Episode 186: Tibetan Tantra: An Esoteric Tradition – Part II

In the second part of this talk on Vajrayana tantra “Tibetan Tantra: An Esoteric Tradition”, Reggie reflects on the somatic journey of becoming transparent to the cosmos through our own body. He says that the siddha tradition does not involve renunciation of worldly life, rather awakening unfolds within and through everyday experience.

This talk was given in 2009 at a public program in San Francisco, CA.

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Episode 185: Tibetan Tantra: An Esoteric Tradition – Part I

In this talk, Tibetan Tantra: An Esoteric Tradition, Reggie comments on the esoteric tradition of Buddhist meditation that Chögyam Trungpa taught to Western students. He describes the terrifying experience of encountering a person who completely embodied empty open awareness: it inspired him to become naked to life.

This talk was given in 2009 at a public program in San Francisco, CA.

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Episode 184: Risk and Trust – Part III

Today, we listen to the third part of Reggie’s talk Risk and Trust, on the radical journey of individuation that occurs when we trust the inherent force of our unique karma. Through this process, we learn to let go of expectations and embody our individuality with integrity.

This talk was given at the August 2009 Dhyanasangha weekend retreat held in Boulder, CO.

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Episode 183: Risk and Trust – Part II

In Risk and Trust Part II, Reggie says that the true path of Dharma is risky because it leads to full disclosure of who we are. In the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa, we cultivate a suspicion of spiritual ambition, narcissism, goals of attainment, and religious traditions. In this way, we become ever more naked to the bare reality of life.

This talk was given at the August 2009 Dhyanasangha weekend retreat held in Boulder, CO.

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Episode 182: Risk and Trust – Part I

In the first part of this talk on the Vajrayana tradition, Risk and Trust, Reggie comments on the shocking nature of the meditative path of desire. He says that the wisdom of Buddhism is that is does not offer answers, but rather practices for realizing the lineage. It is the unconventional way of awakening.

This talk was given at the August 2009 Dhyanasangha weekend retreat held in Boulder, CO.

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Episode 181: Space, Energy, and the Elements – Part II

In the second part of this talk on the nature of space, Space, Energy, and the Elements, Reggie discusses how the primordial expression of energy manifests as the five elementals: earth, water, fire, air, and space. Each element, he says, is inherently open and empty, and yet has qualities. He describes the qualities in detail.

This talk was given at the 2009 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 180: Space, Energy, and the Elements – Part I

In this talk, Space, Energy, and the Elements – Part I, Reggie speaks to a group of longtime practitioners about the elemental energies of the cosmos that we encounter on the journey of somatic meditation. When we work with the elements, he says, we contact the primordial energy of space that is ultimately beyond dualism.

This talk was given at the 2009 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 179: Physical and Emotional Pain – Part III

In the final part of this talk on discomfort, Physical and Emotional Pain, Reggie discusses a second approach to working with painful emotions: to offer them to the lineage. By doing this, we discover that we are not alone, that our experience is worthy, and that it is okay to ask for help.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 178: Physical and Emotional Pain – Part II

In Physical and Emotional Pain Part II, Reggie says that the pain we feel in meditation practice is a teacher, a gateway through which the body expresses the unconscious. When we welcome pain, we liberate reality. Suffering is the harbinger of enlightenment.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 177: Physical and Emotional Pain – Part I

The practice of siting meditation often gives rise to experiences of pain and discomfort. In this talk, Physical and Emotional Pain Part I, Reggie offers instruction for working with pain on the meditation cushion. He says that pain is often caused by patterns of tension in our body that trap feelings that we don’t want to feel.

This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Episode 176: Journey of Refuge

In this refuge ceremony talk, Journey of Refuge, Reggie discusses the meaning of the three jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. He says that the ritual of refuge connects us with the lineage, the stream of awakened beings who we can call upon to assist us on the journey of meditation.

