Teaching Meditation
This is the only podcast we know of devoted to the teaching of meditation. We interview teachers and others about the process of teaching, how they became teachers, their thoughts on who should and shouldn't teach, tips for new and veteran teachers, and more. While teachers and prospective teachers of meditation will of course find lots to learn here, this is also a great resource for anyone who wants to peer behind the curtain of being a meditation teacher. You can learn more about your hosts Upali over here https://upalimeditation.com/ and about Tucker over here https://meditatewithtucker.com/
Episodes
23 episodes
Marianne Bentzen: Intimacy and Playfulness; Trauma and Resource
Marianne Bentzen is a psychotherapist and trainer in neuroaffective development psychology. She is the author of a number of books including
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:15:36
Dr. Daniel Ingram: Managing Controversy in Dharma Circles
Dr. Daniel Ingram is a retired emergency medicine doctor who is the author of two versions of the book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha. His current projects are the Emergent Phenomenology Researc...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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57:27
Julianna Raye: The Unified Mindfulness Teacher Training Program
Guest Julianna Raye joins Tucker to describe the Unified Mindfulness teacher training system. This is the second in our series on some of the larger teacher training programs; Vidyamala Burch's episode was the first.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:04:37
Dharma 3.0 and Multiplayer Meditation with Vince Horn
Vince Horn, meditation teacher and co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, talks with Upali about his path of transmission and training in Dharma Teaching. He also explores transparency in Dana, Dharma and Sangha in the world of Web 3.0, and the po...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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59:51
Shaila Catherine: When Students Get Distracted
Shaila Catherine rejoins us on the program. We discuss several ancient practices, including the asubha practice (sometimes called "foulness of the body") and what the Buddha calls "crushing mind ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:03:38
Lopon Chandra Easton: 10 years of Vajrayana Training, and Feeding Your Demons
Lopön Chandra Easton is a Westerner who grew up in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition. She did nine years of preparatory (ngondro) practices and spent 5 - 10 years training to be a teacher. She is a lineage holder under Lama Tsultrim&...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:13:04
Henrik Norberg: Religious Buddhism, or, Teaching Retreats in Caves
Henrik Norberg is a celibate, non-monastic teacher of meditation retreats, often in caves in Southeast Arizona. Hear him and Upali talk about the difference between Eastern and Western conceptualizations of stream entry, Henrik's view tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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50:14
Kynan Tan: Success As a New and Fulltime Meditation Teacher
Australian teacher Kynan Tan, PhD only recently began teaching meditation and was quickly able to leave his regular job and become a fulltime teacher. In this interview, you'll hear how he prepared himself to teach, how he gets continuing...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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36:01
Vidyamala Burch: Growing a Dharma Org Without Losing The Heart
Vidyamala Burch is the founder of Breathworks, has a teacher training program with over 600 alumni, has been teaching mindfulness for pain for many decades, and has been voted one of the most influential disabled people in the United Kingdom.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:29
Mukti: Teaching and Embodiment
Mukti is a teacher in a nondual lineage. She received her authorization to teach from Adyashanti, her husband. You can learn more about Mukti
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:00:37
Upasaka Upali: I Can't Remember How Many Intro Classes I've Taught
Upali talks about teaching intro courses vs advanced students, coping with the unfairness of the world, working with students' emotional wellbeing, and how to escape Garfunkel syndrome.Upasaka Upali is a Dharma teacher who aims to demys...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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53:10
Don & Patty: How to Run a Retreat Center
Don and Patty, both dharma teachers, run the Wellbeing Retreat Center in Tazewell, Tennessee. This special episode focuses, rather than on the usual topic of teaching meditation,...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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55:39
Shaila Catherine: Teaching Towards Full Liberation
Shaila Catherine is the founder of Insight Meditation South Bay, a meditation group in Silicon Valley, and also Bodhi Courses, an online Buddhist classroom. She has been practicing meditation since 19...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:03:46
Boaz Feldman: Freedom and Fulfillment
Boaz Feldman talks with Upali from a multi-year meditation retreat and shares his personal journey of becoming a monk, returning to lay life, and becoming a psychologist. Boaz and Upali talk about the challenges and benefits of integratin...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:04:39
Dr. Andrew Holecek: Finding Your Niche
Dr. Andrew Holecek covers a lot of ground, from describing finding his niche in sleep and dream meditation, to doing a three-year retreat, and his thoughts on the frequent scandals among dharma teachers. Learn more about Andrew at www.and...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:03:40
Dorothy Hunt: How Do We Teach The Ineffable?
This episode touches on Christian practice, Adyashanti's lineage of Zen, and how to teach meditation from more of a non-doing, already-there perspective, rather than a technique-based one.Dorothy Hunt is the founder of the San Francisco...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:00:39
Shinzen Young: The Greatest Dignity Is Absolute Humility
Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant.His systematic approach to categorizing, adapting and teaching meditation, known as Unified Mindfulness, has resulted in collaborations with Harvard Me...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:35
Stephen Batchelor: Teaching Dharma vs Teaching Meditation
Upali interviews Stephen Batchelor, a contemporary Buddhist teacher and writer, a former monk best known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism. They talk about teaching Dharma (vs simply teaching meditation), finding auth...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:00:34
Stephanie Nash: Building Your Own Following
Tucker interviews Stephanie Nash. Stephanie has a psychology degree from Duke University and a Masters from Yale University. In addition to her career as an actress, Stephanie has had the privilege of working closely with
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:00:58
Dr. Tucker Peck: Coping with Imposter Syndrome
Upali interviews Tucker. Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher and clinical psychologist whose specialties include working with advanced meditators and using meditation to help those suffering from psychological disorders.Tucker...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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52:06
Jessica Graham: Sex, Money, and Teaching Meditation
Tucker interviews Jessica Graham. Jessica is a meditation teacher, sex, relationship, and spiritual guide for couples and individuals, international speaker, and author of
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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50:27
Michael Taft: How Not To Become Guru
Tucker interviews Michael Taft. Michael is a maverick meditation teacher, bestselling author, and podcaster. As a mindfulness coach, he specializes in secular, science-based mindfulness training in retreats, groups, corporate settings, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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50:50