2023-05-23 Morning Instructions 56:59
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Anchor, sensations, slight hindrances with noting
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding the Present Moment

2023-04-14 Working with the hindrances. 56:07
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  April 2023

2023-03-30 Harmonize with the Five HIndrances 64:18
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  3-Week Spring 2023 Hermitage Retreat with Marcia Rose

2023-03-29 Evening Dharma Talk 47:20
River Wolton, Julia Wallond	Download Listen
Encouraging ourselves after the first day of the retreat; an introduction to the hindrances.
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Compassion

2023-03-19 Five hindrances as a doorway to release. 52:07
Jean Esther	Download Listen
An introduction to the five hindrances, how they are experienced in the mind and body, and practices that lead to release from their grip.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-06 Metta hindrances 58:30
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How the hindrances arise in metta practice, and how to meet them with mindfulness and antidotes. Especially focuses on the near and far neighbors of attached love and aversion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2023

2023-03-02 The Sacredness of the Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:16
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-19 Instructions - Steadying Attention, Meeting Physical Discomfort & Hindrances w Mettā 53:42
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Liberation Through Loving Awareness

2023-02-18 About A Bout o' Doubt 1:24:34
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
The hindrances are essential to notice, and to question, to gently challenge their view. Doubt is one of the most pernicious hindrances: anytime we consider stopping or not starting our practice, it is doubt declaring confidently: "there is nothing here for you, no liberation, no beauty, no meaningfulness". But there is! Guided meditation, and Dharma reflection, with just the answer to some questions at the end.
Gaia House :  Online Dharma Hall - Feb 2023

2023-02-18 Dharma Talk - Meeting the 5 Hindrances w Mettā 48:17
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Liberation Through Loving Awareness

2023-02-17 Treasure in the hindrances. 51:39
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Reflections on the hindrances, and what engaging with that practice of mindfulness brings. A way to deconstruct the hindrances as a problem with suffering and appreciate the treasure that is possible.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding the Way Home to Natural Awareness

2023-02-12 03 talk: Hindrances and Assistances - Sensual Desire 44:25
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
NOTE: recording cuts out after 30 minutes due to a technical error, sorry
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2023-02-11 01 talks: Retreat Opening and Orientation 59:53
Gil Fronsdal, Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Introduction of teachers, supports for being on retreat (jill), and introduction of retreat theme: hindrances and assistances (Gil)
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2023-02-09 Morning Instructions: touching on all four foundations of mindfulness 59:25
Tara Mulay	Download Listen
For foundations of mindfulness. Mindfulness of the breath, body, vedena, hindrances, and other aspects of the fourth foundation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Befriending the World through Mindfulness

2023-02-05 Day 3, Module II: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, The Dhammas (Hindrances) 1:47:42
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
2-hour practice period ('module'); includes instruction and guided and silent practice. One of four modules each day on the daily retreat theme, with Howard Cohn, Leslie Booker or Genevieve Tregor.
One World Mindfulness :  The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - February Retreat 2023

2023-01-28 DharmaTalk - Hindrances as Gateways to Mettā and Insight 55:39
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mettā and Insight

2023-01-12 Morning Reflections & Walking Instructions 54:10
Akincano Marc Weber, Christiane Wolf	Download Listen
Morning Reflections: On Thoughts, Emotions, and Sleepiness; Walking Instructions: How to Practice with Hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches

2023-01-09 Mindful Movement, Instructions & Guided Meditation - Finding Ground w the Hindrances 58:08
Nathan Glyde, Sumedha	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Rest and Renewal

2022-12-29 The Inspiring Nature of the Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:51
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
The hindrances are a necessary part of practice. They build resolve, determination, stamina, and patience. They also inspire appreciation, inspiration and gratitude. This talk is about learning to connect with the inspiring nature of the hindrances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-12-18 Nivaranas Dharmette (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:37
Devon Hase	Download Listen
Short talk and guided meditation on working with the hindrances (nivaranas)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2022-12-07 Instructions & Meditation - The Five Hindrances and the Seven Factors of Awakening 57:01
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Path of Mindfulness

2022-12-05 Wise Attention, Mindfulness, And Eight Ways to Reflect on Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:25
Sayadaw U Jagara, Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Difference between attention and mindfulness. Visuddhi Magga 8 ways of reflecting on death. Five hindrances, briefly touched.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Befriending Mortality: Living an Awakened Life through Mindfulness of Death (Maranasati)

2022-11-29 The Hindrances & Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:42
Tara Mulay	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Heart of Awareness (214X22)

2022-11-21 Hindrances 60:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Detecting and clearing the hindrances. (References: SN46.55 available here: https://suttacentral.net/sn46.55/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  Mapping the Territory: New Light on the Satipatthana

2022-11-18 The Hindrances 47:45
Laura Bridgman	Download Listen
Reflections on how the hindrances can effect the foundation of the mind.
Gaia House :  November Solitary

