Locked In With Ian Bick

Two formerly incarcerated people talk about addiction, crime, prison, firefighting, recovery, Buddhism, and service.

On the latest episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Ian and I discussed the path that lead me to prison, my time there, and what life has been like since coming home. Addiction, crime, firefighting, recovery, Buddhism, and service – its all there.

This conversation was particularly unique because it was between two formerly incarcerated people, an interview format I’d never done before.

Locked In with Ian Bick can be streamed wherever you get your podcasts and viewed on YouTube.

Check out ianbick.com for more.

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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 body scans using earth, water, fire, and air elements.

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September 27, 2025 No Comments

Embodying Refuge – A Daylong Retreat

The Buddha taught that the body can be a doorway to liberation from suffering, a place we can return to find steadiness and ease. With practice, the body can become a place of refuge – a fertile ground for presence and insight.

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September 21, 2025 No Comments

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 body using skin, flesh, and bone.

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September 18, 2025 No Comments

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 ways they align with a more traditional, Buddhist understanding.

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September 14, 2025 No Comments

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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August 8, 2025 No Comments

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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July 21, 2025 No Comments