Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

4/21/21 -Deconstructing Perception, Fabrication, and Labeling Inner Realities

This week we go through several practical exercises and guided meditations around labeling sensations and emotions as they arise, we take a look at sense door perception, we revisit verbal fabrication, and chat about the benefits of cultivating curiosity in your meditation practice.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

4/14/21 - Fabricating our Reality Part 2: Self-Creation Through Self-Talk

When the Buddha reflected on his awakening, he recalled the ability to use mindfulness to notice when his thinking was imbued with sensuality, ill-will, anger, hatred, and cruelty.  Conversely, he was able to discern when his thoughts were imbued with the heart-mind qualities of letting go, good will and harmlessness. In this episode, we explore the positive and negative impacts of our inner dialogue and 3 meditation practices to decrease negative self-talk and increase loving self-reflection. 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

Bodily Fabrication Guided Meditation

This is a guided meditation on bodily fabrication.

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

4/7/21 - Fabricating our Reality Part 1: Self-creation Through Body Awareness

This week we explore how the heart-mind unconsciously creates a sense of self through the interaction between awareness, body posture, breath, and energy movement. We then practice how to engage in the Buddhist practice of Bodily Fabrication to gain insight into how we can use body awareness for healing, self-compassion and release from stress and discontent. 

 

This talk includes a guided meditation on how to practice Bodily Fabrication.

 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

3/31/21 - Mindfulness & Insight Part 3: How Exactly is the Present Moment Created?

This week we discuss the incredible creative power of the heart-mind to bring together the raw material of the present moment in order to give us a sense of self, a sense of the world, and the feeling of becoming. The Buddha refers to this creative act as fabrication or Sankhara. One of the primary goals of insight meditation is to gain a deeper understanding of this creative process so we can un-fabricate suffering and fabricate a sense of ease and well-being in our lives. In this episode we explore why this concept of Sankhara is so important and how we can use the heart-mind qualities of Mindfulness, Equanimity and Investigation to establish the foundation for freedom in our lives. 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

3/24/21 - Mindfulness and Insight Meditation Part 2: To Engage or not to Engage? That is the Question!

This week we explore one of the most important distinctions between these two practices- what is the balance between Engagement and Equanimity? How do we know when to bring a calm, equanimous, non-reactive mind to the present moment versus a mind that curiously engages present moment reality to gain deeper wisdom? Understanding how to approach these two heart-mind qualities is one of the keys to deeper meditation practice.  

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

 

3/17/21 - Mindfulness & Insight Meditation Part I: Beginner's Mind, Biased Mind

In this week's episode we begin a series exploring the similarities and differences between the ancient Buddhist practice of Insight Meditation and the modern version of  Mindfulness Meditation.  In particular we explore an overview of the many biases we bring to meditation practice that hinder our understanding of insight practice and prevent us from gaining the most important fruits of the meditative experience. 

 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

3/10/21 - The Lessons of 2020 Part 3: How to Remain Balanced During Times of Stress

This week we conclude our 3-part series focused on using the stress, fear and trauma of the past year as an opportunity for healing and awakening. In this episode we unpack the nature of stress and discontent and consider how generosity, precepts and skillful effort can allow us to bring our best selves to the most challenging times in our lives. 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

3/3/21 - The Lessons of 2020 Part 2: Skillful Speech with Special Guest Doyle Banks

Gregory talks skillful speech with NVC facilitator and fellow Dharma teacher Doyle Banks.

About Doyle:

Doyle Banks is an authorized Dharma teacher in the lineage of Ruth Denison and the vipassana (Insight Meditation) tradition of Buddhist meditation. He is also a mindfulness-based personal transformation trainer and coach. Doyle regularly offers live online and in-person classes on Compassionate Communication. He has recently released a self-paced, online course in which he teaches the Empathy Advantage, a framework for personal and relationship transformation, based on mindfulness and interpersonal communication skills.

You can find him online at:

Web: doylebanks.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askdoylebanks/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/askdoylebanks/

Email: doyle@doylebanks.com

 

ABOUT HOST GREGORY MALOOF

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

If you have been receiving benefit and want to support Gregory Maloof as a teacher directly, please donate HERE

Follow Gregory on Instagram @gregorymaloofdharma

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Intro and Outro Music by Lenny Dinardo, Wave Em' In.

Special Episode - The Embodied Being Breathing: Guided Morning Meditation

A special guided meditation for your morning sits.  Recorded on retreat with Gregory.

Gregory Maloof is a western Dharma teacher from the Ruth Denison lineage.

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