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Dharma Talks
2018-08-10 Day Four, Guided Kindness Meditation-Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:48
Tempel Smith
With the practice of Forgiveness Meditation, we release our hearts from the pain of resentment without losing a healthy sense of boundaries or accountability.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-10 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation - Universal Radiance 45:30
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-10 35 guided meditation: exploring the Seven Factors of Awakening 28:28
Jill Shepherd
Mostly silent meditation practising choiceless awareness, with occasional instructions to check for the presence or absence of each of the seven factors of awakening: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquillity, concentration, and equanimity
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-09 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 48:26
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Self, benefactor, friend, neutral and difficult person plus a Metta "family portrait"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-09 32 guided meditation: practising mudita or appreciative joy for a good friend 21:19
Jill Shepherd
Starting with metta practice, then turning it towards what's going well in a good friend's life, and offering them mudita or appreciative joy using the reciting phrases method of practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-09 30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend 28:58
Jill Shepherd
Guided compassion meditation for a good friend, using the reciting phrases method of practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-08 Meditation: Letting Go of Doing 21:50
Tara Brach
Meditation becomes truly freeing in the moments when there is no controlling whatsoever; when nothing is resisted or grasped after. This guided meditation begins with a simple body scan, relaxing and awakening to sensations in the body and then including the play of sound. Then we let go of any doing, and simply notice and allow the changing flow of experience, letting life be just as it is. In this pure allowing presence we become aware of the background silence that is listening. The invitation is to relax and be the awareness that is conscious of all that is unfolding.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-08 27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method 19:49
Jill Shepherd
Guided metta meditation using the radiating energy method, without reciting phrases or in relation to categories of people
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-08 25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 27:30
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation practising metta for the benefactor, using the reciting phrases method
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-07 20 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 26:08
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of breathing, then including physical sensations, sounds, thoughts and emotions, knowing their impermanent nature, then opening up to choiceless awareness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 17 guided dyad meditation: feeling-tone 17:16
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring unpleasant then pleasant feeling-tone
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

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

2018-08-05 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 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

2018-08-04 06 guided dyad meditation: mindfulness of body 34:19
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad (pairs) meditation practising vipassana out loud, naming physical sensations in the body
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-04 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 30:01
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation stabilising awareness on the breath, emphasising ease and calm
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-07-30 Joy 45:18
Devon Hase
Guided Metta practice with a flavor of appreciative joy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2018-07-28 Guided Metta 44:52
Rebecca Bradshaw
Receiving for self and going to an easy person, family, and all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2018-07-26 Guided Meditation on Appreciative Joy (part 2 of 2) 40:54
Martine Batchelor
{This talk is part of a set of two recordings from the retreat (Instructions – Mudita; Guided Meditation on Appreciative Joy). Both recordings focus on Mudita (appreciative/altruistic joy) with practical instructions and a guided meditation.}
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-26 Instructions - Mudita (part 1 of 2) 28:58
Martine Batchelor
{This talk is part of a set of two recordings from the retreat (Instructions – Mudita; Guided Meditation on Appreciative Joy). Both recordings focus on Mudita (appreciative/altruistic joy) with practical instructions and a guided meditation.}
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-25 Day 5: Guided Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:06
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-07-24 Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feeling Tone (part 3 of 3) 40:45
Martine Batchelor
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation.}
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-24 Instructions - Mindfulness of Vedana (part 2 of 3) 24:26
Martine Batchelor
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation}.
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-23 Vedana (part 1 of 3) 46:50
Martine Batchelor
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation.}
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

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