CENTRE OF GRAVITY

Dec.09.08. Dharma Talk: Spontaneity - Michael gives a talk on "Spontaneity." The talk plays with relationship between formal practice and spontaneous expression of practice in everything we do.
July.21.08. Leaving Nothing Out: How Yoga is a Practice of Peacemaking.
June 28.08 Guided Meditation. Gazing, breathing, listening, feeling. (28min).
June 27.08 Working with Anger and Afflictive Emotions. The relationship between self-image, aggression and non-contentiousness. Recorded in Toronto. (50 min.)
June 14. 08 Meditation on tracking feeling (Guided - 30 min.) Ottawa, Ontario.
June.13.08 Meditation (Guided - short, 20 minutes). Ottawa, Ontario
June 11. 08 The Freedom to be Nobody. A talk at SnowLion. What is the relationship between freedom and discipline? (1.5+ hours)
May 28.08 Experience Does Not Refer Back To A Sense of "I." Morning talk after sitting practice during course for therapists. Toronto.
May 18.08 "I'm not good enough, I don't have enough" - a quiet talk to end the Yoga Mandala workshop. What does this practice teach us?
May 17.08 Yoga-Sutra Study, first lines of samadhi-pada - Yoga Mandala, Calgary, Alberta. with questions and responses. Topics: karma, causality, gratitude, death in life, social activism.
May 16.08 The Body and The Way - An evening talk at Yoga Mandala in Calgary, Alberta. The body is the largest part of the world we can study.
March 29.08 Non-Harming, Non-Killing and Unifying Breath, Body, Mind and Action. 50 minutes.
March 28.08 Endless Depth - After meditation practice Michael gives a talk during a course on Meditation for Helping Professionals in Toronto. Recorded at Centre for Training in Psychotherapy. Part 1 - 1hour, Part 2, 10 minutes
March 05.08 Approaching Yoga Philosophy - A talk and dialogue exploring some basic teaching in yoga philosophy. And what is philosophy anyway? Recorded in Toronto. 1 hr. 19min.
Feb. 15.08 Nothing is Hidden - a talk to Zen and Yoga students in Green Bay Wisconsin on regarding spiritual practice as exactly what's happening now. the yogis have always investigated the nature of reality free from doctrine, theology or institutions. Green Bay Wisconsin. 1 hour, 30 min.
Feb. 02.08 The Ends and Means: Mindfulness Practice for Clinicians. A short talk on intimacy and the mind for clinicians in the Leading Edge course. Toronto. (36 min.)
Feb. 01.08 Mindfulness Meditation for Clinicians Introductory Remarks from Michael Stone. A Leading Edge Course for Clinicians. (21 min.)
Jan. 25.08 Who creates suffering? Class discussion and excercises during five day intensive at Centre of Gravity Toronto. (43 min.)
Jan.22.08 Meditation Practice Discussion with teachings from the Yoga-Sutra. From five-day intensive at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (1 hour, 13 min.)
Jan.21.08 Put the Load Down: Individual and Cultural Awakening. A talk and discussion during a workshop at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (32 min.)
Dec.08.07 Questions and Responses on Spiritual Practice and Social Action given after a talk at Santosha Yoga Ottawa. (45 minutes)
Dec.07.07 In What do You Entrust Yourself? An evening lecture on commitment Michael offers at Santosha Yoga Ottawa.(1 hour, 20min.)
Nov. 25.07 Working with All States of Mind & Body. Vienna, Austria. (45 min.)
Nov. 24.07 A discussion on the Yamas and Ethical Commitment. Vienna, Austria. (23 min.)
Nov. 23.07 The Nature of Reality in the Mind-Body Process. An evening lecture at ganesha Yoga in Vienna, Austria. (1 hour 27min.)
Nov. 16.07 What are you Committed To? A lecture in Paris, France. This lecture is in both English and FRENCH. (1 hour, 46 min.)
Nov.09.07 Collective Joy: Deepening Spiritual Practice through community. Last day of retreat at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (30 min.)
Nov. 08.07 Afternoon chanting followed by a talk - Propositions for Revisioning our ideas about spiritual practice: drawing on poetry and philosophy, Michael offers suggestions for maturing practice. (25 min.)
Nov.06.07 Course on Patanjali. A talk during intensive in Toronto. (1 hour)
Nov. 05.07 Afternoon Chanting followed by basic guided pranayama practices and short meditation. Centre of Gravity Fall Intensive, Toronto (30 min.)
Sept 29.07 Yoga psychology in the Yoga-Sutra: Michael teaches the first lines of the Yoga-Sutra. (45 min.)
Sept 28.07 Morning Chant followed by 20 minute simple guided meditation from meditation class in Copenhagen. (25 min.)
Sept. 27.07 Stillness in Breath & Mind: Michael's morning talk during a yoga workshop in Copenhagen. (1 hour, 15min).
Sept. 25.07 Impermanence in Meditation Practice: meditation instruction during a five day course in Copenhagen. (20 min.)
Jan. 23. 07 No Gun in Mind: Learning how To Work withe the Storytelling Mind. A talk during a yoga course at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (55 min.)
Sept. 21.07 Yoga Philosophy Without Metaphysics: Michael offers an evening lecture at Yoga Mudra in Copenhagen, Denmark. (1 hour, 30 min.)
June 19.07 The Two Darts: The Buddha's teaching on working with Pain. A lecture Michael gave at Snow Lion in Toronto. (1 hour)
April 20.07 Greed, Ill-Will and Delusion. A short talk after meditation practice in Los Angeles. (35 minutes)
April 13.07 What is Enlightenment? Who am I? Lecture Michael gave at Santosha Ottawa. (Part 1-1 hour, 35 min., Part 2- 40 min.))
March 30.07 Yoga-Sutra Chapter 4. Discussion on Chapter 4 of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. (1 hour 44 min.)
March 09.07 Death In Life: A Yoga-Sutra class with Michael at Centre of Gravity. (1 hour 30 min.)
Nov.01.06 Meditation Class with Psychotherapists. A short talk followed by Questions. Toronto. (1 hour, 5 min.)
March 10.06 The Shadow: A talk on "the shadow" during a class on the Bhagavad-Gita in Toronto at Centre of Gravity. (1 hour, 7 min.)
march.7.06 Working with Obstacles: Michael gives a talk during Spring Intensive at Centre of Gravity, Toronto. (1 hour)