Author: Matthew Hahn

From Serial Killer To Awakened

In this talk, Matthew shares the story of Angulimala, the serial killer who collected the fingers of his victims, and his path toward redemption and awakening. Find out why Angulimala

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Mindfulness With Death – Guided Meditation

In this guided meditation, Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of death as part of Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice. The meditation begins with establishing embodied mindfulness and then

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Upcoming Offerings

Matthew regularly offers Buddhist teachings and meditation instructions for in-person groups in the San Francisco Bay Area and online nationally. Here are events scheduled for 2025 and 2026, thus far.

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Mindfulness With Elements – Guided Meditation

In this guided meditation, Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of elements using Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice. The meditation begins with establishing embodied mindfulness and then moves into

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Mindfulness With Anatomy – Guided Meditation

Matthew leads the practitioner through mindfulness of anatomy using Bhikkhu Analayo’s method of Satipatthana practice. The meditation begins with establishing embodied mindfulness and then moves into body scans of the

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Why Meditate?

People mediate for a variety of reasons. To slow down. To heal. To stay sane. To meet what’s here. In this talk, Matthew explores these motivations for practice and the

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Presence Of The Past

Can the present moment be devoid of everything that came before? How might our mindfulness practice be framed as a way of understanding the past?

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Flightless Bird

Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time.

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Equanimity – Path and Goal

Equanimity is the quality being cultivated from the very beginning of practice, from the first time a meditation teacher invited us to bear witness to our experience “without judgment or

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Drunk-ish: A Sobriety Podcast

This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe

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