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2018-08-06 15 guided meditation: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities 14:25
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation exploring the qualities of earth, water, fire and air or wind within the body, and also externally
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 14 instructions: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities 11:45
Jill Shepherd
An introduction to mindfulness of the body in terms of the four qualities of earth, water, fire, and air or wind, as a way of gaining insight into the body's impermanence and interconnectedness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Learning to be a Friend and an Ally 50:08
Oren Jay Sofer
When we slow down and look at our own mind things aren't always so pretty. We often find self-judgment, criticism, harshness. One way to understand this path is that we are learning to be a good friend to ourselves, and to others.
Springboard Meditation Sangha (St. Francis Renewal Center) :  The Way of Insight

2018-08-05 Metta as a Brahmavihara 51:05
Ariya B. Baumann
Metta and the other Brahmaviharas are skilful and wholesome responses to whatever happens in our life.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-05 13 talk: sukha, happiness 42:00
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the role of sukha, happiness, in the Buddha's teachings, and how the silence, solitude, simplicity, slowing down and stillness of being on retreat support the development of that happiness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Guided Metta Meditation 60:34
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Introduction to the practice, working with self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-05 12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts 29:03
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation beginning with a reading from the Satipatthana Sutta on the anatomical parts of the body, followed by reciting of the 32 parts then body scans knowing the body in terms of its skin, flesh, and bones
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 11 instructions: mindfulness of the body as a collection of anatomical parts 8:35
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for exploring the body in terms of its anatomical parts
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 10 instructions: walking rotating through senses 7:59
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for a variation of walking meditation, tuning in to physical sensations, then seeing, then hearing
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 09 guided meditation: mindfulness of the breath, physical sensations, and sounds 28:39
Jill Shepherd
Using the breath as home base, then gradually opening up the field of awareness to include physical sensations throughout the body, then sounds
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

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