Finding Steady Ground in a Fast-Forward World

A Free Hour of Teachings and Practices from a Modern-Day Tibetan Master

With Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and host Tami Simon

Saturday, October 3, 2026
10 am ET | 7 am PT

Come home to steadiness and contentment

A free video with Mingyur Rinpoche

In a world of nonstop stress, online fatigue, and the general dread of whatever’s coming next, many of us are feeling anxious, confused, and ungrounded.

And yes, that’s after already doing our best with healthy exercise and diet, regular sleep, and trying to meditate … without much improvement.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche hears this from his students every day, and he gets it.

A Tibetan Master for a New and Different World

As a young monk in 2002, Mingyur Rinpoche began collaborating with neuroscientists at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison, who studied his astonishing ability to achieve states of profound awareness, joy, and calm.

Since then, this new-generation master of Tibetan wisdom has merged what he’s learned in the monastery and the research lab to show all of us how this steadiness and contentment are right within our reach.

In fact, Rinpoche teaches that it’s a natural part of who we are—not something we have to “earn” or strive for. What’s more, we can come home to this clarity and calm in days, not years.

Curious?

Join Rinpoche and host Tami Simon for a pre-recorded session to explore

How short, focused moments of insight and "micro-practice" can create lifelong shifts

Ways to reconnect with the natural-born steadiness that modern life has distracted you from

Turning "throwaway" moments like waiting in line or being stuck in traffic into "openings" for calm and clarity

How to ease the grip of social media and the endless scroll—to reclaim enjoyment of your actual life, here and now

Meeting worry, restlessness, and the judging mind, without fighting them

Audience questions answered by Mingyur Rinpoche

Meet Your Teacher and Host

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

… is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master beloved for making the deepest teachings feel warm, simple, and refreshingly down-to-earth. For more than two decades, he has worked alongside neuroscientists studying meditation and the roots of happiness.

He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Joy of Living, as well as In Love with the World, Turning Confusion into Clarity, and Joyful Wisdom. Mingyur Rinpoche completed the traditional three-year retreat as a teenager and has since become one of the most trusted wisdom voices for a new generation, with a gift for making ancient practices genuinely usable in modern life.

Tami Simon

Tami Simon founded Sounds True in 1985 with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. What started as a project with one woman and her tape recorder has grown into a multimedia publishing company that features hundreds of leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Sounds True has produced over 3,000 titles, including events, certification programs, and transformational online learning experiences, and is North America’s leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings. Tami hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has been downloaded more than 15 million times. She is also the founder of the Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to people who would otherwise not have access.

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