Videos
Please see below for Tina’s growing list of video workshops, video interviews and video talks. To jump directly to available video workshops at Innercraft, a specific video interview or video talk, please use the Quicklinks below:
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8 Workshops Now Published on Innercraft
Tina has now published 8 video workshops on the Innercraft Platform, which have been received with glowing reviews. People are finding the quality very high, and the content phenomenal.
These workshops provide instruction, overviews, and guided meditations for all of Tina’s most current teaching. The “What is Awakening?” Workshop gives an overview of how awakening is seen and understood in different traditions, as well as a short overview of the 4 categories of practice in the subsequent Workshops. The Workshop on the 4 categories of practice include a complete set of teaching for the categories discovered in neuroscience that each have different effects on the brain. When combined, the 3 foundational categories of Heart Practices, Focused Attention, and Open Monitoring provide the basis for the Self-Transcending practice of Dzogchen. The Dzogchen teachings are very hard to find, so this is a precious resource.
Tina’s newest workshop is on Embodiment and Off-the-Cushion practice. Rarely are these topics taught, and Tina has been exploring and working with them for over 20 years now, and will share how to use them in adding the 15 hours a day off-the cushion to our 30-60 minutes a day on the cushion, greatly accelerating one’s unfoldment and integration.
Access to the platform is by membership subscription. Luminous Mind Sangha makes very little money from the Innercraft platform, but wanted to offer this as a high-quality and accessible way to understand her teachings.
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See below for short video course descriptions
Integrating Presence Podcast Interviews Tina, with Josh Dippold
Depth, Integration, and Navigating Spiritual Terrain: In Conversation With Tina Rasmussen. More info »
Sit-Heads Meditation ClubSit-Heads Podcast Interviews Tina, on Samatha, Jhana, and Why Concentration Transforms Insight Practice
Tina Rasmussen, the first Western woman authorized to teach by Pa Auk Sayadaw, makes a compelling case that samatha (concentration) meditation has been unjustly relegated to second-class status in Western Buddhism. Drawing on the Buddha's own practice and her dual training in Theravada and Tibetan Dzogchen, she explains why concentration transforms insight practice.
After Awakening Podcast Interviews Tina, with Ryan Burton
Tina is interviewed by Ryan Burton of “After Awakening.” This is Tina’s best interview covering aspects of awakening. Ryan has studied with Tina for many years, so they have a lot of fun!
GuruViking Podcast Interviews Tina, with Steve James; Pandemic Edition
Tina discusses dealing with fear and panic, isolation, and sickness and dying in the times of Corona with “Guru Viking” Steve James.
GuruViking Podcast Interviews Tina, with Steve James
Tina Rasmussen Ph.D, is a meditation teacher and author who is best known as being the first Western woman to master the virtuoso-level shamata meditation system of Pa Auk Sayadaw.
In this interview we learn about Tina’s life-defining quest for enlightenment which inspired her 1-year solo retreat in which her practice of Dzogchen triggered not only massive energetic phenomena but also a profound spiritual awakening.
We hear all about Tina’s training and authorisation under the notoriously rigorous Pa Auk Sayadaw, culminating in mastery of all 8 jhanas, with all ten kasinas, and much more.
We also discuss issues such as integration of awakening in professional life, romantic relationship after enlightenment, and sexual scandal among meditation teachers.
Buddha at the Gas Pump–Rick ArcherBuddha at the Gas Pump (BATGAP) Podcast Interviews Tina, with Rick Archer
Tina Rasmussen was interviewed by “Buddha at the Gas Pump“, a site that enables people to relate and share their experiences of spiritual awakening.
Conscious TV Conscious TV Podcast interviews Tina, on Living The Enlightenment Drive
Interview by Renate McNay
How to Meditate, The 4 Practices Rooted in Tradition and Confirmed by Neuroscience, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
Tina gives concise overview instructions and guidance on how to begin meditating, suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike. She talks about general guidelines that apply to every type of meditation. Then she gives an overview of the 4 practice categories being studied in neuroscience, which are also reflected in the Buddhist tradition.
The four Practice Categories Found in Neuroscience, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
Tina will describe the four categories, which also correspond to the four primary practices in Buddhism. She will discuss the effect that each practice has on our consciousness, as well as how they all work together for maximum benefit. She will also talk about how each practice and the practices as a set, foster awakening, as well as how they relate to embodiment and our practice off-the-cushion.
Working Productively With Our Hindrances/Defilements (Personality Patterns), with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
The topic Tina is asked about most is--what do I do about the things that take me off my meditation? How do I work with that material, other than to just come back to the meditation object? Traditionally, we just saw these thoughts as "distractions" that "didn't mean anything." But with the advent of modern psychology, we can discover that these patterns are actually the building blocks of the ego-self. By working with our patterns in a more sophisticated way, we can understand and digest them much more fully, with the possibility that they arise a lot less or even stop completely.
Working with the SuperEgo, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
One of the gifts of our current era is the scientific discoveries of psychology that enable us to understand the nuts and bolts of how the psyche works and is structured. Adding this knowledge to our Buddhist practice can enable us to work with our psychology more skillfully, with the potential to digest and even move beyond the ego-self as our identity. One of the aspects that is essential to work with on the spiritual path is the SuperEgo, because its job is to keep the ego-self in place. So, when we start to move beyond our habitual patterns—that cause suffering—the SuperEgo will work diligently to get us back into those ego patterns!
Using the Enneagram as a Tool on the Spiritual Path
Working with personality patterns (the thoughts that take us away from our object when we are meditating) is an essential part of the spiritual path, as these patterns are the building blocks of our unique ego-self. This “transformational” aspect of practice is especially necessary in our efforts to embody what we have realized on the “transcendent” side of our practice.
Four Buddhist Tools for Being with a World in Crisis, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
One only has to read the news for a few minutes, to feel that the level of multiple crises in the world is greater than it has been in recent history. As spiritual practitioners, how can we continue to be present to a world in crisis without being overwhelmed? How can we engage with physical reality without shutting down and lose hope (delusion), resorting to anger / judgement / fear (aversion), or just staying “head down” in our lives and trying to get more for ourselves to feel safe (desire)?
Working with Doubt - How do I know if I'm progressing on the path?, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
People often wonder if they are progressing on the path--especially if they are having a period of "bad meditations" or a dry spell in their practice. We need to separate the hindrance of doubt (which is an internal habit of mind) from objective concerns about how we are doing on our spiritual journey. Tina will share some skillful ways of working with the hindrance of doubt (and the internal "Judge" or SuperEgo) as an ongoing aspect of our internal conditioning.
Navigating Death and Loss Through Practice, with Dr. Tina Rasmussen
No one is exempt from loss and pain in life, as we know through the First Noble Truth of Buddhism. But how can our practice actually support our working through the inevitable loss and pain that is part of a human life? Tina will talk about this tender and difficult topic, including her own personal experiences.
More Video Talks:
- Talk on the 4 Spiritual Centers & 4 Instinctual Drives Talk 1: Overview and Belly Center
- The four spiritual centers and instinctual drives: Guided meditation on Belly Center
- Talk on the 4 Spiritual Centers & the 4 Instinctual Drives Talk 2: The Heart Center
- The four spiritual centers and instinctual drives: Guided meditation on Heart Center
- Talk on the 4 Spiritual Centers & the 4 Instinctual Drives Talk 3: The Head Center
- The four spiritual centers and instinctual drives: Guided meditation on Head Center
- Spiritual Centers & Instinctual Drives Talk 4: The “Moh” Center/Enlightenment Drive
- The four Spiritual Centers & Instinctual Drives: Guided meditation on “Moh” Center
- The Intersection of Trauma Therapy and Meditation - Tina interviews Marisa Mohrer, LCSW
- Songs of Awakening: Tina Interviews Marisa Mohrer about Her Book
- What is Awakening Retreat Overview
- Luminous Mind Retreat overview 9 minutes
- Four Benefits of Samatha / Concentration Meditation
Practicing The Jhanas:
Traditional Concentration Meditation As Presented By The Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw