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Zenki Christian Dillo Roshi is the Guiding Teacher at the Boulder Zen Center in Colorado, USA. This podcast shares the regular dharma talks given at the Center. Zenki Roshi approaches Zen practice as a craft of transformation, liberation, wisdom, and compassionate action. His interest is to bring Buddhism alive within Western cultural horizons while staying committed to the traditional emphasis on embodied practice.
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The Ordinary Mind Zen School Sydney podcast consists of Dharma talks given by Geoff Dawson.
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10-Minute Weekly Gratitude: A Meditation for a Beautiful Week Ahead
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11:41🙏 This meditation is a weekly reset, a space to release the past week and welcome the new one with gratitude. This practice invites you to shift your focus, embracing the week ahead with an open and grateful heart - becoming truly magnetic to all that is heading your way. Through gentle guidance, you’ll reflect on what you’re thankful for, let go o…
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Undivided Activity (Guided Meditation): Life as It Appears Here Now
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43:30This talk is a guided meditation that is part of the commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity." Instead of continuing with the line-by-line commentary, it takes a step back and points to the mind, from which we need to listen to Dogen's writing if we don't want to get lost in its apparent contradictoriness and complicat…
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Curative Fantasies by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Healing Your Inner Child: A Meditation for Deep Healing, Self Love, & Reconnection
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18:00🦋 This meditation is a journey back to your inner child—the part of you that longed to be seen, loved, and understood. Here, you will gently meet that younger version of yourself, offering them the comfort, validation, and warmth they always deserved. Through this gentle visualization, you’ll begin to recognize the stories that shaped you, not to h…
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12 Minute Full Body Scan for Relaxation and Release: Guided Meditation
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13:46🛶 This meditation is a simple yet powerful full-body scan designed to bring deep relaxation to both the mind and body. With gentle guidance, you’ll move through each part of your body, releasing tension and inviting a sense of ease. As you bring awareness to different areas, you’ll soften, unwind, and allow yourself to fully let go. This practice i…
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Ignite Your Creative Energy: A Guided Meditation for Inspired Flow
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14:36🎨 This meditation is all about embodying creativity—welcoming inspiration to flow freely in whatever you do. Creativity isn’t just about making something; it’s a state of being, a way of seeing the world with fresh eyes and an open heart. This practice offers space to tap into that energy, allowing ideas, perspectives, and possibilities to flow wit…
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Working with Emotions in Meditation and Everyday Life
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13:23Working with Emotions in Meditation and Everyday Life by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Balance and Restore: Quick 10 Minute Alternate Nostril Breathwork Meditation
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10:08🌬️ This meditation is a simple yet powerful 10-minute breathwork reset, using Nadi Shodhana, or alternate nostril breathing. This breathwork technique is designed to bring balance, clear the mind, and harmonize your inner energy. You'll be guided through the practice, with space to experience both guided and unguided breathing. Whether you’re start…
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Unconditional and Conditional Worthiness
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17:45Unconditional and Conditional Worthiness by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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The Myth of Normal. A critique. by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Life is not a problem by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Zen and consumer culture by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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The Authentic Self by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Pleasure and Contentment by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Healing not Curing by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Undivided Activity (Part 2): Liberation and Actualization
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58:00This talk continues the line-by-line commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity." The talk takes a deep dive into how to understand and practice with the two central terms, "liberation" and "actualization," which Dogen presents as intimately linked to life and death. The talk unfolds five interpretive dimensions of life a…
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Awakening Intuition: Guided Meditation for Deepening Inner Trust & Knowing
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15:57🔮 This meditation is designed to help you quiet the mind and tune into the wisdom of your intuition. It’s about shifting your awareness inward—beyond thoughts, beyond over analysis—so you can truly feel into the energy and sensations of your body. Whether you’re seeking clarity on a decision or simply wanting to deepen your connection with yourself…
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Gratitude for Challenging Times, A Powerful Mindset Shift: Guided Meditation
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15:58🌿 This meditation invites you to shift your perspective and embrace gratitude—even in challenging or difficult moments. It’s easy to feel grateful when life is smooth, but the real power of gratitude lies in choosing it during difficult times. This practice helps you soften resistance, release frustration, and open your heart to the hidden gifts wi…
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Undivided Activity (Part 1): The Buddha Way
