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Dharma Talks
2020-03-07 What does Freedom Look Like? - Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop, Part 5 62:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop

2020-03-07 Feeling Tone and Uncertainty - Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop, Part 4 32:09
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop

2020-03-07 Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop, Part 1 50:16
Mark Nunberg
Short guided meditation followed by Dharma Talk, small group discussions, and large group share back.
Common Ground Meditation Center Freedom from Anxiety, Trusting Uncertainty and Change: Living the Practice Workshop

2020-03-07 Day 8 - Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:29
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-07 Feeling Tone (Vedanā) 44:28
Chas DiCapua
How to practice with feeling tone and why it is important
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-07 Day 7 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:18
DaRa Williams
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-07 The Touch of Empathy 34:15
Ajahn Sucitto
What happens when confronted with what we don’t like? Drips of ill will – blame, grudges – build up a crust. Detox is about breaking through that crust. Connecting to the bodily presence, we can touch the hurt of fear, inadequacy and desperation with empathy.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-06 Calm, Steadiness, and Balance Of Mind 34:41
Matthew Hepburn
Calm, concentration (samadhi), and equanimity are the tranquilizing qualities which balance the energizing qualities in the factors of enlightenment. How can we practice to strengthen and develop the?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-06 The Theory and Practice of the 4 Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:22
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-06 Closing Teachings 55:58
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Relaxing into Presence

2020-03-06 Lightly Guided Meditation 27:45
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Relaxing into Presence

2020-03-06 Meditating With Thoughts 60:54
Chas DiCapua
How to include thoughts in meditation practice and explore their nature.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-06 Day 7 Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:51
Winnie Nazarko
Metta for difficult person
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-06 Lightly Guided Meditation (Standing, Leading into Sitting Meditation) 30:34
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Relaxing into Presence

2020-03-06 Teachings 33:03
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Relaxing into Presence

2020-03-06 Guided Meditation 29:01
Gavin Milne
Touching into the experience of breath and body.
Gaia House

2020-03-06 Perfection and Christ's Blessing 4:30
Rob Burbea
This short reflection was offered by Rob some weeks before he died. While someone might choose to listen to this as a ‘stand alone’ offering, it really belongs in and forms a part of the ‘Soulmaking Dharma’ body of teachings and will best make soulful sense to a listener who has some practice understanding of the foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma.
Gaia House Vajra Music

2020-03-06 Day 6 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:32
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-05 Skillful Letting Go Practice for Intense Times 49:08
James Baraz
In times of uncertainty and tension--whether a potential global pandemic, the climate crisis, high stakes election--it's easy for apprehension to become anxiety as we constantly are worried about what's to come. This talk explores how skillful letting go practices can help us maintain our centeredness while still being engaged.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2020-03-05 When You Are Struggling And You Need A Friend. 58:50
Matthew Hepburn
The hindrances are motifs of mind that can propel us into suffering or freedom. How can we use loving-kindness (Metta) to let them open the door to wisdom and peace?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-05 The Four Noble Truths as the Twelve Insights (Part 1) 58:46
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-05 Preliminaries, Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture (Part 5) 12:51
Rob Burbea
The five talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. Being preliminary practices for Soulmaking Dharma, the exercises offered in these talks can be worked with before a student engages the full scope of the Soulmaking teachings. However, some of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended and contextualised once a student already has some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of A Soulmaking Dharma.
Gaia House Vajra Music

2020-03-05 Guided Meditation: Four Elements Meditation 40:10
Susie Harrington
A guided Elements Meditation with 8 minute intro to finding balance and accessing ease through earth connection. Second morning of retreat 3 in 15 month program. (Program Sponsored by the Sati Center)
Sky Mind Retreats Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Retreat 3

2020-03-05 Whole Body Breathing 50:46
Chas DiCapua
How to feel the breath throughout the whole body, with a relaxed open awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-05 Day 5 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:17
Phillip Moffitt
With Refuges and Precepts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

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