Wisdom, Compassion and Happiness
Why Should I Meditate?
Why Meditate
On What to Meditate
What Meditation is Not
How to Meditate?
How to Meditate
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Specific Guidance
Training the Mind for Genuine Happiness
Connection Between Meditation and Genuine Happiness
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Turning the Mind Toward Meditation
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness Practice
Practice of Caring Mindfulness
A Passionate Case for Altruism
Introduction to Altruism
Essential qualities in leadership
Introduction to Inner Calm
Introduction to Inner Calm and Deeper Insight
Mindfulness of the Breath
Counting Breaths
Mantra Practice
Deeper Insight
Deeper Insight and Ego
Deeper Insight and Mind
Dedication
The Spiritual Path
What is a Spiritual Path?
Meditations on Altruism
Meditation on Altruistic Love
Meditation on Compassion
Joy, Celebration and Gratitude
Equanimity
A Sublime Exchange
Mindfulness of Breathing
Mindfulness of the breath
Diverse breathing techniques
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Introduction to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
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Intro: Mindfulness of the body 1/2
Mindfulness of the body 2/2
Intro: Mindfulness of sensations 1/2
Mindfulness of sensations 2/2
Intro: Mindfulness of the mind 1/2
Mindfulness of the mind 2/2
Intro: Mindfulness of phenomena 1/2
Mindfulness of phenomena 2/2
Contemplative Inspirations
Appreciate the precious human life
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Make the best use of time
Recognize the causes of happiness and suffering
Resolve to change
Observe without grasping
Walk mindfully
Concentrate on an object
Cultivate awareness
Concentration on an object as taught by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Meditation and Everyday Life
How to Develop a New Way of Being
Meditation and Everyday Life
Overcoming Obstacles
Meditation and Education
Meditation and Health
Great Insights Through Mindfulness
Mindfulness of Breathing
Introduction
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Body and posture of balance
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Effortless silence
Mind and present moment
Continuity of attention
Counting
Stability of attention
High-resolution of attention
Synergy
State of Balance
Observing the Mind
The space of the mind
Observe without preference
The actors of the mind
The stage of the mind
A Boundless Heart
Loving-kindness
A realm of possibilities
The Awareness of Awareness
Oscillating Awareness
Probing the Agent
Resting in the Center
Extending Awareness into Space
Conative Intelligence and Flourishing
The heart’s desire
Receiving from the world
An evolution of the spirit
Offering to the world
The Four Applications of Mindfulness
Introduction
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Four elements of the body
Body scanning
Beyond appearances
Body feelings
Mental feelings
The naked nature of feelings
Internal and external feelings
Objective appearances to the mind
Subjective impulses of the mind
The emptiness of the mind
Watching the mind externally
Mental states
Mental activities
Appearances arising at the doors of perception
Awareness of outer phenomena
Meditate Day by Day
Meditation Practice Foundations
Discovering the texture of your mind
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Taking your seat
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Entering into meditation
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Observing your thoughts
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The present moment
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Bringing the mind back
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Taking time to just be
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Here and now in this body
Breathe!
Counting the Breath
In-breath and out-breath
Coming back
Persistence and relaxation
Walking meditation
What is mindfulness?
Scattering and sinking
Mindfulness and vigilance
Finding your way
Calm and insight
The river
Understanding thoughts and emotions
Finding your warm heart
Cultivating altruistic love
Caring needs mindfulness
Freeing yourself from negative reactions
Powerful motivation
Powerful meditation
Powerful dedication
Awakening the Heart
Exercises for a kind heart intro
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Feeling your body
Simple presence
Acceptance
Community
Into the world
Love and happiness
Sharing
Experiencing the dynamics of love
Love, the starting point
Difficult emotions and difficult people
Changing the lens
Awakening compassion
Expanding compassion
Joy and Impartiality
Everyday Meditations
Introduction
Simple mindfulness of the breathing — short
Simple mindfulness of the breathing — long
Counting the breaths — short
Counting the breaths — long
Awareness of the body — short
Awareness of the body — long
Mindfulness of breathing with bells — short
Mindfulness of breathing with bells — long
Knowing Yourself to Know The World
Baby mind?
Sadness as a friend
Who are you?
Expansion and contraction
Beliefs
Stability and Clarity
The meditative posture
Relaxed and alert
Balanced attention
And thoughts?
A simple presence
Understanding thoughts
Exploring habits
Creative Journey
Life and Music
Connecting through music and life
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Flow and presence
Learning through adversity
Talent and education
The Partitura movement
Music practice
Mozart, a miracle of expression
Dialogues and characters in Mozart’s music
The source and transmission of music
Discovering the score
Freedom and limits
Body and breath awareness
On stage
Piano workshop for amateur students
Music vs. Exercise
Approaching difficult passages
The importance of slow practice
Practicing with divisions
Separate hands vs. hands together
Full lesson
Piano workshops for advanced students
Dialogue: the two hands as voices
Piano and forte
Constructing the drama
Repeated notes in the classical period
Full lesson
Piano and forte nuances
Flow and contrast
Full lesson
Freedom vs. limits
Feeling the flow
A sense of movement without accelerando
Highlighting the melody
The continuity of the flow
Full lesson
An organic beat to color the music
The danger of mechanical training and how to read behind the score
The life within the phrase
Miracles do happen in Schubert!
Forte is not necessarlily hard
Sforzato and pianos
Phrase vs. bar
Decrescendo and flexible tempo
Full lesson
Lightness in the left hand
Articulation and upbeats
A beat with movement
The big line
Complementing the legato
Defining the mood
Full lesson
Concert hall
Round table discussion: Singing Hands
Singing Hands concert
Round table discussion: Cities of the Danube
Cities of the Danube concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K.397/385g
Franz Schubert: Impromptu, D.935, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle Op. 126, No. 5
Franz Liszt: Nuages Gris, S. 199
Franz Schubert: Ständchen, D. 889, version for violin and piano
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56, version for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely
Johann Stauss Jr.: Künstlerleben, Op. 316
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four-hands in C major, K.19d
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four-hands in C major, K.521 (I)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Meeting Point
Mozart and Schubert
Physical and intellectual awarenessOriginal version with English subtitles.
OV Introducing your Child to Meditation
Course introduction
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Listen to the sound of the singing bowl
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Walk without letting your bowl of water spill over
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Feel your body from head to toe with the help of a little feather
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Feel your cuddly toy as it moves back and forth
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Count your breaths
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Think of all the children in the world
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Open your heart to the wonderful moments of your day
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