Wild Heart Meditation Center
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsWild Heart Meditation Center's podcast offers an assortment of talks given on topics as they relate to Buddhist practice. Wild Heart teachers Andrew Chapman & Rev. Mikey Noechel, along with other group facilitators share their experience with Buddhist practice, specifically offering practical teachings and instructions for our everyday, ordinary, lives.
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Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Body & Breath
January 28, 2018 20:29 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBAndrew offers a guided meditation, using 'breathing' as the primary object.
Noah Levine at ATS Nashville: (Part Two) Dharma Talk
January 25, 2018 21:15 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBAgainst the Stream Founder, Noah Levine, visits Against the Stream Nashville & offers a Dharma Talk on the Fire Sermon. Enjoy!!
Noah Levine at ATS Nashville: (Part One) Instructions & Guided Meditation
January 25, 2018 21:09 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBAgainst the Stream Founder, Noah Levine, visits Nashville & offers a period of practice and a Dharma Talk. Here is Part 1 - Meditation Instructions & Guided Meditation. Enjoy!!
The Unification of Mind
December 20, 2017 20:35 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAndrew elaborates on the role of samadhi (concentration / focus / unification of mind) in the development of insight. How does concentration play a role in helping us to deepen and sustain our attention within the mindfulness practice?
Awakening the Heart of Joy
December 18, 2017 01:52 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBThe Buddha's path of practice is aimed at extinguishing the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion that so often overwhelm our unconscious motivations and behaviors. In doing so, we must learn how to look deeply into our own minds to examine our beliefs and motivations and learn to practice and intentional way of relating to the changing conditions of our lives. Our ability to awaken demands that we have access to enjoyment, learning to take active delight in the pleasures and successes of our...
Breaking Free From The Prison Of Self
December 11, 2017 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBOne of the most transformative aspects of the Buddha's teaching is his teaching of Anatta ("Not-Self"). Through the practice of vipassana ("insight meditation") we can learn to identify the destructive and confining views of ourselves (i.e. sakkaya ditthi - 'self view') and learn to embody a more spontaneous and authentic way of relating to our lived experience.
Buddhist Practices For Working With Shame
December 10, 2017 16:31 - 38 minutes - 35 MBATS Facilitator, Mikey Noechel, discusses Buddhist practices for working with Shame.
The Relational Field: Developing Healthy Relationships Through Wise Communication
December 03, 2017 19:59 - 44 minutes - 41 MBForming intimate relationships are necessary for both an integrated sense of self in the world and the development of healthy coping mechanisms to help us overcome life's inherent struggles. Often times, some of our most troubling experiences stem from our interactions with others. Through our formative years, most of us have learned patterns of communicating that are often maladaptive and push people away, despite our need to feel close. In this talk, Andrew explores how the Buddha's teachi...
The Wisdom of Dissatisfaction
November 26, 2017 16:14 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBOften times we develop clarity and wisdom through the most challenging aspects of our lives. As we embark on a contemplative path of practice, we learn to tune into more moments of experience and investigate the nature of dissatisfaction in the mind. Although we will never rid our lives of painful physical, emotional, or mental experiences, through practice, we learn that we can, indeed, come to liberate ourselves from the very habits that perpetuate further depths of dissatisfaction and dis...
The Art of Giving Up & The Joy of Letting Go
November 19, 2017 15:53 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBWhat is taking up unnecessary space in our lives? What types of behaviors and what particular patterns of thoughts no longer serve us any more? One way to look at renunciation is the practice of "not needing anything extra". Through mindfulness and the ethical trainings in Buddhist practice, we can learn to bring awareness to the aspects of our life that are taking up space and causing ourselves and others distress and come to liberate ourselves from unnecessary patterns of suffering. We cal...
