In this series of talks from the recent WHMC retreat, Andrew offers a talk on the 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness. Enjoy! Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/...
Oct 28, 2020•45 min•Ep. 207
In this series from the recent WHMC retreat, Mikey offers a dharma talk on the topic of "seeing clearly & responding wisely". Enjoy! Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wi...
Oct 28, 2020•48 min•Ep. 206
On the first afternoon of the recent WHMC retreat, Andrew offers an overview and instructions on Metta - loving-kindness meditation. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildhe...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 205
In this series of talks from WHMC's recent residential retreat, Mikey starts off the first morning with instructions on establishing the first foundation of mindfulness - breath and body awareness. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.co...
Oct 27, 2020•53 min•Ep. 204
In this episode, Andrew discusses the 7 factors of awakening: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagr...
Oct 06, 2020•41 min•Ep. 203
In this episode, Andrew discusses many facets of "Wise Effort"-- the sixth factor of the eightfold path. He talks about the importance of "resolve" and having a strong commitment to spiritual practice. He also details the nuance of developing a "gentle approach" to investigating mind states during meditation, and the difference between discernment v. self-judgement. Finally, he discusses the "Four Great Efforts" as outlined in the Buddha's teaching. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit B...
Sep 09, 2020•44 min•Ep. 202
Andrew continues on the theme of "Wise View", speaking on the topic of "The Four Noble Truths". Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/ TikTok: https://www.tik...
Jul 27, 2020•40 min•Ep. 201
Andrew discusses the first of the eightfold path factors, "Wise View". He discusses the role of meditation in breaking out of habitual patterns of reactivity in our lives. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Inst...
Jul 27, 2020•37 min•Ep. 200
Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on equanimity, or balance between pleasure and pain. I feel you. I know you. I care about you. I appreciate you. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www...
Jul 23, 2020•31 min•Ep. 199
Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on gratitude towards self. May I appreciate the joy and happiness I experience. May my happiness and success continue to grow. May I be filled with gratitude. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook....
Jul 16, 2020•31 min•Ep. 198
Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on compassion towards self. May I open up to the pain and difficulties in my life. May I care for the pain and difficulties in my life. May I be free from suffering. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.fa...
Jul 07, 2020•31 min•Ep. 197
Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on loving kindness towards a benefactor. May you be at ease. May you be at peace. May you be kind and gentle with yourself. May you be filled with loving kindness. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.face...
Jul 02, 2020•31 min•Ep. 196
Andrew discusses the 4th factor of the Buddha's eightfold path, "Wise Action". In order to bring better clarity to discerning the skillfulness and appropriateness of our behavior, we must first look at Wise View and Intention as a way to challenge the distortions of perception and the aspirational principles that should be guiding our decisions; this lays the foundation for embodying these principles instead of just "believing in them". As we learn to embody principles in our lives, we can move ...
Jun 29, 2020•28 min•Ep. 195
Mikey Noechel offers a guided meditation on loving kindness towards self. "May I be at ease. May I be at peace. May I be kind and gentle with this experience. May I be full of loving kindness." Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wi...
Jun 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 194
In this episode Katie Burke reads the Metta Sutta, the discourse on Loving Kindness. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wi...
Jun 22, 2020•3 min•Ep. 193
Andrew discusses the Buddha's teaching on the "middle path", as well as the personal experience of losing and rediscovering one's spiritual path. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagr...
May 24, 2020•32 min•Ep. 192
In this episode, Andrew speaks to the necessity of developing a long-enduring mind on the path of awakening, and a few of the experiences that we will need to endure along the path. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashv...
May 05, 2020•26 min•Ep. 191
In this episode, Andrew lays out the fundamental principles of cultivating compassion. Enjoy! Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/ TikTok: https://www.tikto...
May 05, 2020•27 min•Ep. 190
In this episode Katie Burke reads the Satipatthana Sutta, the discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. First Foundation: Mindfulness of Breath and Body Second Foundation: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone Third Foundation: Mindfulness of Mind Forth Foundation: Mindfulness of Dhammas Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wil...
Apr 11, 2020•29 min•Ep. 189
Andrew offers some reflections on Impermanence, Change, and Loss & how leaning into these inevitable truths of life can bring about urgency and direction for spiritual practice. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashv...
Mar 30, 2020•30 min•Ep. 188
In this episode, Andrew discusses the 4 applications of mindfulness - simple awareness, protective awareness, introspective awareness, and reflective awareness. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: http...
Mar 25, 2020•40 min•Ep. 187
In this episode, Mikey Noechel discusses the first verse of the Dhammapada and how suffering is made in the mind. "All dhammas are preceded by the mind. They governed by the mind and formed by the mind. If one speaks or acts with an impure mind suffering follows from there from just as the wheel of the cart follows the ox that pulls it.' Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to s...
Feb 17, 2020•30 min•Ep. 186
In this episode, Andrew discusses the importance of "seeing the goodness" in our lives. The Buddha taught that gratitude and sympathetic joy were important antidotes to misery and jealousy. How can we actively cultivate these mind states in our lives? Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate F...
Feb 11, 2020•31 min•Ep. 185
In this episode, Andrew discusses how liberating insight is only developed if we take the time to cultivate the conditions that support it. He also talks about the concept of "sudden awakening, gradual cultivation". Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https...
Jan 29, 2020•27 min•Ep. 184
In this episode Mikey Noechel discusses the enemies of compassion. The far enemies, which are known as the furtherest things from compassion, are violence and cruelty. The near enemies of compassion are the things we may confuse with compassion, which are pity and despair. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditat...
Jan 28, 2020•32 min•Ep. 182
In this episode Mikey Noechel discusses the four Brahma Viharas, which are also know as the Heart Practices. Loving Kindness (Metta) Compassion (Karuna) Sympathetic Joy (Mudita) Equanimity (Upekkha) Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
Jan 14, 2020•31 min•Ep. 181
Spirit Rock Meditation Center teacher, Tempel Smith, visits Wild Heart Nashville and discusses the power of unconscious habits, and how mindfulness can be an essential tool for uncovering and dismantling these habits. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: htt...
Dec 23, 2019•33 min•Ep. 180
In this episode, Andrew discusses one of the most cliche but perhaps essential aspects of the Buddhist path, letting go. When we hold onto impermanent things, we suffer tremendously. But this means that we must be willing then to confront the fear that comes from surrender. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmedita...
Dec 20, 2019•31 min•Ep. 178
Katie offers a guided meditation of Mudita or sympathetic joy Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildheartnashville/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation...
Dec 18, 2019•20 min•Ep. 179
In this episode, Andrew discusses the metaphor of the "Realm of the Hungry Ghosts", which in Buddhist cosmology is the realm of an "insatiable thirst" and "longing for more" that is so much the cause of much of our unhappiness in life. Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Soci...
Dec 16, 2019•33 min•Ep. 177
