Jonathan Foust (Sudhir)
Jonathan Foust (Sudhir), MA, is a guiding teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and a cofounder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute. A faculty member and former President of Kripalu, he joined the former Kripalu ashram at the age of 25 and has been leading retreats and training teachers for more than 30 years. Sudhir is creator of the recordings Body-Centered Inquiry: Meditation Training to Awaken Your Inner Guidance, Vitality and Loving Heart (CD set); The Art of Relaxation; and A Touch of Grace: Bamboo Flute Meditations.
Learn more about this presenter’s work:
I Hate Yoga, I Love Yoga
Resources
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Meditation, Resistance, and the Practice of Compassion
As a teacher of meditation, Jonathan Foust strives to introduce the practice in such a way that people will actually enjoy it and have an appreciation of what it can do for them.
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To Scratch or Not to Scratch: Making Choices in Meditation
You’re in the middle of what you hope will be a long meditation. About 10 minutes in, you feel an itch appearing on your nose that really, really, really wants to be scratched.
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I Hate Yoga, I Love Yoga
Kripalu teacher Jonathan Foust explains the benefits of committing to consistency in your yoga practice.
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Journaling and Bypassing the Inner Critic
Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) guides us in a journaling meditation. Can you find the words while letting go of the inner critic? Let the breath be your guide.
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Balancing Energy and Awareness
The essence of the Kripalu approach is about balancing energy and awareness.
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Great Summer Reads from Kripalu Schools Faculty and Staff
Need a great beach read? Here’s what our Schools faculty and staff are kicking back with this summer!
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Transformation the Kripalu Way
When he first attended the Energy Intensive at Kripalu, David Ellner was living the life he’d thought he always wanted. But he wasn't happy.
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7 Ways to Make Doing Your Taxes Less Painful and More Mindful
We asked our faculty for advice, and came up with seven tactics for deducting some stress from the days leading up to April 15.
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Mindfulness: The New Organic
One of the most popular “new” tools for cultivating this sense of connectedness is the ancient Buddhist technique known as mindfulness.
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The Strategy of Surrender: High Road or Cop-Out?
It’s one thing to trust, it’s another to lean into apathy and wait for or expect the universe to deliver. How do we know the right course of action?
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