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48:37This talk kicks off the line-by-line commentary on Dogen's fascicle "Shobogenzo Zenki – Undivided Activity," which participants in BZC's Everyday Bodhisattva Practice Period study together over the course of 3 month. The talk discusses the title and the first sentence, which together introduce four central ideas: (1) undivided activity (that everyt…
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Deep Emotional Healing: A Meditation for Heartbreak, Loss & Letting Go
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18:09❤️🩹This meditation was created to guide you through the healing and release of heartbreak, loss, or grief. It’s a space to feel, to acknowledge, and to let emotions flow through you—without resistance, without judgment. Even in discomfort, you are growing stronger. The second half of this practice is an energetic cord-cutting, releasing emotional …
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10 Minute Breathwork Meditation: Deep Restorative Breathing for Realignment & Clarity
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10:21☁️ This meditation is a simple yet powerful practice in deep breathing, designed to bring realignment and clarity. Using a 5-10 breathing pattern—inhale for five, exhale for ten—you’ll slow down the nervous system, activate the parasympathetic response, and encourage a deep state of calm. But don’t worry if you can’t reach these counts—just do the …
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Noticing: An Open-Eye Meditation for Present Awareness & Connection
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13:26👁️ This meditation is a practice in pure awareness—because at its core, meditation isn’t about control, it’s about noticing. Noticing your thoughts, your feelings, your surroundings. Simply observing what is. This is an open-eye meditation, designed to be done anywhere—while driving, at the gym, working, cleaning—wherever you are. Through gentle pr…
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Everything Is Functioning Together to Create This Moment
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48:43This talk was given during a Boulder Zen Center Weekend Sitting. It contemplates the phrase "Everything is functioning together to create this moment." It suggests to understand "this moment" not as a time unit but as the infinite experiential space that presents itself here-now. We can approach the experience of "everything" by letting go of the f…
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Release the Ego, Return to the Soul: Guided Meditation
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15:28💫 This meditation was created to help you release the grip of the ego and reconnect with the truth of your soul. The ego is tied to the body—it attaches, judges, and holds onto emotions. But beneath it all, the soul remains pure. It is truth. It is love. Through this practice, you’ll begin shifting away from ego-driven reactions and instead cultiva…
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Sharpen Your Focus: Guided Meditation for Improving Focus, Attention and Clarity
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13:00🧠 This meditation was created to strengthen your focus and bring clarity to your mind. Just like any other muscle, the mind must be exercised and trained—and this gentle practice does just that. Using simple breathing and counting techniques, you’ll train your mind to stay present and focused. Over time, this practice will help you cultivate a stro…
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A Special Update From Jo at A Zen Mind 💖
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3:50To my beautiful listeners, I have an exciting update to share about the future of A Zen Mind! I’ve partnered with Bleav Network to take A Zen Mind to new heights. This partnership allows me to pour even more love and soul into this space, expanding its reach and impact. ✨ Here’s what this means for you: No changes to how or where you access the med…
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Committed to Here (Practice Period Opening Talk)
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56:33This talk was given as part of the Opening Ceremony for Boulder Zen Center's annual 3-month 'Everyday Bodhisattva Practice Period,' which intends to create a framework for householders (Everyday Bodhisattvas) to intensify their practice in a committed way. In a monastic 90-day Zen Practice Period, the main commitment is to stay on the premises and …
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The Wisdom Of The Unconscious by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Calm Your Racing Thoughts: Guided Meditation for Anxiety, Overthinking, & Stress
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20:24💛 This meditation was created to gently hold you in moments of anxiety, overthinking, and stress. It’s a compassionate space where you can release fear, worry, and tension, allowing yourself to melt into a state of blissful presence. Through the soothing box breathing technique, you’ll calm your racing thoughts, turn inward, and reconnect with the …
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Softly Into Sleep: Perfect Sleep Meditation for Deep Rest
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19:20💤This meditation is designed to guide you gently into rest, helping you release the weight of the day and surrender to a peaceful night’s sleep. It’s about letting go, relaxing deeply, and allowing yourself to simply be. Through this soothing journey, you’ll feel layers of tension dissolve as you drift into stillness. Each breath will take you clos…
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Each Moment Is Material for Awakening (Everyday Bodhisattva Practice) - Sesshin Day 7
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1:01:59This talk is the seventh and last talk given during Boulder Zen Center's seven-day December Sesshin. It raises questions about the relationship between being on retreat and practicing in the context of daily life. To address these questions, it shows how the Bodhisattva ideal of Mahayana Buddhism goes beyond the idea of transcendence in Early Buddh…
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Feel Your Vision & Feed Your Truth: Guided Meditation for Manifestation & Success
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13:44✨ This meditation is designed to help you step into your power as the creator of your reality. It’s not about thinking your desires into existence but feeling them into being. Aligning with the energy of all that you are, and all that you are becoming. Through this guided journey, you’ll tap into the magnetic energy within, aligning yourself with a…
