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Dharma Talks
2025-12-15 Equanimity and Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:05
Mei Elliott
This talk explores vedanā within the framework of dependent origination, highlighting the role it plays in shaping habitual reactivity and suffering. It shows how mindfulness of feeling tone reveals the moment where suffering is conditioned—and where freedom becomes possible. By learning to meet vedanā directly, we cultivate equanimity and the capacity to relate to all experience with balance and ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times

2025-12-15 Mindfulness of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:01
Gullu Singh
Morning instructions of expanding the field of awareness to include the attitude of mind as well as working with thoughts and emotions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Finding Balance in Uncertain Times

2025-12-10 Guided Meditation: Exploring Pleasant and Unpleasant Experiences, with a Closing Reflection on Skillful Desire and Skillful Aversion 40:59
Donald Rothberg
We start with settling for about 7-8 minutes followed by about the same time with basic mindfulness practice. Then we explore "moderate" experiences of pleasant or unpleasant when they occur, whether a bodily experience, an emotion, or a thought (or a mix), experiencing pleasant or unpleasant and seeing whether there follows wanting (or not wanting) and grasping (or pushing away). We close with some reflection on what we explored: Was some of the wanting or not wanting skillful? Unskillful. This exploration is related to the talk given a short time later.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-11-23 The Sacred in Everything: Mindfulness and Embodiment as a Doorway to Liberation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:53
Dawn Mauricio
An invitation to drop into the body and meet this moment without contention, this talk explores how mindfulness becomes a doorway to recognizing the sacred in everything and an opportunity to learn to be well with what comes and goes because when we can actually meet the moment, that's where our power lies.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-20 Morning Reflection: Mindfulness directed to the body. 45:21
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-15 Third foundation of mindfulness (mindful states), guided meditation, Q&A 37:05
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-13 Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of vedana 19:45
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-06 Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of the body and the four sublime attitudes 24:51
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-05 Meeting our chaotic life with Mindfulness, Equanimity and Wisdom 44:14
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Life is sometimes like a roller coaster. You can choose to scream at the ups and downs or apply a balanced mind and enjoy the ride. How do we stay calm and balanced in the face of happiness and pain?
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2025-11-05 Mindfulness of the Body: Death 19:04
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

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