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Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, serves on the Guiding Teachers Committee and Board of Directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was previously Program Director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Each summer, he lectures at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center on the intersections between mindfulness, science and mental health. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. He is the co-author of two books about meditation during adolescence.

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Episodes

  1. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Practice: Compassion and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  2. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: What Does it Take to Land Here? (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  3. Matthew Brensilver: Wise Intention

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  4. Matthew Brensilver: Living Alongside Questions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  5. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Allowing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  6. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Relax a Little Further (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  7. Matthew Brensilver: Reflections on Time in Dharma: Surrendering to Time, Healing Time, Not-Making Time (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  8. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Internal and External Sound and Silence

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  9. Matthew Brensilver: The Circuitous Journey to Presence through Past and Future

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  10. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Forgiving Body, Mind and World

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  11. Matthew Brensilver: Active and Receptive Dimensions of Practice

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  12. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Urgency of Feeling

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  13. Matthew Brensilver: Attention Models the Object, Mindfulness Models the Attention

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  14. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Relaxing and Letting Feeling be Feeling

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  15. Matthew Brensilver: Reflections on Freedom

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  16. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: dropping secret agendas (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  17. Matthew Brensilver: Fear, Thinking, Safety and Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  18. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Metta Meditation - Metta for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  19. Matthew Brensilver: Know Thyself, Release Thyself, Merging

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  20. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Arousal and Valence Signifying Nothing

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  21. Matthew Brensilver: Dukkha as Ambivalence in Relational Life

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  22. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Surrendering the Territory of Me

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  23. Matthew Brensilver: Dharma Supports Relationships, Relationships Help Us Get Freer

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  24. Matthew Brensilver: Landing in the Breath

    (Big Bear Retreat Center) All phenomena tend to be experienced as possibilities. Mindfulness is about putting all our hope in the present moment.

  25. Matthew Brensilver: Brief Post-Election Reflections

    (Various) A few thoughts on Wednesday November 6th 2024.

  26. Matthew Brensilver: Attention and Anicca, Awareness and Anatta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  27. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: In the Presence of Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  28. Matthew Brensilver: Craving, Compulsion, Non-Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  29. Matthew Brensilver: Plasticity, Call off the search, Unification and Love

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  30. Matthew Brensilver: Emptiness of Self

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  31. Matthew Brensilver: Balancing Equanimity and Compassion

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  32. Matthew Brensilver: Grace, Gravity, Surrender and Silence

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  33. Matthew Brensilver: Relaxing the Body and Mind

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  34. Matthew Brensilver: Metta for Self

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  35. Matthew Brensilver: Not-self

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  36. Matthew Brensilver: Healing the Self

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  37. Matthew Brensilver: Throughlines of Self and Not-Self

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  38. Matthew Brensilver: Deep Embodiment

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  39. Matthew Brensilver: Love and Space

    (Big Bear Retreat Center)

  40. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Landing in the Breath and Soundscape

    (Big Bear Retreat Center) These recordings are available publicly from a retreat held in person at Big Bear Retreat Center. Learn more about the center and upcoming offerings for retreats in nature, gathered in community. bigbearretreatcenter.org/upcoming-retreats/ Healing the Self, Loving the...

  41. Matthew Brensilver: Mindfulness, Mindlessness, Rumination and the Species of Unconsciousness

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  42. Brian Lesage, Cara Lai, Matthew Brensilver: Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  43. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Feeling

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  44. Matthew Brensilver: Language is the hammer and every problem, a nail (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  45. Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Convergence of Insight and Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  46. Matthew Brensilver: Duality, Merging, Not-Self and Differentiation in the Interpersonal World (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  47. Matthew Brensilver: Reflections and Guided Meditation on Mudita

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  48. Matthew Brensilver: Guided meditation: all phenomena as false alarms

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  49. Matthew Brensilver: Knowing and Not-Knowing

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Evening Dharma Talk

  50. Matthew Brensilver: Metta Practice

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Afternoon Sit with Instructions

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About this show

Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, serves on the Guiding Teachers Committee and Board of Directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was previously Program Director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Each summer, he lectures at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center on the intersections between mindfulness, science and mental health. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. He is the co-author of two books about meditation during adolescence.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed) have?

Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed) has 114 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 15, 2023.

What is Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed) about?

Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, serves on the Guiding Teachers Committee and Board of Directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was previously Program Director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Each summer, he...

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Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed) publishes monthly, based on its 114 episodes since December 2012.

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