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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Samadhi and Insight: Anapanasati Sutta
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| The Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing in sixteen steps) is an experiential map of joy, tranquility, and liberation. This classic teaching provides the foundation for cultivating concentration (samadhi) and developing insights that lead to the freedom of mind and heart.
It is inspiring to know that this was a fundamental practice for the Buddha. This teaching underlies much of our mindfulness practice, and when explored in-depth can enliven, energize, and deepen the practice as we become more able to work with it intentionally, on retreat and in our daily lives. Anapanasati can become a steady and embodied support for wise response in these times. |
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2026-06-05 (10 days)
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community
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2026-06-05
Opening Talk: Mindfulness of Breathing
20:58
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Jeanne Corrigal
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An introduction to the Ānāpānasati Sutta and its sixteen-step path of mindfulness of breathing, exploring how calming and insight practices support one another in cultivating steadiness, clarity, and freedom from clinging.
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2026-06-06
Day One Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
52:57
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Jeanne Corrigal
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Beginning with the preliminary practices that establish a foundation for meditation, these instructions explore mindfulness of the body in sitting, walking, and everyday movement, with an emphasis on curiosity, kindness, ease, and continuity of awareness.
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2026-06-06
Dharma Talk, day one: The First Tetrad
58:34
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Kristina Bare
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Exploring the first four steps of mindfulness of breathing: knowing the breath, experiencing the whole body, and inviting the body to calm. The talk emphasizes finding a sustainable balance of energy and relaxation, supported by interest, patience, friendliness, and trust in the unfolding of practice.
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2026-06-07
Instructions, day two: Calming the Body and Breath
41:30
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Kristina Bare
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A guided exploration of calming the body and breath, with practices for settling the body, softening effort, and cultivating ease. The instructions emphasize patience and receptivity, while offering ways to work skillfully with agitation, distraction, and other experiences that arise.
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2026-06-07
Dharma Talk, day two: The Second Tetrad
55:57
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Jeanne Corrigal
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Exploring the second tetrad of mindfulness of breathing, with its movement from quiet joy and contentment toward experiencing and calming mental activity. The talk considers how recognizing and cultivating subtle sources of nourishment can support steadiness, reduce reactivity, and help us meet difficult experiences with greater ease.
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2026-06-08
Instructions, day three: The Body and Breath:
43:20
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Jeanne Corrigal
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Continuing with the body and breath, these instructions explore how to recognize subtle qualities of quiet joy and pleasantness in the body and allow them to become a support for practice. Calming and quiet joy can nourish one another, deepening ease and steadiness in both sitting and walking meditation.
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2026-06-08
Dharma Talk, day three: The Third Tetrad
61:21
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Kristina Bare
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An exploration of samādhi as a gathering of body, heart, and mind into wholeness. The talk considers how mindfulness, contentment, joy, and letting go support this natural settling, and how the steadiness and clarity of samādhi provide a foundation for insight and deeper freedom.
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2026-06-10
Dharma talk day 5: The Fourth Tetrad: Impermanence
58:37
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Kristina Bare
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Introducing the fourth tetrad of mindfulness of breathing and the contemplation of impermanence. Through close attention to the changing nature of breath, sensation, and everyday experience, we can move from an intellectual understanding of impermanence toward a more direct knowing that supports letting go, presence, and freedom.
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