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Wild Heart Detroit

Guided Meditations and Talks inspired by the teachings of the Buddha

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00:16:16

The 7 Awakening Factors: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/31

Today Olivia explores the Seven Factors of Awakening as qualities of mind that support clarity, balance, and freedom, rather than obstacles to overcome. We learn that these qualities—like curiosity, energy, calm, and equanimity—are already within us and can be recognized and strengthened through mindful awareness. Over time, practicing with them doesn’t just shape our meditation, but gradually transforms how we relate to our everyday lives. Prompt: What is something that you’re cultivating in this

00:17:18

The 7 Awakening Factors: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/31

00:20:06

Six Sense Spheres: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/12

This week, Andrew reflects on the Buddha’s teaching that the entirety of our lived experience unfolds through six sense doors. When we look closely at the moment of contact between the senses and the world, we begin to see how the cycle of craving forms—and how awareness can gently interrupt that pattern. The talk explores how mindfulness at the sense doors can become a doorway to liberation.Prompt: What is an evocative sense experience for you?Talk segment that complements the sit portion on The

00:16:48

Six Sense Spheres: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/12

This week, Andrew reflects on the Buddha’s teaching that the entirety of our lived experience unfolds through six sense doors. When we look closely at the moment of contact between the senses and the world, we begin to see how the cycle of craving forms—and how awareness can gently interrupt that pattern. The talk explores how mindfulness at the sense doors can become a doorway to liberation.Prompt: What is an evocative sense experience for you?Sitting segment that complements the talk portion on

00:19:40

Five Aggregates: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/11

Olivia explores the Five Aggregates as a way the Buddha invited us to look closely at what we call a “self,” seeing it not as something solid but as a collection of changing experiences. By examining the body, feeling tone, perception, mental patterns, and awareness, we begin to understand how reactivity and suffering take shape. When we see these processes more clearly, there’s more space, compassion, and ease in how we move through our lives.Prompt: What is one perception of you, that you have

00:17:57

Five Aggregates: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/03/11

00:18:33

The Five Hindrances: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/26

This week Andrew explores the Five Hindrances through the lens of mindfulness, inviting us to see craving, aversion, restlessness, lethargy, and doubt not as failures, but as deeply human experiences that can become gateways to insight and liberation. Drawing on classical Buddhist metaphors, modern everyday examples, and the wisdom of Tuere Sala, Andrew reflects on how these mind states shape our lived experience, how they show up in meditation and daily life, and how learning to stay present with

00:15:30

The Five Hindrances: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/26

00:15:30

Dhammas: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/18

Olivia introduces mindfulness of dhammas as the practice of recognizing patterns in experience rather than taking our thoughts and emotions as personal identity. It explores the shift from simply noticing what is happening to gently investigating how experiences arise, unfold, and pass, while holding accountability and agency with care. Finally, it offers a brief look at how we’ll continue exploring these patterns together in the weeks ahead as a way of deepening insight and easing suffering.Prompt:

00:16:01

Dhammas: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/18

00:14:31

Mind Part 2: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/12

This week Andrew explores mindfulness of the mind as a practical, lived path to freedom that unfolds in everyday awareness. Drawing from Buddhist teachings and modern psychology, he invites us to see the mind not as who we are, but as a constantly changing stream of thoughts and mental states shaped by craving, aversion, and confusion. By observing impermanence, not-self, and the unsatisfying nature of grasping, the practice shifts our relationship to thoughts from identification to awareness

00:16:08

Mind Part 2: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/02/12

00:16:45

Elements: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/29

This week Olivia explores mindfulness of the body through the lens of the elements, inviting us to experience the body not as a fixed “thing,” but as living qualities of nature felt directly in sensation. She reflects on how recognizing these elemental experiences can soften the deeply rooted “I am” thinking that fuels comparison, attachment, and conceit. By widening our view to the impermanence of the elements within us and in the world around us, she connects this practice to the Buddha’s

00:17:12

Elements: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/29

00:19:56

Embodied Mindfulness: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/20

Andrew explores Mindfulness of the Body through the lens of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, focusing on its grounding, calming, and stabilizing qualities. Drawing from early Buddhist teachings and lived experience, this talk highlights the body as a refuge, a place of return, and a powerful support for presence and collectedness in daily life.Through direct sutta readings and embodied reflection, listeners are invited to slow down, set things down, and reconnect with the simplicity of knowing the body as it

00:15:00

Embodied Mindfulness: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/20

00:19:33

Mindfulness as a Path to Insight: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/12

This week Olivia introduces a new series exploring mindfulness as a path to insight through Joseph Goldstein’s Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, grounding the practice in the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. It reframes mindfulness not as a relaxation technique, but as a systematic, ethical training of the mind that requires dedication, investigation, and clear knowing. Drawing from both modern science and ancient tradition, the talk highlights how mindfulness

00:13:13

Mindfulness as a Path to Insight: 15 Minute Guided...

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/12

00:14:39

Not Enough Time, Week 2: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/07

This week, Andrew explores why life can feel like the same week repeating over and over, always telling ourselves, “After this, things will slow down.” Drawing on Buddhist teachings on samsara, he looks at how modern clock time fuels urgency, productivity, and endless becoming, keeping us caught in familiar cycles of stress and postponement. Rather than teaching us how to get more time, the Buddha pointed to a way of releasing the heart from time’s pressure and touching a freedom that is available

00:15:51

Not Enough Time, Week 2: 15 Minute Guided Meditation

Wild Heart Detroit ·

2026/01/07

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