2024-01-22 Morning Reflection 8:34
Tara Mulay	Download Listen
Being present, with the difficult parts of our practice, and how Ajahn Brahm referred to these as our Karooba Ajahns ("senior teachers")
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  January 2024

2024-01-21 Your Garden Grows at Midnight 44:20
Devon Hase, Nico Hase	Download Listen
In this talk, devon + nico will offer reflections on cultivating goodness in times of conflict.
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2024-01-21 Letting Go with Forgiveness 1:11:44
Pawan Bareja	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  BIPOC Voices - Series

2024-01-21 The Near and Far Enemies of Mettā 60:40
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The near and far enemies of mettā become apparent as we go through the different categories. Mettā is a relational practice.
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre :  10th Annual Metta Retreat 2024 - Part 1

2024-01-21 Morning Instructions: day five 48:41
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Open awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-01-20 Bringing Insight into the Worldly and Unworldly 49:21
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-20 The heart of the Dhamma: suffering, and its causes. 69:27
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-01-20 Metta Practice and Chanting 44:04
Roxanne Dault	Download Listen
Short introduction to Metta. Benefactor, self, all beings, with chanting..
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-01-20 Samadhi, with Benefits of Insight in Vedanā 43:41
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Guided Practice
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-20 Playing: How and What we Attend 56:24
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Meditation Instruction
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-19 An Empty Dance with Vedanā 64:41
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-19 Wise effort in knowing the wholesome 53:57
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Half of the sixth step of the eightfold path deals with unwholesome states, but the other half relates to the less discussed practice with the wholesome
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  January 2024

2024-01-19 Many Beings Benefit from Our Mettā 1:30:58
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
With mettā, we ennoble our heart & mind, but many other living beings benefit as a result of our mettā.
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre :  10th Annual Metta Retreat 2024 - Part 1

2024-01-19 Tolerance: This Too 58:36
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Meditation Instruction
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-19 Instructions on the second foundation of mindfulness, feeling tones. (vedana) 50:32
Roxanne Dault	Download Listen
Each moment is fresh, and we can learn to meet the pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral unfolding so we stay present and open without being pulled into greed aversion or ignorance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-01-18 short talk: Exploring freedom as the goal of our practice 23:01
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short talk introducing a new theme for the start of the new year The Way to Freedom: what hinders, and what helps Each week we'll be looking at some of the common obstacles that cause stress, distress and suffering in our lives, and what we can do to support experiencing more ease, happiness and peace, instead Focusing on what freedom means to each of us with a written contemplation, then looking briefly at the three core afflictive energies of greed or compulsion, hatred or aversion,, and ignorance or delusion
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight meetings 2024

2024-01-18 Opening the Range 48:10
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Befriending the hindrances 60:51
Roxanne Dault	Download Listen
Navigating the challenges of practice with curiosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-01-18 Walking Meditation Instruction 3:46
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Patience: It's Like This 24:49
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Guided Practice
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Patience: It's Like This 24:52
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Meditation Instruction
Gaia House :  The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Meditation instructions on the body. 52:58
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Finding Freedom through Insight Meditation

2024-01-18 On Having No Head: A Simple, Effective Anatta Practice 53:07
James Baraz	Download Listen
We all know the unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness. It is one thought away from self-judgment, self-criticism and a whole spectrum of “Selfing” thoughts. This week I want to share with you a simple and effective practice to cut through this painful negative mental habit which, when utilized, takes the “self” out of self-consciousness.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2024-01-17 Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness 19:59
Tara Brach	Download Listen
This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical sensations and opening to sound. Then we sense how open awake awareness is receiving the moment to moment arising and passing life. In the final part of the practice, we explore how awake awareness is receiving the experience of our heart and offer blessings to our inner life and all living beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-01-17 How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2 54:17
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this talk, we explore the importance of hope on the spiritual path, its shadow side, and how we can nourish hope through these three elements in a way that serves inner freedom and the healing of our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC