Beloved Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön has devoted her life to exploring the essential questions of our human experience. Now, this collection shares the wisdom of three complete online courses to help you open your heart, liberate your mind, and awaken your limitless potential.
Beloved Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön has devoted her life to exploring the essential questions of our human experience. Now, this collection shares the wisdom of three complete online courses to help you open your heart, liberate your mind, and awaken your limitless potential.
There is almost nothing we desire more as human beings than to be free from suffering. If only we can avoid pain and discomfort, we tell ourselves, freedom can be ours. Who wouldn’t want such an existence?
The problem is, we can never truly avoid the inevitable difficulties of life. But rather than resisting them, what if we could welcome them—befriend them, even—as part of the wonderful, imperfect wholeness of our experience?
As Pema Chödrön teaches, one of the most important lessons on the spiritual path is that freedom lies not in the absence of discomfort, but in the acceptance of it. When we release ourselves from the grips of our long-held fears, habits, and storylines, then we can begin to uncover the wide river of wisdom that flows through us—a river that leads to the naturally free state of our true, fundamental selves.
Over the years, Ani Pema has explored the notion of freedom—what it is, how we can access it—in multiple training courses with Sounds True. Now, The Freedom Collection brings together three of these teachings, each offering its own path to the boundless freedom and potential flowing through each of us, in every moment.
Here’s a look at what you’ll engage in this collection:
For so many reasons, the moment feels right for The Freedom Collection. We hope you will join us in discovering the exciting possibilities of this brave, liberating path, with one of the world’s most beloved spiritual teachers as your guide.
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Pema Chödrön is an American-born Buddhist nun and the author of many modern-day spiritual classics, including The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, When Things Fall Apart, The Places That Scare You, No Time to Lose, Practicing Peace in Times of War, How to Meditate, and Living Beautifully. She serves as resident teacher at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia.
Engage with audio and video teachings encompassing three complete training courses.
Learn to apply this wisdom in your daily life through guided mindfulness practice.
Deepen your understanding of these teachings with daily journaling exercises.
Receive five bonuses, hand-selected to complement your journey.
We all know what it’s like to be triggered: our body tenses up, our mind closes down, and we find ourselves reacting in ways that feel beyond our control. In Tibetan Buddhism, this is known as shenpa—the quality of being “hooked” into habitual patterns that cause us to suffer. Given fuel, these sparks of shenpa can grow into raging fires within us. But there is another way.
In The Freedom to Choose Something Different, Ani Pema shares her liberating practice for disarming reactivity and exploring a fresh alternative. Over six in-depth sessions, Pema will help you transform your habits, addictions, and behaviors by guiding you to greater presence in your moment-to-moment choice points.
7+ hours of video teachings, audience interaction sessions, and guided meditations
Two recorded Q&A sessions with Glenna Olmsted, senior student of Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Pema Chödrön (2 hours)
Practice tips and reflection questions to help you embrace these learnings in your daily life
In these challenging times, are you finding it difficult to be the compassionate and openhearted person you know you truly are? As the Buddha teaches, each of us was born with the Four Limitless Qualities of lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity … we just need a little help reconnecting with them sometimes.
With The Freedom to Love, Ani Pema invites you to start wherever you are—with any challenges, frustrations, or fears you may be facing—and use them as the launching pad to liberate your genuine heart. On this six-session journey, you’ll learn how to clear the emotional clouds that hinder your full potential to love, revealing the “basic goodness” radiating within you.
6+ hours of video and audio, including teachings and guided meditations
Two revealing sessions recorded with Pema answering questions from a live audience (2 hours)
Questions for reflection and journaling to support your journey
Vulnerability is an essential part of our human nature, yet many of us struggle with our feelings of shame, unworthiness, self-doubt, and other deeply rooted emotions. But what if we could free ourselves from these fears and embrace the full spectrum of our experience with warmth, openness, and kindness?
In Living with Vulnerability, Pema Chödrön and teaching partner Tim Olmsted will help you develop the courage and resilience to “befriend” your most difficult emotions. With their gentle guidance, you’ll learn to open your mind to new ways of understanding and tap into maitri—unconditional friendliness—with the most important person in your life: you.
7 hours of teaching, previously recorded Q&A discussion, and meditation
2+ hours of supplementary audio meditations
Journaling exercises to deepen self-understanding
Meditation offers us the means to experience the world with an open, compassionate attentiveness. In this downloadable eBook, Pema Chödrön offers her step-by-step essentials for developing a fulfilling lifelong meditation practice.
In Tibetan Buddhism, the path to spiritual liberation is divided into three gates. This downloadable audio presentation by Ani Pema warmly guides listeners through these thresholds and toward the root of true happiness.
Do you yearn for deeper understanding and connection in your relationships? In this audio download, revered Vietnamese Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches the four basic qualities of authentic love described by the Buddha—and how to engage them.
Our fear of vulnerability, Ani Pema explains in this audio program, is like armor we put up around our heart. Through teachings and meditations, she helps us bravely shed this armor and embrace the joy, pain, and freedom of an open heart.
One of the most challenging aspects of spiritual practice is putting theories to work in our day-to-day lives. In this audio presentation, Ani Pema offers practical lessons for “walking the walk,” in her signature warm and down-to-earth style.
Meditation offers us the means to experience the world with an open, compassionate attentiveness. In this downloadable eBook, Pema Chödrön offers her step-by-step essentials for developing a fulfilling lifelong meditation practice.
In Tibetan Buddhism, the path to spiritual liberation is divided into three gates. This downloadable audio presentation by Ani Pema warmly guides listeners through these thresholds and toward the root of true happiness.
Do you yearn for deeper understanding and connection in your relationships? In this audio download, revered Vietnamese Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches the four basic qualities of authentic love described by the Buddha—and how to engage them.
Our fear of vulnerability, Ani Pema explains in this audio program, is like armor we put up around our heart. Through teachings and meditations, she helps us bravely shed this armor and embrace the joy, pain, and freedom of an open heart.
One of the most challenging aspects of spiritual practice is putting theories to work in our day-to-day lives. In this audio presentation, Ani Pema offers practical lessons for “walking the walk,” in her signature warm and down-to-earth style.
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The Freedom Collection is not intended to be a complete introduction to Buddhist thought, but those new to Buddhism will find these courses to be an approachable entry point. Pema Chödrön has a gift for distilling complex theories into easy-to-understand terms, making the path to spiritual freedom accessible to everyone.
While it is helpful to know the basics of meditation, one of the guiding principles of Pema’s practice is to “start where you are.” Through Pema and teaching partner Tim Olmsted’s expert guidance, everyone from beginners to advanced practitioners will gain new skills and insights from The Freedom Collection.
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Each moment presents us with an opportunity to make wiser choices. Gain tools for recognizing these choice points and initiating positive change.
Difficulty, Pema teaches, does not block the path to freedom—it is the path. Learn how accepting the world exactly as it is can set you free.
We all yearn for control, but life often has other plans for us. Let Pema guide you to greater openness and resiliency, for whatever life hands you.
Just as we must accept the world as it is, we must love ourselves as we are. Shed self-criticism and give yourself the lovingkindness you deserve.
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