Tending to the Fields of Experience
November 12, 2017 16:12 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBThe process of awakening is likened to tending to a field for harvest. The growth and deepening of wisdom develops as we learn to: 1. Survey the land, 2. Plan & Prepare the field, 3. Plant the seeds, 4. Tend to the crop, and 5. Pick the fruit. The Buddhist path of practice invites us to take a seat in the middle of several fields of experience, amidst the intersection of our internal & external lives. The Buddha offered a holistic map in which we can navigate and tend to our fields of experi...
Metta-Vipassana: Seeing Clearly & Responding Wisely
November 05, 2017 16:01 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe Buddha offered the cultivation of mindfulness as the direct path to liberating wisdom. Through observing our thoughts, emotions, and feelings in present awareness, we develop insight and familiarity with our inner landscape. However, we are often looking at our direct experience through the lens of aversion, fear, obsession, etc... "HOW" we focus on our present experience is just as important as what we are paying attention to. With mindfulness, we learn to bring a gentle, kind, & friend...
Walking the Line: judgement or discernment?
October 29, 2017 14:48 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe historical Buddha's style of teaching was open, inviting personal exploration and investigation (pali sanskrit term, Ehipassiko, meaning "come and see"). Although the encouragement of mindfulness practice is to bear witness to one's own subjective involvement in moment to moment experience, we can often fall into the trap of judging our experience as "right" or "wrong" or "good" or "bad". “Although discerning skillful from unskillful is basic to the Buddha’s teaching, in our Western cul...
Forgiveness: breaking free from the prison of the past
October 22, 2017 14:44 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBOften, when we build up our defenses around the heart, we are trapping ourselves inside the walls with the pain we are trying to protect. Forgiveness is the intentional practice of "giving up any hope for a better past", learning to dissolve the resentments towards ourselves and others that keep us bound to past experiences. We can learn to understand that harm is caused out of suffering, and we can learn to let people back into our hearts, without letting them back into our homes.
Five Hindrances: From Obstacles into Opportunities for Awakening
October 16, 2017 00:45 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBAndrew continues his discussion of the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness, speaking on the theme of the Five Hindrances. Through mindfulness, we can bring active awareness to the most subtle defenses of our minds and learn to transform obstacles on the path into opportunities for awakening. Listen to explore how we can bring active awareness and skillful resourcing to these Five Hindrances: craving, aversion, laziness, restlessness, & doubt. Enjoy!
Cultivating An Awakened Heart: Forms of Dharma
October 11, 2017 21:54 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this talk, Andrew discusses the theme of awakening & the forms of the Dharma that support awakening. How does our ethical commitment to non-harming combined with the mental trainings of mindfulness and heart practice both protect the heart & cultivate its release from distress?
The Examined Life: Mindfulness of Mind
October 08, 2017 21:39 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBThe Buddha said that the nature of this world lies within our perceptions and thoughts. In this talk, Andrew discusses how our often unexamined patterns of thinking generate distress (magnification, fixation, rumination, and proliferation) and how the Buddha proposed we begin to examine and liberate the mind from unconscious and habitual patterns of suffering.
Mindfulness of Feeling
September 24, 2017 22:52 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBHow can active awareness help us better manage the pleasure & pain of our lives? What does it look like to bring mindfulness to the primary sense impressions of the body & mind? How do we deal with pain, and how do we take active delight in the pleasure of our lives? Andrew discusses mindfulness of feeling tone & how mindfulness can help us to minimize the habitual & unconscious reactions that often build up around the pleasure & pain in our lives.
Mindfulness of the 3 Marks of Existence
September 04, 2017 00:31 - 46 minutes - 43 MBAndrew builds on his discussion from last week, outlining the 3 skills of mindfulness practice (concentration, observation, & equanimity), to discuss the ways that mindfulness meditation promotes insight into the 3 marks of existence (impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, & impersonality).
Meditation, The Brain, & 3 Skills
August 27, 2017 15:26 - 37 minutes - 34 MBAndrew offers a wide overview of meditation and its general affect on the brain. He discusses how mindfulness provides clarity into the nature of the stress manufactured by the brain, and how the skills of concentration, observation, & equanimity are cultivated and fine-tuned through practice.
