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Here, Reggie introduces his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa. He offers a short account of Trungpa’s journey from Tibet, to England, and then to North America, and discusses how he transmitted the Vajrayana Buddhist teachings to his Western students. This excerpt is from a talk given in When Lightning Strikes: The Living Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a video course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk on the journey of somatic meditation, Reggie describes the initiatory process we experience when we enter the depths of the body. Initiations, he says, involve a process of dysregulation and entrainment with the awakened state. This talk was given at the November 2016 Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit our program calendar at www.dharmaocean.org

Reggie opens this Meditating with the Body retreat with a talk on the primordial sacredness of the human person. He says that the esoteric spirituality of the body that we are practicing has endured throughout the ages. No matter the external circumstances, the body is trustworthy. This talk was given at the November 2016 Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit our program calendar at www.dharmaocean.org

Here, Reggie explores the roots of somatic meditation in ancient India. He says that the history of Buddhism was mostly written by monastics and reflects a “renunciation” approach to spirituality. However, there is a more unknown history of practice exemplified by lay practitioners known as "siddhas." This excerpt is from a talk given in Your Breathing Body Volume II – Advanced Practices for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Fulfillment, an intensive audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

In the closing talk of their weekend program on the path of consort relationship, Reggie discusses the three vows of the consort relationship, and Caroline offers guidance on how to integrate consort practice into everyday life. This talk was given in 2017 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO called Awakening Through Relationship: The Tantric Consort. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

Here, we listen to the first part of Reggie and Caroline’s concluding talk from their weekend program on consort relationship. They reflect on lessons learned in their own relationship, sharing insights about staying connected, the importance of daily meditation practice, and receiving the wholeness of the beloved. This talk was given in 2017 at a weekend program held at Naropa University in Boulder, CO called Awakening Through Relationship: The Tantric Consort. Reggie offers more teachings and practices on the consort journey in The Tantric Consort, a 4-part video course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean at www.dharmaocean.org

Today, we listen to Reggie’s opening talk for an online course he taught on meditation and the journey of intimate relationship. He says that the tantric consort tradition shows us how to discover ever deeper levels of love and relationality with our partner. This excerpt is from a talk given in The Tantric Consort: Awakening Through Relationship, an audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk on container principle, Reggie offers pith meditation instruction: let the form hold experience. Using the example of ballet dancers doing plies, he says that fidelity to form in meditation practice allows us to discover true freedom.   This talk was given in 2016 at the November Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. To register for the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the first part of this talk on container principle, Reggie says that mindfulness meditation is often used as a technique to try to stabilize the ego by creating a sense of control, perfectionism, and safety. True meditation holds and protects the raw, rugged, messy unfolding of the totality within us.  This talk was given in 2016 at the November Meditating with the Body retreat held at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England. To register for the upcoming Winter Meditation Intensive, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk on bodhicitta, Reggie says that after his enlightenment, the Buddha heard the cries of suffering in the world and felt a welling of compassion that compelled him to help free sentient beings from samsara through teaching the dharma. This excerpt is from a talk given in Awakening the Heart: A Somatic Training in Bodhicitta, an intensive audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store at www.dharmaocean.org

In the first part of this talk on the experience of bodhicitta as related to trauma, Reggie tells the story of how the Buddha's experience unfolded on the night of his enlightenment and describes his ultimate realization Life in its totality. This excerpt is from a talk given in Awakening the Heart: A Somatic Training in Bodhicitta, an intensive audio course produced by Sounds True. It is available for download in the Dharma Ocean online store.

As a scholar of the history of religions, Reggie has a unique perspective on the way spirituality becomes codified by religious institutions. In this talk, Reggie discusses the conservative structures of conventional Buddhism and how the tradition is evolving within modern culture. This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s upcoming online course called Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation. To register for the course, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

Reggie comments on the tradition of Vajrayana meditation that he was trained in by his teacher, Chogyam Trungpa. He says that, even though the teachings of the practicing lineage are widely offered, few people choose to make the full tantric journey. This talk is excerpted from Reggie’s upcoming online course called Awakening the Body: The Way of Somatic Meditation. To register for the course, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In the second part of this talk on karma and the body, Reggie describes how the ego freezes the natural flow of experience in the body through physical tensing. This tension is stored in our cells as condensed karma.  This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that includes two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org

In this talk, Reggie describes how traditional Buddhist teachings on karma relate to the process of liberation that unfolds in somatic meditation. The wisdom of the body, he says, leads us back to the natural state. This excerpt is taken from Meditating with the Body, a 5-month training program that includes two residential retreats and a twelve unit at-home curriculum. To find out about the upcoming Meditating with the Body retreat, please visit www.dharmaocean.org