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2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust

The New Year is a wonderful time to touch sacred presence and deepen our roots in spiritual life. In this silent retreat we will open our hearts and minds through practices of Vipassana (mindfulness meditation--both sitting and walking sessions), traditional heart meditations (metta), mindful movement and evening chanting.

2019-12-27 (6 days) Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

  
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2019-12-27 New Year Retreat | Opening Dharma Talks 61:33
Tara Brach
2019-12-28 Loving-kindness | Guided Heart Meditation 37:06
Konda Mason
2019-12-28 The Power of Awake Awareness (retreat talk) 63:48
Tara Brach
We all encounter “demons” of fear, anger, hurt, craving and shame. This talk explores our key ways of resisting difficult emotions, and how “when the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.” We look at the power of mindfulness and compassion to undo resistance, and open us to the loving presence that can handle whatever energies arise. This special talk was given at the 2019 IMCW 5-Day New Year’s Silent Retreat.
2019-12-29 Introductory Meditation Instructions 39:01
Tara Brach
This guided session includes an overview of the primary components in meditation practices, and then guidance in awakening the senses, collecting the attention, and opening mindfully to changing experience.
2019-12-29 Self-Compassion | Dharma Talk 56:02
Noliwe Alexander
2019-12-30 Thoughts, Vedana | Guided Instruction 40:51
Noliwe Alexander
2019-12-30 Releasing Blame | Guided Heart Meditation 41:38
Tara Brach
Our self-protective habits of resentment and blame block intimacy and connection with ourself and others. This short talk and meditation are an invitation to deepen our understanding of the suffering of blame, and to release the armoring to loving freely.
2019-12-30 The Three Characteristics | Dharma Talk 54:06
Konda Mason
2019-12-31 Receptive Awareness | Guided Instruction 40:13
Konda Mason
2019-12-31 Joy | Guided Heart Meditation 40:30
Noliwe Alexander
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