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Dharma Talks
2019-04-06 Closing 52:05
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-06 Renew and Revitalize: Sustaining Yourself as a Care Provider 7:45:01
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-04-05 Kwan Yin Choral Chant - IMS Woman's Retreat 10:34
Rachel Lewis
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-05 The Four Brahma Viharas. 48:01
Caroline Jones
An introduction and guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-04-04 Painting Our World 45:14
Christina Feldman
A reflection on the fabrication of personal expression.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-04 Mindfulness Of The Contemplation Of Mind 44:22
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-03 How Can I Be Lost When I Don’t Know Where I’m Going? 61:27
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-04-03 Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence 18:14
Tara Brach
This guided meditation starts with a scan that invites relaxing and awakening through the body. We then allow life – sounds, sensations, aliveness – to live through us, resting in open presence. When there is tightening, holding or confinement in thoughts, we recognize and re-open, letting go into the presence that is always here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-03 Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 1 50:29
Tara Brach
It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they are not a recipe for happiness, intimacy and freedom. An essential part of our evolution is to recognize when we are over-managing our lives, and learn to let go of the controls. These talks explore how we can release the grip of the over-controller, and the profound awakening of our hearts and minds that is possible in the shift from doing to being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-03 Wisdom and Wonder 50:56
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-04-03 Dharma impressions from my last trip 61:29
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-03 From the Habitual Ordinary Mind to the Buddha-Mind 2: Practicing with Thinking. 63:43
Donald Rothberg
After an overview of ten aspects of the transformation of the habitual mind, we start with the first, examining how thinking is transformed. We look at (1) the nature of habitual thinking, with some attention to contemporary conditioning, (2) how such habitual thinking is transformed, and (3) how we practice to enact this transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-04-02 Une présence accrue 55:41
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-02 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 2 - Talk 41:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-02 Instructions et méditation guidée 29:36
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-02 Intuitive Wisdom and Embodiment (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:46
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Power of Insight

2019-04-02 Day 1 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:16
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Power of Insight

2019-04-02 Reflection on the Satipatthana 48:01
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-01 "A Bend In The Road" 47:57
Christina Feldman
A Reflection On Karma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-01 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 2 - Meditation 28:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-01 Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey - Monday Night Dharma Talk 68:09
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature of the spiritual journey, using three reference points: (1) Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Journey”; (2) the life of the Buddha; and (3) the experiences of our own journeys. The journey goes from taking life for granted through questioning, looking for something deeper, leaving the habitual, going through challenges and “purification,” awakening, and then a return.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-04-01 Appropriate Samatha-Vipassana 44:11
Nathan Glyde
How to practice in daily life, or whenever there is more going on than on the beneficial fabrication of a silent meditation retreat. Primarily we'll develop vibrant tranquility (samatha) via getting to know body-heart-mind, cultivating gratitude and mettā, and nourishing a spacious breath and body awareness. Once we've established attentional stability via this relaxed diligent attitude we can investigate and inquire into experience (vipassanā). The vipassanā techniques suggested in this meditation are more fully explored in other guided mediations on this retreat, and at DependentOrigination.org/resources
SanghaSeva Dharmalaya Silent Meditation and Sustainable Living Work Retreat 2019

2019-03-31 Intimacy 44:20
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-03-31 The Healing of Appreciative Joy - Talk 54:22
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-31 Morning Reflection - First Morning 54:10
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-03-31 Healing the Delusion of Separateness - Chant and Talk 45:25
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-30 Closing Comments From Rob - Soulmaking and Sangha 18:53
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-30 Opening Talk 51:46
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-03-30 Ajahn Vajiro In Conversation 2:03:26
Ajahn Vajiro
Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-30 Four Noble Truths, LGBTQI+ Retreat 67:06
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-29 Bringing the Retreat Home: "Let Your Life and Practice Be One” (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:09
Donald Rothberg
As we are poised to return from one or two months of practice, we consider a number of supports for continuing our practice in all the parts of our life, whether more individual, more relational, or more collective, including the archetype of the Bodhisattva, which can inspire us to connect inner and outer practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-29 Awareness of Thoughts, Guided Meditation, Q&A, LGBTQI+ Retreat 59:00
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-29 Image, Ethics, and Awakening (Q & A) 1:32:46
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-29 Taking the Reins - Reflecting on Areas of Practice to Develop 52:57
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-28 A Unified Theory of Well-Being 64:14
James Baraz
Though there are many different approaches and styles of practice they all have one common principle that neuroscience corroborates and other spiritual traditions agree on. This talk explores this unifying practice principle and how we can simply and effectively apply it both in formal practice and daily life when we're lost in the prison of our mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-03-28 Guided Meditation 40:17
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-03-28 Divine Participation 34:51
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-28 Reflections on Logos 59:34
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-28 Queer Dharma Transmissions, LGBTQI+ Retreat 56:46
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-27 Meditation: Saying “Yes” to Reality 17:37
Tara Brach
Our suffering comes from tensing and resisting the life that’s here. This meditation guides us to relax and awaken our body and senses, and resting in presence, allow life to be as it is. As our “Yes” to the changing flow becomes full, we discover the freedom of awake awareness itself.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-03-27 The Four Remembrances 50:43
Tara Brach
When we attune to the reality of impermanence and death, we remember what most matters to us. But in daily life we can lose precious swaths of time in a reactive trance, on our way somewhere else, and lost in problem solving, judgment and worry. This talk reflects on four remembrances or practices – Pausing, Yes to life, Turning toward love, and Resting in awareness – that help us awaken from trance and live true to the loving presence that is our essence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-03-27 Eros and Desire (Q & A) 68:53
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-27 Eros and Desire (Instructions, Day 4) 54:33
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-27 The Four Noble Truths 2:32:18
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-03-26 Staying Home While Connecting with Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:50
Sharda Rogell
How do we relate to others while staying connected to ourselves, so we don't get LOST. The Power of Present Moment mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-26 Guided Dyad Practice: Being Seen with Soul, As Soul 45:43
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-26 Limbering Up - Some Contemplative Exercises on the Way to the Imaginal 46:28
Catherine McGee
The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-26 I Let Myself Feel It 36:05
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-03-26 On Practising with Images (Q & A) 1:10:33
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-25 Integrating Insights to Deepen Our Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:24
Heather Sundberg
This innovative talk describes the process and advanced practice of Integrating our Insights, including types of insight, what the mind does immediately after an insight, teasing apart the clinging & the natural impulse to integrate insight, how to test the insight, how to include & purify 'the clinging that remains', and learning to live the insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

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