4 Applications of Mindfulness
August 13, 2017 14:51 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBAndrew provides a brief overview of satipatthana (The foundations of mindfulness) and then offers a discussion on 4 applications of mindfulness that are offered throughout the Buddhist discourses in the Pali Cannon.
Money & Work - Integrated Dharma
July 17, 2017 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBDo you consider your relationship to Money to be a part of your spiritual practice? What about work? The Buddha encouraged contemplative practice as a means of uncovering causes of stress & suffering in our lives. For lay practitioners (non-monastics), it is essential to begin to reflect on our relationship to money and our livelihood, as these are often areas of great excitement, dis-ease and anxiety.
Sexuality - Power & Potential
July 10, 2017 00:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBAndrew discusses the role of Buddhist ethics on the path of awakening. He overviews the nuances of ethical practice as it relates to sexuality. He discusses some of the difficulties of working with sexuality, as well as the potential of working with sexual energy on the path.
Wise Action: Stabilization & Support
May 22, 2017 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThe eightfold path factor of Wise Action is not meant to be another set of commandments or rules that will help us become a better Buddhist, but instead a set of trainings that help us to engage with our day-to-day lives with more ease and wellbeing. In order to 'act' with more ease, we must learn to SLOW DOWN, gauge the impact of our emotions, and develop supports that encourage changes in behavior. Before we jump into discussing Wise Action, it's important to discuss Stabilization & Suppor...
The Wound That Seeks The Arrow
May 21, 2017 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBDave speaks on the topic of "the wound that seeks the arrow", discussing 'woundedness' as it relates to the Buddhist path of practice.
The Heart of the Dharma
May 15, 2017 16:01 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBDave Smith speaks to the 'heart of the Dharma'. He talks about our tendencies towards defense and avoidance of the heart & how the cultivation of the brahmaviharas ('heart practices') help us to uncover and liberate the heart's release.
Wise Communication
May 15, 2017 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBAndrew discusses the eightfold path factor of "Wise Communication". He discusses the importance of founding communication on attainment and active listening, and then he discusses guidelines that support the use of wise and effective speech.
Sila - An Ethical Path
May 14, 2017 22:28 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBAndrew discusses the ethical foundation of the Buddhist path of practice. He discusses the importance of developing and engaging in action through non-harming, and how this ethical base sets the stage for the development of wisdom.
Metta-Vipassana
May 10, 2017 19:25 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBDave Smith offers a brief context of insight meditation practice, followed by a discussion of Metta-Vipassana. Metta-vipassana combines the development of present time awareness & goodwill. Enjoy!
Intention: Cultivating Goodwill
April 16, 2017 15:02 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBAndrew discusses the eightfold path factor of 'intention', detailing the intentional cultivation of goodwill. He discusses the practice of 'metta', from its etymology to its practical application. Enjoy!
Hindrances & Awakening Factors
April 14, 2017 22:09 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBDave Smith offers an overview of working with hindrances and awakening factors on the path.
View & Intention: Creative Engagement
April 09, 2017 14:28 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBAndrew continues his discussion of the Buddha's core teachings, detailing the connection between the first and second factors of the eightfold path: view and intention.
Wise View: Karma
March 27, 2017 00:02 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBAndrew continues a discussion on the core teachings of the Buddha: the Four Truths & the Eightfold Path. He discusses common misconceptions about 'karma' and how developing an understanding of karma encourages wise movement on the path of awakening.
The Path
March 24, 2017 22:29 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBAndrew continues his discussion of the core teachings as outlined by the Buddha, discussing an overview of the eightfold path of practice.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
March 16, 2017 14:58 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBDave Smith discusses the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as they relate to the Buddhist path of practice. Enjoy!
