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2022-04-23 Guided meditation: samādhi 45:44
Jill Shepherd
Inviting the knowing of pleasant bodily sensations to uplift the heart-mind into appreciation or even joy, which might settle into tranquility then samādhi
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-22 The elements are empty of a self. 34:15
Ayya Santacitta
Guided meditation on the six elements.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-21 Guided meditation: tranquility 15:48
Jill Shepherd
An invitation to incline the body, heart and mind towards tranquility
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-17 Reflections & Guided Meditation 39:09
River Wolton
Impermanence.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga

2022-04-16 Reflections and Guided Meditation 41:48
River Wolton
The ground of metta.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga

2022-04-16 Guided meditation exploring pleasant feeling-tone 30:29
Jill Shepherd
Exploring pleasant feeling-tone as a support for skilful mental qualities to arise
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-15 Guided Metta meditation. 43:10
Greg Scharf
Radiating metta to all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-15 Instructions & Guided Meditation 41:03
River Wolton
The five hindrances as coverings.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga

2022-04-14 Guided Metta meditation 45:31
Roxanne Dault
Opening to self, a good friend, and a neutral being
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-14 Instructions & Guided Meditation 45:04
River Wolton
Grounding, breathing & soothing.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga

2022-04-14 Guided meditation exploring balanced energy or effort 46:19
Jill Shepherd
An invitation to notice how any sense of identification with our meditation practice can create a subtle pressure that interferes with the development of the awakening factors
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-13 Metta for self and easy people. 47:33
Rebecca Bradshaw
An introduction plus a guided meta meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-12 Guided Meditation: Beyond Distraction — Five Strategies to Remove Distracting Thoughts 23:57
Shaila Catherine
In this guided meditation, Shaila Catherine introduces a progressive series of strategies to overcome restlessness, obsessive thinking, rumination, and habitual obstacles and hindrances. By freeing the mind from the fetter of restlessness, meditators calm their minds, develop tranquility, strengthen concentration, create the conditions for jhana, and incline the mind toward liberating insight and nibbana. These teachings are based on two suttas (19 and 20) n the Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2022-04-11 Week 5 - Guided Meditation 27:09
Laura Bridgman
Intention, effort & stabilising.
Gaia House Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.

2022-04-10 The Sister Selā Discourse 1:18:38
Zohar Lavie
This session starts with a guided meditation (30 mins). Followed by a reflection on the Sister Sela sutta. The latter part is a questions and response session. For privacy, the questions have not been recorded, but it should still make sense.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Apr 2022

2022-04-09 Guided meditation exploring mindfulness and investigation 17:26
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions and guidance for investigating mindfulness of mindfulness itself
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-08 Instructions & Guided Meditation : Rooted in 'Middleness' 57:01
Kirsten Kratz
As we quieten the noise of aversion and grasping, some stillness and calm can arise in the spacious welcoming of our experience. We can start to feel a freeing of the heart from our often limiting agendas and sense that heart-mind can stay open, connected and engaged, even when we struggle or are not in control.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites

2022-04-07 Guided Meditation: No Preference 43:24
Kirsten Kratz
A guided meditation inviting us to be wth our experience without aversion or clinging, staying open to whatever is arsing in our awareness. Acknowledging that at times we identify and then soldify and even calcify around a position or way of seeing, we explore if it is possible to engage and take a clear ethical stance, without falling into the trap of extreme polarisation. Attending to experience in this way can potentially soften, calm, and mute our habitual reactions.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites

2022-04-07 Instructions & Lightly Guided Meditation 51:03
Jaya Rudgard
Feeling tone (vedana), reactivity and spaciousness.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites

2022-04-07 Guided Meditation: Joy 61:10
Oren Jay Sofer
A guided meditation beginning with a reflection on gratitude, opening to joy, and then cultivating Mudita - joy in the happiness of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2022-04-07 Guided meditation exploring generosity 46:11
Jill Shepherd
A brief introduction to generosity as the foundation of this path of practice, then exploring generosity as support for skillful mental qualities to arise
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-06 Instructions & Guided Meditation 53:01
Jaya Rudgard
Softening the mind's tendency to polarise: the cultivation of friendliness and good will as an antidote to reactivity.
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites

2022-04-06 Instructions & Guided Meditation: Softening Contraction - Bridging the Gap 54:58
Kirsten Kratz
Paying attention we will recognise how irritation, fear, anger etc lead to contraction that will feed and strengthen the perception of polarities and "either-or". Can we see this is happening, without judgement? Can we open and soften to this with kindness, curiosity, humour and a spacious attitude, thus diminishing the creation of dualities?
Gaia House Stillness Moving: The Play of Opposites

2022-04-04 Week 4 - Guided Meditation 27:16
Jenny Wilks
The four elements.
Gaia House Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.

2022-04-03 Depth, Rest, Stillness (Part 1) 48:24
Leela Sarti
Guided Meditation
Gaia House Timeless Presence in Daily Life

2022-04-01 Guided Lovingkindness Practice – Introductory thoughts and guided meditation 41:34
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2022-03-30 Morning Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation. Teachings - Practicing with Two Questions. 29:53
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House A Seon Questioning and Listening Retreat

2022-03-25 Meditation and Dhamma talk on the five aggregates (khandā) 1:26:10
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Meditation on the five "aggregates" (khandā), guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the five aggregates. Subtle (sukhuma) rūpa perceived by the mind. The aggregates as inseparable aspects of experience. Perception recognizes and puts details together to meaningful wholes. Sankhārā in this context: volition. Meaning of "upadāna khandā"; metaphor of the hand. Q+A: Contemplation of khandas in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. Why such brief introduction of the concept of khandas in the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (reference: MN 26).
Lokanta Vihara

2022-03-24 Embracing Strong Emotions, Part 2 (Dharma Talk & Guided Meditation) 1:12:24
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-03-22 Guided Meditation: Equanimity Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:50
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-21 Week 3 - Guided Meditation 23:14
Laura Bridgman
Contemplating pleasant / unpleasant, and noticing change.
Gaia House Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.

2022-03-21 Guided Early Morning Meditation 37:53
Alan Lewis
Allowing all experiences to pass through us.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-20 Afternoon Pt 2 - Guided Metta Meditation 37:37
Alan Lewis
Labelling experiences as significant and insignificant. Paying attention to what seems insignificant, finding nourishment in unlikely places.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-20 Morning Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation. Teachings - Practicing with Two Questions 29:53
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-20 Guided Early Morning Meditation 43:59
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-19 Afternoon Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation& Teachings 41:02
Laura Bridgman
Lightly Guided Meditation - choosing what anchors you into the present moment. Teachings – Seeing and Looking, Listening and Hearing: investigating the difference between these ways of experiencing. This recording also includes Alan Lewis.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-19 Morning Pt 1 – Reflections - Meeting the Inner Activities of Self 25:22
Laura Bridgman
Lightly guided meditation. Teachings on and how inner activity can lose its grip on us, changing our perceptions and leading to less suffering.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-19 Early Morning - Guided Meditation 42:41
Alan Lewis
Using breath as an anchoring point.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-18 Sīla, Mettā meditation, Q+A 1:22:34
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Sīla - a life in the Dhamma as foundation for meditation. Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: gratitude as an aspect of mudita. The role of mettā when dealing with trauma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-03-18 Afternoon Pt 2 - Guided Meditation and Teachings 25:04
Alan Lewis
Noticing the flow and change of experience.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-18 Morning Pt 1 – Guided Meditation 26:55
Laura Bridgman
Opening to and allowing experience, noticing how thinking feels.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-18 Early Morning Guided Meditation 41:36
Alan Lewis
Settling with Bodily Experience
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-17 Welcome, Lightly Guided Meditation, Introductory Teachings 1:14:11
Alan Lewis
This recording also includes Laura Bridgman.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-14 Week 2 - Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation 56:11
Laura Bridgman
Dukkha as the first Noble Truth and the second characteristic Guided Meditation on the Four Tasks This recording also includes Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.

2022-03-13 Transformational Attitudes 1:11:16
Zohar Lavie
Exploring metta, friendliness; karuna, compassion; and other transformative ways of relating to ourselves and the world. Guided meditation, Dharma reflection, in the Online Dharma hall of Gaia House.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-13 Transformational Attitudes 1:11:16
Zohar Lavie
Exploring metta, friendliness; karuna, compassion; and other transformative ways of relating to ourselves and the world. Guided meditation, Dharma reflection, in the Online Dharma hall of Gaia House.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-13 Freedom to Practice-Part 1 - Guided Meditation 37:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-03-12 Connecting Into Interconnection 1:24:06
Nathan Glyde
Can we live in a sense of interconnection: where meaningfulness has meaning; and sensitivity takes priority? And can we be willing to live from there? Where the necessary renunciations call us into deeper, nourishing connection. Includes a guided meditation, Dharma reflection, and responses to questions.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-11 Mettā, Brāhmā vihārā, Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on mettā meditation method 1:31:10
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Bhante Sujato: Mettā as an experience vs. a philosophical idea; found inside rather than outside, independent rather than grasping. Brāhmā vihārā. Guided mettā meditation. Dhamma talk: background on the mettā meditation method as taught by Ajahn Mahā Chatchai. Patience as a warm-up. Grounding the experience of mettā firmly in the body. Explanantion of "nimittā".
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • A Flower Called Mettā by Ajahn Chatchai (Link)

2022-03-11 Guided Meditation - Radiating Metta to All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:52
Greg Scharf
Radiating Metta to All Beings
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-10 Guided Meditation: Metta Practice -- All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:06
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-08 Guided Meditation: Where Is Attention 43:02
Kim Allen
Uncontrived

2022-03-07 Week 1 - Overview and Guided Meditation 52:43
Jenny Wilks
The four Truths / Tasks, and the three levels of wisdom. Guided Meditation - Introduction to reflection and guided practice This recording also includes Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.

2022-03-06 Guided Meditation 40:48
Zohar Lavie
Metta to sensations.
Gaia House The Boundless Heart of Metta

2022-03-06 Morning Instructions & Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:13
Greg Scharf
Guided standing meditation and instruction on mindfulness of feeling tone (Vedana)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-05 Wise Acceptance and Wise Non-acceptance 1:27:19
Nathan Glyde
Getting to know our experience is so essential, and that is greatly deepened by accepting what has already arisen. But the Dharma is also about cultivation of beautiful, skilful, and wholesome qualities. And that also means abandoning unhelpful habitual ways of being and acting: wise non-acceptance is a part of wise and timely acceptance. This recording contains a guided meditation, Dharma reflection, and questions.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-05 Guided compassion meditation 44:02
Erin Treat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-03-05 Guided Metta Meditation 28:06
Zohar Lavie
Metta to self, neutral person, and all.
Gaia House The Boundless Heart of Metta

2022-03-05 Guided meditation: feeling as a prediction of risk 57:29
Matthew Brensilver
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-03-04 The revival of the Bhikkhunis, Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on the psychology of peace, Q+A 1:29:25
Bhante Sujato, Ayyā Suvirā
From Mantra Hotel. Ayyā Suvīrā presenting her new book. Mettā meditation, introduced and guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato: the psychology of peace. Samatha and Vipassanā: not two kinds of meditation, but aspects of mental development: letting go of desire and ignorance. "Māra is always one step ahead!" Q+A: Being afraid of peace.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Walking in the Sunshine of the Bhikkhunis by Ayyā Suvirā (Link)

2022-03-04 Mindful Movement and Guided Metta Meditation 46:53
Jake Dartington
Metta to easy person, self and to all.
Gaia House The Boundless Heart of Metta

