Dharma Ocean

In this talk, Reggie reflects on the joyful experience of interconnection we feel when we practice tonglen in an embodied way. When we rest in the space of the earth, compassion emerges, and our connection with others becomes apparent. This talk was given at the 2007 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Following Reggie’s discussion of tradition and ritual in the last two episodes, we listen to a talk he offered on the fierce and compassionate energy of awareness. He says that we can invite this energy into our journey through offerings and chants, such as to Ritrö Gönpo, a protector who guards the integrity of our practice from ego. This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the first part of this talk on the place of tradition and ritual forms in Buddhism, Reggie discusses how symbolism, liturgy, and community can serve to help connect us with mystery as modern practitioners.  This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the third part of this series on consort relationship, Reggie says that the journey of awakening through relationship requires a commitment to receiving all aspects of our partner with love. In this way, the open way, liberation occurs through a relational journey of surrender and acceptance. This talk was given in 2016 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available in our download store at www.dharmaocean.org

Here, in the second part of the opening keynote from Reggie and Caroline’s weekend program on the journey of consort relationship, Reggie discusses the somatic experiennce of beholding one’s beloved from the empty open state of being that is free from concepts, agendas, and territoriality. This talk was given in 2016 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available in our download store at www.dharmaocean.org

In today’s episode, Reggie and Caroline are introduced to a public audience at Naropa University for their weekend program called Awakening Through Relationships: The Tantric Consort. Caroline opens the program with a talk on how consort relationship can be a path to realization. This talk was given in 2016 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO called Awakening Through Relationship: The Tantric Consort. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available in our download store at www.dharmaocean.org

Reggie begins this talk by saying, “There is nothing wrong with anyone here.” When we approach practice as a way to solve a problem, we miss the basic message of this lineage: that life is perfect, right now, as it is. This talk was given at the September 2005 Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit dharmaocean.org.

In this talk, Reggie discusses the neurological capacity that develops when we work with our sitting meditation posture in the way of the somatic practice of pure awareness. He says that an important step in the practice involves setting aside preconceptions about the goal of meditation. This excerpt is from a talk given in The Practice of Pure Awareness: Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity, an intensive audio training course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie discusses the basic sadness we feel in relation to the fundamental loss of connection to the Source. This sadness gives rise to a longing to reconnect with it, which is the basis of the spiritual journey. This talk was given at the 2006 Advanced Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit dharmaocean.org.

In the second part of this talk on human freedom, Reggie describes how somatic meditation helps us “decode karma.” Unlike heaven oriented approaches to spirituality, the embodied journey involves releasing tension and opening to the totality of being. This talk was given in 2010 at the Insight Meditation Center in New York City. To find out about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the first part of this talk on human freedom, Reggie describes the ways we become imprisoned in modern society. He says that when reality penetrates our numbness, longing is awakened for liberation. This longing leads us to the dharma. This talk was given in 2010 at the Insight Meditation Center in New York City. To find out about upcoming retreats, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie says that direct experience is the touchstone of the Buddhist tradition, and the gateway is the body. Through disembodiment, we lose our connection with reality and, therefore, our humanity. This excerpt is taken from Reggie’s upcoming online course called The Somatic Practice of Pure Awareness: The Tantric Style of Embodied Meditation. To register for the course, please visit dharmaocean.org

In this episode, Reggie introduces the first Noble Truth, the truth of suffering, in context of the somatic practice of pure awareness. He says that this ancient teaching allows us to see the reality of our lives, in this moment, as modern people. This excerpt is taken from Reggie’s upcoming online course called The Somatic Practice of Pure Awareness: The Tantric Style of Embodied Meditation. To register for the course, please visit dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie introduces the practice of Somatic Descent. He says that when we touch the primordial body, the soma, we receive information about the practicalities of our everyday life. This excerpt is from a talk given in Somatic Descent: Experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence of the Body, an intensive training audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org