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Dharma Talks
2018-05-05 Guided Meditation: Embodied Mindfulness 29:51
Oren Jay Sofer
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-03 Meditation: The Silence That’s Listening 27:15
Tara Brach
Listening to sounds is a powerful way to quiet the thinking mind and connect with the natural openness of awareness. In this guided meditation, we begin by opening to sound and then listening to and feeling the whole changing flow of life – allowing whatever is here to be just as it is. In the foreground, we notice the dance of sensations, thoughts, emotions…rising up and falling away. And in the background, a wakeful, receptive presence – the silence that is listening. When we let go of all doing and relax back into this alert stillness, we sense our true nature…our home. In words from the Tibetan tradition: “Utterly awake, senses wide open. Utterly open, non-fixating, allowing awareness.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-05-01 Meditation – Spring Morning on Retreat 33:46
Tara Brach
In this guided meditation, we include an overview of different components of mindfulness practice. The reflection includes a body scan, establishing a home base for attention, and care in how to arrive in full presence after being lost in thought. We then explore opening mindfully to different experiences and the simple and liberating practice of “being here,” letting life be just as it is.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-30 Short Talk & Meditation: Forgiving and Freeing Our Hearts 36:52
Tara Brach
Forgiveness for others becomes possible when we’ve held our own being with great compassion. This short talk and guided meditation brings forth our most awake and tender presence as we ask for forgiveness, offer care to the woundedness within us, and then extend forgiveness to another who has hurt us.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-28 Standing Meditation 23:23
Ajahn Sucitto
Guided standing meditation: Spreading energy from the ground through the entire body, we set up conditions for blocked energy to release through the body. [14:30] Conclude standing form, begin gentle body movements.
London Insight Meditation Moving Out of Old Patterns; Undermining a False Reality

2018-04-28 Introduction 21:26
Ajahn Sucitto
Introductory guided meditation; using controlled breathing; changing the reference point to experiencing the energy body
London Insight Meditation Moving Out of Old Patterns; Undermining a False Reality

2018-04-27 Guided Mindfulness Meditation 37:11
Oren Jay Sofer
A guided meditation with a brief overview of mindfulness practice.
Sacred Stream Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2018-04-26 Guided Metta: Those We Overlook 24:46
Oren Jay Sofer
A brief guided meditation on cultivating good will towards a "neutral" person or stranger.
Sacred Stream Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2018-04-25 Meditation: Cultivating a Clear and Relaxed Presence 22:00
Tara Brach
This guided meditation begins with a calming breath to quiet the mind and relax the body. Following this, we establish our presence with an anchor – the breath, sound or sensation – and practice “coming back” from distractions, and including whatever direct experience asks for our kind attention. The meditation ends with a short loving kindness prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-25 Instructions & Guided Meditation 29:01
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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