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Jonathan Foust

Senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan Foust share weekly talks, guided meditations and inquiries that explore how to cultivate an awakened heart and mind.

religion & spirituality buddhism

All Episodes

37:28

The Space Between Sensation and the Story

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/11/10

This talk explores the powerful and often-overlooked moment between what we feel and what we think about what we feel. Rooted in both Buddhist insight and somatic inquiry, we'll examine how raw sensation arises, how the mind instantly weaves a narrative around it, and how those stories—when left unexamined—can calcify into beliefs that shape our identity and behavior. With mindful attention, this space between sensation and story becomes fertile ground for transformation, offering a doorway into

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34:46

Living from the Still Point: Taking the Seat of the...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/10/29

This talk explores the power and peace found at the still point—the place of awareness untouched by the waves of thought and emotion. When we take the seat of the witness, we discover a dimension of consciousness that is both intimate and vast, both deeply embodied and profoundly free. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and insight, this talk illuminates how awareness itself can become the refuge, how turning toward what arises with stillness and curiosity reveals the freedom that has

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37:42

Listening from Within: The Dharma of the Felt Sense

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/10/25

This talk explores the transformative power of tuning into the felt sense—the subtle, bodily knowing that lies beneath thought and emotion. Rooted in early Buddhist teachings and supported by contemporary somatic practices, the felt sense offers a direct path to presence, insight, and release. By connecting deeply with the body from the inside out, we ground our awareness in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and begin to directly experience the liberating truths of impermanence,

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30:27

One Breath at a Time: Anchoring Awareness in the...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/10/08

This talk explores the simple yet profound practice of using the breath as an anchor for awareness. In a world where distraction and stress pull us in countless directions, the breath is always available as a doorway back into presence. Drawing from the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of breathing and weaving in reflections from daily life, we’ll look at how one conscious breath at a time can ground us, reveal our inner state, help us transform reactivity, and open us to freedom in the present

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30:12

The Eightfold Path, Part 2: Living from Wise Intention

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/09/30

This talk explores the second step of the Eightfold Path, Wise Intention—the heart’s compass that points us toward freedom. Rooted in the Buddha’s teachings, Wise Intention asks us to orient our lives around letting go of what doesn’t serve, cultivating goodwill instead of ill will, and living with compassion that seeks to do no harm. Through stories, reflections, and practical examples, we’ll look at how our inner intentions quietly but powerfully shape our choices, our relationships, and

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34:38

Your Body is a Temple: Coming Home to Sensation

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/09/23

This talk explores the profound practice of coming home to the body—not as an object to fix or improve, but as sacred ground for awakening. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings and somatic insights, we’ll reflect on what it means to honor the body as a temple of presence. Through stor25ies, reflections, and practical guidance, we’ll explore how sensation itself can become a direct path to freedom. You’ll learn how to ground attention in the felt sense, meet difficult sensations with compassion, and

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30:21

The Eightfold Path, Part 1: The Path to Freedom

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/09/16

This talk explores how the Buddha’s Eightfold Path offers a clear, practical guide to living with greater wisdom, compassion, and inner freedom in everyday life. We’ll look at how each step on the path supports both personal transformation and the well-being of others. Wise View, the first step, invites us to see life as it truly is—recognizing impermanence, the causes of suffering, and the possibility of liberation. It’s about shifting from a narrow, self-centered perspective to a broader

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37:04

Begin Where You Are: Laying the Groundwork of...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/09/16

This talk explores how to begin a mindfulness practice by starting exactly where you are. Rather than striving for a particular state or trying to “do it right,” we look at how mindfulness arises through simple remembering—the act of returning to presence, again and again. We’ll reflect on how the breath can become a reliable ally, how intention can quietly shape our experience, and how there’s no wrong way to begin. We’ll explore four key themes: (1) how mindfulness is the practice of remembering

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45:43

Choose What is Already Changing [archive talk]

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/08/29

This talk explores how to embrace impermanence. You’ll learn about the inevitability of change and how understanding your reactivity and biases can help you access a quality of awareness that can help you move from reactivity to wisdom, compassion, creativity and enthusiasm.

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46:06

Your True Nature is Already Here [archive talk]

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/08/20

This talk explores the nature of ‘true nature.’ You’ll learn more about the nature of ‘true nature,’ what gets in the way of experiencing this primal quality of being and some doorways of practice that can bring you into an intimate, embodied sense of presence.

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46:34

How to Access the Flow State, Part 2 [archive talk]

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/08/13

This talk explores the mechanics for entering the flow state. You’ll learn the role mindfulness plays in setting up the flows state, a review of triggers that can be helpful, how applying the principles of flow to meditation can deepen your practice and some cautions and concerns about the practice.

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47:26

How to Access the Flow State, Part 1 [archive talk]

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/08/13

This talk explores what it means to be in flow. You’ll learn about the magic of being in the flow state, some distinctions between mindfulness and flow and how to be more aware of how you consciously or unconsciously sabotage the flow state.

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47:36

How More Focus Can Transform Your Life, Part 2...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/29

This talk explores the power of willful attention inwardly as well as in the world. You’ll learn some strategies for inner focus in your meditation as well as some outer focus to cultivate sustained attention on what is most important to you in your life right now.

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46:31

How More Focus Can Transform Your Life, Part 1...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/29

This talk explores the power of willful attention. You’ll learn what the Buddha said about concentration and liberation, some essential practices for deepening focus and how skillfully applying concentration can open up new inner worlds.

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45:41

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 5: Love is ...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/15

This talk explores the power of streaming thoughts toward love, compassion, kindness, joy and equanimity. You’ll learn about the origin of the heart practices, how here love starts as a thought and moves into an experience, the system for loving kindness and what it means to be awake both in heart and mind.

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43:48

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 4: Bare...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/08

This talk explores the practice of Bare Attention and how suffering ceases in the experience of gratitude. You’ll learn about the distinction of the linear mind and the intuitive mind, the practice Bare Attention and a technique for opening to gratitude as a way of shifting the mind to a more fluid and intuitive state.

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45:32

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 3:...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/08

This talk explores how to deconstruct beliefs. You’ll learn about the origin of thoughts and beliefs, the art of interrupting the stream of thinking, the art of deconstructing beliefs and the importance, when you do this work, to err on the side of safety and self-care.

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47:03

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 2: The...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/08

This talk explores the power of noting or labeling your inner experience. You’ll learn how you can cut through discursive thinking by training your attention to the sense fields, but also what it means to ‘take the seat of the witness’ and note or label what is happening inside.

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45:38

Am I Dreaming? Thoughts on Thinking Part 1: ...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/07/08

This talk explores how to cut through the trance of thinking. You’ll learn how turning toward awareness itself reveals how much you rely on thinking and some practical strategies using embodied awareness for ‘remembering’ who and what you truly are.

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57:06

Do you REALLY want to Wake Up? Tracy Budd on his...

Jonathan Foust ·

2025/06/15

A few years back, Tracy retired and thought to himself, “What would happen if I practiced at home with the same intensity as I would on retreat?” He was inspired to practice the “Elephant Path,” a very disciplined approach that cultivated deepening concentration. His journey was powerful, traumatic and brought him to his knees, but opened up vistas he could only imagine. Here he shares his story, what he learned and what we might offer by way of encouragement and caution for those looking to

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