Sangha, Toronto. (1hour).
Sept.28.08 "The Awareness Trap of Clinging." This is the last talk in a four week cycle exploring meditation practice. Centre of Gravity Sangha, Toronto. (1hour).
Sept.21.08 "Awakening to this Ground." Michael gives a final talk during the September Meditation sessions at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. 50min.
Sept.16.08 "Those immersed in craving will not see what goes against the stream." Michael Stone gives an evening talk on Buddhist and Yoga teachings after sitting and yoga asana practice at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (45 min).
Sept.09.08 The Moon at the Window: What are we letting go of in this practice? Michael gives a talk after evening practice at Centre of Gravity, Toronto (with questions, 40 min.)
Sept.06.08 Bearing Witness, Tenderness and Practice in Everyday Activities. Michael gives a talk during an evening on a rural retreat in Flesherton, Ontario. (41 min.)
Sept.05.08 Non-Agression, Non-Clinging, Non-Killing - the role of practice in waking up. A short talk, ending with a partner exercise, during a rural retreat in Flesherton, Ontario. (27 min.)
July.21.08. Leaving Nothing Out: How Yoga is a Practice of Peacemaking.
June 28.08 Guided Meditation. Gazing, breathing, listening, feeling. (28min).
June 27.08 Working with Anger and Afflictive Emotions. The relationship between self-image, aggression and non-contentiousness. Recorded in Toronto. (50 min.)
June 14. 08 Meditation on tracking feeling (Guided - 30 min.) Ottawa, Ontario.
June.13.08 Meditation (Guided - short, 20 minutes). Ottawa, Ontario
June 11. 08 The Freedom to be Nobody. A talk at SnowLion. What is the relationship between freedom and discipline? (1.5+ hours)
May 28.08 Experience Does Not Refer Back To A Sense of "I." Morning talk after sitting practice during course for therapists. Toronto.
May 18.08 "I'm not good enough, I don't have enough" - a quiet talk to end the Yoga Mandala workshop. What does this practice teach us?
May 17.08 Yoga-Sutra Study, first lines of samadhi-pada - Yoga Mandala, Calgary, Alberta. with questions and responses. Topics: karma, causality, gratitude, death in life, social activism.
May 16.08 The Body and The Way - An evening talk at Yoga Mandala in Calgary, Alberta. The body is the largest part of the world we can study.
March 29.08 Non-Harming, Non-Killing and Unifying Breath, Body, Mind and Action. 50 minutes.
March 28.08 Endless Depth - After meditation practice Michael gives a talk during a course on Meditation for Helping Professionals in Toronto. Recorded at Centre for Training in Psychotherapy. Part 1 - 1hour, Part 2, 10 minutes
March 05.08 Approaching Yoga Philosophy - A talk and dialogue exploring some basic teaching in yoga philosophy. And what is philosophy anyway? Recorded in Toronto. 1 hr. 19min.
Feb. 15.08 Nothing is Hidden - a talk to Zen and Yoga students in Green Bay Wisconsin on regarding spiritual practice as exactly what's happening now. the yogis have always investigated the nature of reality free from doctrine, theology or institutions. Green Bay Wisconsin. 1 hour, 30 min.
Feb. 02.08 The Ends and Means: Mindfulness Practice for Clinicians. A short talk on intimacy and the mind for clinicians in the Leading Edge course. Toronto. (36 min.)
Feb. 01.08 Mindfulness Meditation for Clinicians Introductory Remarks from Michael Stone. A Leading Edge Course for Clinicians. (21 min.)
Jan. 25.08 Who creates suffering? Class discussion and excercises during five day intensive at Centre of Gravity Toronto. (43 min.)
Jan.22.08 Meditation Practice Discussion with teachings from the Yoga-Sutra. From five-day intensive at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (1 hour, 13 min.)
Jan.21.08 Put the Load Down: Individual and Cultural Awakening. A talk and discussion during a workshop at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (32 min.)
Dec.08.07 Questions and Responses on Spiritual Practice and Social Action given after a talk at Santosha Yoga Ottawa. (45 minutes)
Dec.07.07 In What do You Entrust Yourself? An evening lecture on commitment Michael offers at Santosha Yoga Ottawa.(1 hour, 20min.)
Nov. 25.07 Working with All States of Mind & Body. Vienna, Austria. (45 min.)
Nov. 24.07 A discussion on the Yamas and Ethical Commitment. Vienna, Austria. (23 min.)
Nov. 23.07 The Nature of Reality in the Mind-Body Process. An evening lecture at ganesha Yoga in Vienna, Austria. (1 hour 27min.)
Nov. 16.07 What are you Committed To? A lecture in Paris, France. This lecture is in both English and FRENCH. (1 hour, 46 min.)
Nov.09.07 Collective Joy: Deepening Spiritual Practice through community. Last day of retreat at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (30 min.)
Nov. 08.07 Afternoon chanting followed by a talk - Propositions for Revisioning our ideas about spiritual practice: drawing on poetry and philosophy, Michael offers suggestions for maturing practice. (25 min.)
Nov.06.07 Course on Patanjali. A talk during intensive in Toronto. (1 hour)
Nov. 05.07 Afternoon Chanting followed by basic guided pranayama practices and short meditation. Centre of Gravity Fall Intensive, Toronto (30 min.)
Sept 29.07 Yoga psychology in the Yoga-Sutra: Michael teaches the first lines of the Yoga-Sutra. (45 min.)
Sept 28.07 Morning Chant followed by 20 minute simple guided meditation from meditation class in Copenhagen. (25 min.)
Sept. 27.07 Stillness in Breath & Mind: Michael's morning talk during a yoga workshop in Copenhagen. (1 hour, 15min).
Sept. 25.07 Impermanence in Meditation Practice: meditation instruction during a five day course in Copenhagen. (20 min.)
Jan. 23. 07 No Gun in Mind: Learning how To Work withe the Storytelling Mind. A talk during a yoga course at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (55 min.)
Sept. 21.07 Yoga Philosophy Without Metaphysics: Michael offers an evening lecture at Yoga Mudra in Copenhagen, Denmark. (1 hour, 30 min.)
June 19.07 The Two Darts: The Buddha's teaching on working with Pain. A lecture Michael gave at Snow Lion in Toronto. (1 hour)
April 20.07 Greed, Ill-Will and Delusion. A short talk after meditation practice in Los Angeles. (35 minutes)
April 13.07 What is Enlightenment? Who am I? Lecture Michael gave at Santosha Ottawa. (Part 1-1 hour, 35 min., Part 2- 40 min.))
March 30.07 Yoga-Sutra Chapter 4. Discussion on Chapter 4 of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. (1 hour 44 min.)
March 09.07 Death In Life: A Yoga-Sutra class with Michael at Centre of Gravity. (1 hour 30 min.)
Nov.01.06 Meditation Class with Psychotherapists. A short talk followed by Questions. Toronto. (1 hour, 5 min.)
March 10.06 The Shadow: A talk on "the shadow" during a class on the Bhagavad-Gita in Toronto at Centre of Gravity. (1 hour, 7 min.)
march.7.06 Working with Obstacles: Michael gives a talk during Spring Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (1 hour)