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Teaching Meditation

Upasaka Upali & Dr. Tucker Peck

This is the only podcast we know of devoted to the teaching of meditation. We interview teachers and others about the process of teaching, how they became teachers, their thoughts on who should and shouldn"t teach, tips for new and veteran teachers, and more. While teachers and prospective teachers of meditation will of course find lots to learn here, this is also a great resource for anyone who wants to peer behind the curtain of being a meditation teacher. You can learn more about your hosts

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All Episodes

59:29

Learning Meditation: Anusheh. Meditation (Kinda)...

Teaching Meditation ·

2025/07/11

Upali interviews Anusheh, who began practicing The Mind Illuminated in order to improve her anxiety. While it did help, it was a more convoluted path than she had been expecting. One topic she and Upali talk about is the idea that striving is actually helpful, in that it causes you to burn out enough that you stop doing it, which is the route to good practice. Anusheh also talks about the transition from lusting after enlightenment -- "future happiness" -- with the focusing ...

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53:29

Stephen Zerfas: Making the Jhanas Accessible

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2025/06/27

Stephen Zerfas, founder of the Jhana startup Jhourney (get it?), covers a wide range of topics in today's interview. He and Tucker talk about the relationship of the jhanas to the rest of the path, how Stephen has succeeded in getting so much publicity, and how the larger Dharma community has responded to a tech startup teaching meditation retreats. Support the show

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70:09

Learning Meditation: Yuri. Using Meditation to Cope...

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2025/06/13

Upali interviews Yuri, a Ukranian-British meditator. Yuri talks about how difficult his first retreat was, and how permanently his life changed following this. He then goes into how much better he became as a father as a result of his meditation practice. Later, Upali asks Yuri about what it was like when his country was attacked while his family was still there, and what impact his practice had on his ability to cope with this. Support the show

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38:00

Dr. Tucker Peck: Freedom is the Opposite of Community

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2025/05/30

Upali interviews Tucker in this episode. In a wide-ranging conversation, they touch on: Many of us look for self esteem to pretty much everyone we meet, or to no one at all, rather than in a sane place.Doing what you'd like to do, and being in community, are opposite stances. How do we balance these?Tucker talks about Sanity & Sainthood, both the name of his book and what he sees as the two goals of dharma practice and psychotherapy. This is distinguished from the point ...

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51:20

Learning Meditation: Kacee. Dealing with Overwhelm...

Teaching Meditation ·

2025/05/14

Kacee is the first in a series Upali will do with guests who are longtime students, rather than teachers, of meditation. Kacee talks about a number of changes over her years as a practitioner, including her view of what to do when practice makes you feel worse, her view on integrating parts work into her meditation practice, and she deals with the inner critic. Support the show

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54:24

North Burn: Spending 20 Years on Retreat

Teaching Meditation ·

2025/04/25

Dharma teacher North Burn has been on a meditation retreat for most of the last twenty years. He teaches a 3-month retreat each spring in California. Tucker talks with North about choosing a monastic life rather than dating, marriage, and a career. North opens up about his relationship with his own teacher, including a period where their relationship was temporarily severed, and what this was like for him. For more information about North, head to https://boundlessness....

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75:36

Marianne Bentzen: Intimacy and Playfulness; Trauma...

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2023/03/29

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57:27

Dr. Daniel Ingram: Managing Controversy in Dharma...

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2023/03/13

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64:37

Julianna Raye: The Unified Mindfulness Teacher...

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2023/02/06

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59:51

Dharma 3.0 and Multiplayer Meditation with Vince Horn

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2022/08/30

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63:38

Shaila Catherine: When Students Get Distracted

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2022/08/09

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73:04

Lopon Chandra Easton: 10 years of Vajrayana Training,...

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2022/04/09

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50:14

Henrik Norberg: Religious Buddhism, or, Teaching...

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2022/03/27

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36:01

Kynan Tan: Success As a New and Fulltime Meditation...

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2022/03/04

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48:29

Vidyamala Burch: Growing a Dharma Org Without Losing...

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2022/02/18

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60:37

Mukti: Teaching and Embodiment

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2022/02/08

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53:10

Upasaka Upali: I Can't Remember How Many Intro...

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2021/06/03

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55:39

Don & Patty: How to Run a Retreat Center

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2021/05/13

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63:46

Shaila Catherine: Teaching Towards Full Liberation

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2021/04/27

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64:39

Boaz Feldman: Freedom and Fulfillment

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2021/04/15

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