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Mindful Reflect & Reset - Guided Meditation for a Fresh Start
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13:12This meditation is a perfect way to welcome in the new year (or any time you're seeking a fresh start) 💖. This time invites you to take a moment to reflect on the journey you've walked, shedding what no longer serves you and welcoming the energy and beliefs that align with your highest good. This practice will help you honor the past with gratitude…
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Happiness, Contentment, and Attentional Presence
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51:05We live in an "achievement society," in which we are encouraged to constantly improve our lives in search for happiness. This talk presents Zen practice as a series of simple instructions like sitting down, not moving, and attending to breath and body, which facilitate the discovery and cultivation of a breath-body-attentional-space that can flower…
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Powerful Breathwork Meditation for Deep Inner Peace, Ease, & Flow
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11:32This meditation focuses on the healing power of the Three-Part Breath, a Pranayama technique that can bring deep relaxation and clarity. Through gentle guidance, you’ll be led into a state of peaceful stillness, where your breath becomes your anchor. As you flow with each inhale and exhale, you’ll feel the calming effects of the breath, drawing you…
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12 Minute Evening Gratitude Meditation
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13:34This meditation is the perfect way to wind down at the end of your day or as you prepare to gently drift off to sleep. It’s an opportunity to slow down, breathe, and sink into a deep state of gratitude and appreciation—not just for what you have, but for who you are. Unlike affirmations, this meditation isn’t about repeating phrases or listing what…
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The Myth of Certainty by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Our Entanglement with Thinking- Sesshin Day 3
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49:44This talk is the third talk given during the seven-day December Sesshin held at the Boulder Zen Center. It is a detailed investigation of why, despite our sincere mindfulness practice, it can be so difficult to disentangle our attention from the thinking process. It explores the hypothesis that thinking can be non-consciously used as a defense agai…
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Acknowledging You: Meditation for Self-Validation & Inner Compassion
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12:28This meditation is all about exploring self-validation, and extending kindness inward. Here, you’ll be guided through acknowledging and honoring your emotions and experiences without judgment or the need for external approval. Through this reflection, you’ll gently release self-doubt and create space for compassion, acceptance, and inner peace. As …
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This Very Place Is The Lotus Land by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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Energetic Cleanse: Purify, Release, and Renew - Guided Visualization
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11:12This guided visualization invites you into a sacred energetic shower, a space of renewal and release. Here, you can wash away the weight of the day and free yourself from anything that may be weighing down your energy or aura. Through this visualization, you'll gently let go of what no longer serves you, creating space for the rejuvenation of your …
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This talk asks what it means to be identified with thoughts, opinions, emotions, personal characteristics, roles, and positions. And then, what it means to dis-identify from those aspects. It explores Dogen's practice instruction "to take the backward step that turns the light around and inward." Dogen's stepping back is to first discover and then …
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Just Be: Guided Meditation for Stillness, Peace, & Presence
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12:22This meditation is a gentle invitation to simply be. In a world where we are conditioned to always be doing—whether it's thinking, planning, reminiscing, or preparing—our minds are constantly pulled in a thousand directions. But when was the last time you allowed yourself to pause? To sit in stillness, connect with your breath, let your body relax,…
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Being grateful for everything that comes our way
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10:38Being grateful for everything that comes our way by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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The Storytelling Mind by Ordinary Mind Zen SchoolAf Ordinary Mind Zen School
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10-Minute Self Check-In Guided Meditation - How Am I?
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10:56We so often find ourselves asking others, "How are you?"—a common gesture of care and connection. Yet, how often do we pause to ask ourselves the same question? This 10-minute meditation is an opportunity to turn inward and check in with yourself. To gently ask, "How am I doing? How am I feeling? What do I need?" and to really listen to the answer.…
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Transforming Habits and the Rewards of Open Awareness
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54:08This talk is plucked from the middle of the 6-week Practice Course 'Transforming Habits' which just concluded at the Boulder Zen Center. The talk provides a summary of some of the ground that has been covered during the course up until this point: the nature and purpose of habits; the structure of habits – cue, craving, behavior, reward; how habits…
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Unconditional Self Love, Acceptance, & Assurance: Guided Meditation
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14:24This meditation focuses on cultivating unconditional, unwavering self-love and acceptance. It goes far beyond the external, encouraging a shift in perspective on what unconditional self-love truly means. In this session, we’ll nurture gratitude for different parts of our being, while a short visualization reminds us that there’s no one to compare o…
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