This talk was given at a Dharma Village Refuge Ceremony held on March 11, 1998 at Karma Dzong in Boulder, CO.

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Episode 175: Spirituality and Trauma – Part II

In Spirituality and Trauma – Part II, Reggie explains how we heal trauma through identifying with the vast space and warmth of the earth. This “groundless ground” is the source of the life force that we work with in somatic meditation. It is a state of being that is whole and free.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 174: Spirituality and Trauma – Part I

Episode – Spirituality and Trauma – Part I: In the first part of this talk on trauma and the spiritual journey, Reggie addresses the question: should we work with a therapist and heal our traumas before we engage the path of dharma? He says that the journey of somatic spirituality helps us understand that trauma is the human condition and, with meditation practice, can be healed.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 173: Dignity in Depression

In this talk, Dignity in Depression, Reggie discusses how the Meditating with the Body practices help us open to the wisdom of emotions. Emotions, like those associated with depression, can challenge our thinking, illuminate what is false, and invite us into a profound journey of individuation.

This talk was given at the April 2006 Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 172: Depression is a Gateway

In Depression is a Gateway, Reggie shows how depression can be a powerful force of transformation. He says that when we let go of thoughts and judgments, and take the energy of depression as an object of mindfulness, it can liberate us from the reference points that cause us to suffer.

These selections are from the 2008 Winter Dathün retreat and the Meditating with the Body Core Curriculum.

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Episode 171: Making Friends with Ourselves – Part III

Reggie begins the third part of this talk on maitri, Making Friends with Ourselves – Part III, by describing how Chogyam Trungpa made room for his students’ meltdowns. He says that we ourselves develop this capacity when we practice loving-kindness from an embodied space of emptiness.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 170: Making Friends with Ourselves – Part II

In part two of this talk on loving-kindness, Making Friends with Ourselves, Reggie discusses the second and third aspects of maitri practice: meeting our meltdowns with gentleness, and welcoming the damaged aspects of ourselves with love.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 169: Making Friends with Ourselves – Part I

At the beginning of this talk, Making Friends with Ourselves, Reggie says that maitri is a practice in which we make room for all of the things that go on for us that we typically think are unacceptable. By developing an attitude of loving-kindness toward ourselves, concepts fall away, and we realize that there is no “self” to judge.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 168: Knowing with the Heart – Part II

In the second part of this talk on the practice of bodhicitta shamatha and vipashayana, Knowing with the Heart Reggie talks about how we experience the world when we see it through the eyes of the heart. It is a practice of knowing others from the standpoint of their experience.

This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 167: Knowing with the Heart – Part I

In this talk, Knowing with the Heart – Part I, Reggie discusses the mahamudra approach to working with the heart in meditation practice. He says that the space of the heart shows us how to open beyond the ways we habitually shut down to feelings, experiences, and people.

This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 166: Open Heart – Part II

Reggie begins the second part of this talk on open heartedness, Open Heart, by saying that “the heart, in its own state of being, is the awakened state.” Through somatic meditation practice, we discover the enlightened qualities of the heart: vast, free, warm, responsive, and without judgment.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 165: Open Heart – Part I

In working with the heart in our meditation practice, Open Heart, we may discover that we are not receptive to the feelings that arise in that space. In this talk, Reggie discusses the ways we defend against experiences of vulnerability when we judge uncomfortable feelings.

This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 164: Rooted in Community

Organized religions have a history of denying the indigenous roots of human spirituality. In this talk, Rooted in Community, Reggie says that as meditators we are recovering a primordial connection with the land, our deep ancestors, and the vast community of all beings.

This talk was given at the 2006 Winter Dathün retreat held in Crestone, CO.

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Episode 163: The Practicing Lineage

In The Practicing Lineage, Reggie points to the immensity of the space at the core of our being. He says that in the practicing lineage eternity is our guide—not books, philosophy, or intellect. It is through meditation that our ideas about reality fall away and we connect directly with the fire of the life force.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.

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