The Vicissitudes
March 16, 2017 14:34 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBDave Smith speaks on the topic of "The Vicissitudes" -- the ups and downs & the push and pull of existence. Enjoy!
Third Noble Truth: the ceasing of reactivity
March 02, 2017 18:04 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBSangha member, Mikey Noechel, discusses the third noble truth, the task of beholding the ceasing of reactivity in our lives.
Metta: a gentle way of meeting reactivity
March 02, 2017 17:52 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBAndrew details the practice of metta (kind-friendliness) as a means of easing reactivity in our lives.
2nd Noble Truth (Part Two)
March 02, 2017 17:23 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBAndrew continues a discussion on the 2nd Noble truth, discussing varying themes related to craving and clinging. He also discusses practices to help curb and relinquish controlling tendencies and reactive habits.
2nd Noble Truth: Tanha & Upadana - Craving & Clinging
March 02, 2017 00:08 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBContinuing a series of talks on the core teachings of the Buddha, Andrew discusses the second noble truth - craving & clinging - and its various forms.
Investigation
March 01, 2017 23:47 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBDave Smith discusses the topic of 'investigation' and its role in dharma practice and the cultivation of mindfulness.
ATS Brooklyn - Eloise Mayton: Mindfulness of Body
February 08, 2017 20:10 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBATS Brooklyn facilitator, Eloise Mayton, continues a series of talks, detailing "Mindfulness of Body". They offer some discussion and practical tools for establishing this First Foundation of Mindfulness.
ATS Brooklyn - Eloise Mayton: Compassionate Action & Self-Care
February 08, 2017 19:49 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBATS Brooklyn facilitator Eloise Mayton shares some personal reflection, dharma context, and supportive discussion on Compassionate Action & Self-Care, as it relates to living in the current stress of our political and social environments.
Five Supportive Faculties
February 05, 2017 16:19 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAndrew speaks on the five spiritual faculties (or "five supportive faculties"). He discusses the role of faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom in the Buddhist path to awakening.
Dukkha: Embracing Dukkha with an Open Heart
February 05, 2017 16:03 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAs mindfulness helps us wake up to the vulnerable, insecure, and stressful parts of our lives, we are often wrought with feelings of doubt, overwhelm, or fear. The Buddha taught us that a compassionate response is often a courageous response to our deepest sorrows and doubts. In this talk, Andrew discusses the role of compassion in learning to "embrace dukkha"; he details ways of developing the inner resource of compassion.
Dukkha: The Five Aggregates as Self
February 05, 2017 15:46 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThe second part in a series of three talks on the Buddha's noble truth of "dukkha", Andrew discusses the tenets of the Buddha's teaching on the five aggregates, and how the habitual tendency to cling to the aggregates causes a stressful existence.
The First Truth: Dukkha
January 17, 2017 23:49 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBATS Brooklyn facilitator Eloise Luke Mayton and ATS Nashville facilitator Andrew Chapman co-lead a dharma talk on the First Noble Truth: the truth of dukkha. They discuss some of the qualities of dukkha and ways of experiencing and understanding the vulnerable, insecure, and unsatisfying aspects of our human experience.
Awakening
January 09, 2017 01:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAndrew begins a series of talks on the core teachings of the Buddha (4 Noble Truths & Eightfold Path) talking about "Awakening". What is meant by awakening? Where does awakening take place? And, how is awakening cultivated through direct practice?
Awakening
January 09, 2017 01:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAndrew begins a series of talks on the core teachings of the Buddha (4 Noble Truths & Eightfold Path) talking about "Awakening". What is meant by awakening? Where does awakening take place? And, how is awakening cultivated through direct practice?
Mindfulness of Mind
December 19, 2016 01:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAlthough including the 'thinking mind' as a part of one's meditation practice can seem counter to some folks perception of meditation, it is of essential and vital importance in developing a wise understanding and compassionate relationship to one's distressing thinking patterns, general anxiety, and overall mental anguish.