2022-11-01 Turning the five hindrances into wisdom 59:30
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Meeting the five hindrances with mindfulness and wisdom can make a huge difference in either being caught in them or being free from them
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-10-14 Meditation on the arising of desire, Dhamma talk Part 4 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Principles (dhammā) 1:27:36
Bhante Sujato	Download Listen
Meditation on the arising of desire, the drivers of thought rather than getting caught in thought. Dhamma talk Part 4 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Principles (dhammā). The 5 hindrances and 7 awakening factors common to all versions of Satipaṭṭhāna. The novelty of this section builds on the previous sections and introduces causality; where the arising of things like desire come from, as well as how they come to end, and how they don't arise again using both observation and inference. Dhamma as natural principles that describe how the world works.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-10-07 Hello Little Neurosis: Working with the Nivaranas (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:10
Devon Hase	Download Listen
A description of the hindrances using simile, image and lots of personal stories from solitary retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-10-03 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances 28:18
Shelly Graf	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-10-03 Relating Wisely With the Hindrances 31:43
Shelly Graf	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-26 Buddhist Studies - The Hindrances of Ill Will Meditation 26:26
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Guided Meditation by Mark Number
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-26 The Hindrances of Ill Will 56:54
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-24 Dharma Talk - Responding to Hindrances with R.A.I.N. 45:25
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT/MBSR Foundations

2022-09-19 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances - Week 2 - Mudita 60:07
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-03 Lightly Guided Meditation - Touching the Earth, Opening Around Hindrances 29:28
Sumedha	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Encountering the Practice of the Heart

2022-09-02 Hindrances: An Origin Story (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:10
Leslie Booker	Download Listen
This classic talk on the hindrances dives into the story of the Buddha's awakening, and his interaction with Mara.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-08-26 Meeting the Hindrances with Faith 45:05
Leslie Booker	Download Listen
Centering the faith as the antidote to doubt, this talk takes us on a journey from bright faith, verified faith to unshakeable faith.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving Awareness: Meeting Reality with Wisdom and Kindness

2022-08-21 Dharma Talk - The Hindrances. 51:59
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-20 Morning instructions, working with hindrances 33:31
Devon Hase	Download Listen
A short talk on hindrances, guided Meditation on body, breath, and sound followed by a short guided walking instruction
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-08-17 Guided Meditation: Connect & Continue (Vitakka & Vicara) As Our Two Best Friends in Concentration Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:55
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
In this guided meditation, we explore connecting with our intention, relaxing the body, and then devote ourselves to the first two jhanic factors: vitakka and vicara, initial application and sustained application, or connect and continue. The guidance ends with planting the seeds for gladness and joy by noticing the absence of the hindrances, as taught in the satipatthana sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Concentration

2022-08-16 Samadhi, the Five Jhanic Factors, and the Five Hindrances 64:58
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
What is samatha Practice (concentration)? Why practice samatha? What is the different between samatha (a practice), samadhi (the state), and vipassana (insight practice)? What are the five jhanic factors? And how do we work with the five hindrances, or rather, "coverings," in samatha practice as opposed to insight practice?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Concentration

2022-08-16 Instructions - the Hindrances 54:14
Gavin Milne	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Liberating Awareness

2022-08-10 Practicing with the Hindrances 64:08
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Elements: Cultivating Embodied Experience of Emptiness & Fullness

2022-08-09 Practice Guidance 44:48
Ayya Anopama	Download Listen
Absence of the Hindrances
Gaia House :  Persuing the Pleasure That Will Set You Free

2022-08-07 Dharma Talk 56:39
Laura Bridgman	Download Listen
The Hindrances
Gaia House :  Persuing the Pleasure That Will Set You Free

2022-07-30 Meditation Instructions 42:56
River Wolton	Download Listen
The five hindrances or veils: a creative exploration. 20 minutes of instructions and approx 20 minute mostly silent practice.
Gaia House :  Rainbow Dharma: a retreat for the LGBTQI+ community

2022-07-29 The hindrances as protectors 45:27
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Mindfulness is our best protection!
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2022-07-22 Dharma Talk 60:11
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Towards wholesome ways of relating. Skilful with the hindrances.
Gaia House :  A Path of Wisdom and Compassion

2022-07-12 Hindrances: including similes of the Buddha 56:26
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2022

2022-07-07 Working with Hindrances to Mettā Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:25
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
As we practice mettā meditation we will have waves where the practice feels easy, intuitive and validating; and we will all have waves where we struggle. There are five very common states which visit us in meditation practice called the "five hindrances". These are commonly named in English as craving, aversion, dullness, restlessness, and doubt. For steady mettā practice our first response to these challenges is to practice more carefully with patience determination. The second response is to offer ourselves kindness and compassion during challenging times. For mettā meditation and for the other three brahmaviharas, our third response to challenging times is to turn wakefully towards the qualities of the challenge and see them as only temporary conditions. We can greatly reduce the experience of suffering in the hindrances when we have mindful experience of them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Lovingkindness Retreat