2022-03-02 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 8 Closing of Class 32:56
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-28 Introduction to Metta and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:33
Greg Scharf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-28 Guided Meditation 53:16
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2 Week ONLINE Samatha-Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2022-02-25 Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1:43:18
Bhante Sujato
Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: how to find truth in a sea of disinformation (five guidelines). Thoughts on the concept of "Just War": its ancient philosophical origins and the Buddhist perspective. Black / white / black and white / neither black nor white kamma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-02-23 Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care 15:52
Tara Brach
This guided meditation helps us cultivate a friendly relationship with our experience. Using the image of a smile, we bring a gentle presence alive in our bodies, and then open to the heartspace that includes all facets of life. The meditation closes with a verse from poet, Dorothy Hunt, “Peace is this Moment Without Judgment.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-02-23 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 7 Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine 43:58
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-23 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 7 Anatomy Presentation 1:15:50
Bob Stahl
Guest teachers Robin MacFarland and Tufumoena’i Lesu’i from the Cabrillo College Anatomy lab taught today’s class. They offered an anatomy presentation. Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-22 Metta meditation 47:15
Chas DiCapua
A guided meditation on metta
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Winter Retreat 2022

2022-02-20 Guided Morning Meditation 40:00
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-17 Samatha and Vipassana in Harmony, Talk 3 of 3: How Samatha and Vipassana Can Work Together in Harmony, with Guided Meditation 1:19:34
Tina Rasmussen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2022-02-13 Generosity as a Living Liberation Practice 57:21
Jeanne Corrigal, Susie Harrington
Sunday morning instruction and meditation begins with generosity as a living liberation practice of non-clinging, and moves to a guided sit in generosity toward the self (Jeanne). This sit ends with guided instruction in walking with an attitude of offering generosity (Susie).
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-13 Morning Instructions: Meeting our Emotions with Wisdom 39:33
Jean Esther
These guided instructions within formal meditation practice are also applicable in meeting our emotions in our everyday lives.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-12 Gratitude in the Pleasant and in Embodied Presence 45:29
Jeanne Corrigal
Saturday afternoon guided practice in gratitude for subtle pleasant experiences and in the importance of supporting our meditation through noticing these pleasant states. The sit ends with a guided meditation and walking instruction in experiencing the body through the senses. (Jeanne)
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-12 Gratitude as Reciprocal Relationship 55:32
Susie Harrington, Jeanne Corrigal
Saturday morning dharmette in gratitude and generosity as a reciprocal relationship, rather than a transactional relationship, followed by a guided meditation in the refuges as gratitude practices. (Susie) The sit ends with walking instructions and encouragement to sense the body as a support for the embodied gratitude of being present. (Jeanne)
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-12 Compassion: An Organic Response to Wise Understanding 60:53
Jean Esther
As we discover the 3 characteristics of life in our meditation practice, we begin to recognize their truth in all aspects of life beyond our mediation practice. Through this clear understanding, compassion for self and others emerges organically. The cultivation of compassion practice directed towards our own or others suffering can also strengthen this quality in our minds and hearts. This talk includes some guided practice.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-12 Morning Instructions: Rooting in Embodiment: 61:02
Jean Esther
Guided instruction in bringing one’s attention to body, breath and sound as foundational for meditation practice.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-11 Meditative states vs. process, Meditation on impermanence, Dhamma talk on Madhupiṇḍikasutta, Q+A 1:30:59
Bhante Sujato
Bhante Sujato on meditative states vs. meditative process. Meditation on impermanence guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk on a passage from the Madhupiṇḍikasutta (MN18): about the proliferation going on in the mind. Katukurunde Ñānananda: concept and reality. Q+A: choice without a chooser.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • MN 18 - The Honey Cake Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • Concept and Reality by Katukurunde Ñānananda (Link)

2022-02-11 Guided Meditation 43:48
Zohar Lavie
Metta to phenomena.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-11 Guided Compassion Meditation for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:10
JD Doyle
Sharing the Buddha's aspiration to teach out of compassion for the world, you are invited to bring that inspiration into your compassion practice. This guided meditation starts with an overview of compassion and then the guided meditation focuses on an easy being and then opens to all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-10 Guided Meditation 45:44
Nathan Glyde
Metta with a dash of Anicca.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-09 Week 5 - Exploring Equanimity 1:15:34
Kirsten Kratz
Dharma Talk, Guided Meditation, Closing of the Retreat
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-09 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 5 Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain 52:24
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-09 Guided Meditation 45:53
Zohar Lavie
Relaxed and kind.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-09 The Brahmavihara of Compassion 32:25
Dawn Scott
In this guided meditation, we explore the nature of thoughts, opening to their ephemeral, changing, and sensory-influenced nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-08 Guided Meditation 19:17
Zohar Lavie
The middle way of balancing & gathering.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-07 Metta for Easy Beings, Difficult Beings, and All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:54
JD Doyle
Guided Metta meditation that begins with an overview of working with difficult or challenging people. Meditation explores the cultivation of Metta, starting with easy beings, moving to difficult beings and ending with all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-06 Guided Meditation on Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:09
JD Doyle
This meditation starts with a short introduction to practicing with Vedana (or feeling tone) and then continues with a guided meditation that invites you to bring your awareness to different parts of the body and different senses to recognize Vedana as it arises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-05 A Wise and Kind Way of Seeing All Things as Unsatisfactory 1:26:10
Nathan Glyde
All changing and unreliable phenomena are neither satisfactory nor dissatisfactory. They neither contain the ingredients for contentment nor for distress. It is in the way of relating to them that the tangle of dukkha (distress) arises, or the openness of freedom, well-being, and happiness come to be. How much freedom might come from reminding ourselves that all things are both non-dissatisfactory and unsatisfactory? Guided meditation and Dharma Reflection, followed by a Q&A.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Feb 2022

2022-02-04 The trapped monkey, Guided meditation, Dhamma talk on mantras as a skillful means, Q+A 1:25:11
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
from Mantra Hotel. Introduction by Bhante Akāliko: the trapped monkey. Meditation guided by Bhante Akāliko. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the Buddha's idea of mantras as a skillful means, a tool to work with the mind, without intrinsic power. Snp 4.14: craving drives thinking. Q+A: resistance to meditation. Fear. Simile of the cat and the elephant.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Little Dust Buddhist Community by littledust.org (Link)

2022-02-04 Guided Bramavihara Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:23
James Baraz
In order to open the heart and extend kindness and compassion to others we need to soften the places of contraction through practicing forgiveness. This guided meditation invites us to practice forgiving ourselves– our body, our mind, and our heart – and then extending it towards others as well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-04 Guided Meditation on the Four Elements 52:31
JD Doyle
The first foundation of the body is explored with a guided body scan for each of the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-02 Week 4 - Guided Meditation 47:14
Kirsten Kratz
Aspects of Mudita
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-02 Meditation: Breathing Through 17:08
Tara Brach
Drawn from a classic Tibetan Buddhist compassion practice, this guided meditation invites us to open to the sufferings of the world, and let it move through our hearts and out again. The blessing of this offering of presence is that our hearts become a transformer of sorrow.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-02-02 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 4 Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs 46:24
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-02 Guided Meditation 45:13
Nathan Glyde
Lingering in happiness.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-02-02 A Guided Meditation in the Manner of Thich Nhat Hanh 36:47
Donald Rothberg
A 35-minute or so guided meditation in the manner of Thich Nhat Hanh (connected with the talk honoring Thich Nhat Hanh). The guided meditation is mostly silent, with three short periods of guidance, using these words: (1) Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. Breathing in, I calm myself. Breathing out, I feel at ease. (2) Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. Bring body and mind back to the present moment. So that you do not miss the appointment with life. (3) Breathing in, I see myself as a flower. Breathing out, I feel fresh. Breathing in, I see myself as a mountain. Breathing out, I feel solid. Breathing in, I see myself as still water. Breathing out, I reflect all that is. Breathing in, I see myself as space. Breathing out, I feel free.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-02-01 Guided Meditation 44:24
Zohar Lavie
Metta to sensations.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-02-01 Loving Kindness for Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:59
Tempel Smith
Here is a simply guided meditation to bring kindness and patience to our mindfulness practice. As mindfulness develops it brings both clarity and warmth to our awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-01 Morning instructions: Focusing and unifying the mind 58:45
James Baraz
A guided meditation on deepening concentration using the breath as the primary object.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

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