2011-12-30 Wisdom Through Relaxing Into the Flow of Nature 61:58
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Wisdom is more of a verb than a noun. It is the continual refinement of perspective and understanding. As you practice moment to moment the laws of nature are gradually revealed and freedom is realized.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-30 Wisely Relating to Sense Experience - part 2 57:55
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-30 Guided Heart - Forgiveness and Compassion 28:36
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-30 Breath - Guided Meditation 34:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go

2011-12-30 Dimensions of Desire 52:49
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
wholesome or noble desires are central to the path of awakening and can be answered, unlike craving which serves only to deepen a sense of insufficiency and has no answer.
Gaia House :  New Years Retreat

2011-12-29 Self Inquiry 55:13
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Self Inquiry
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-12-29 Orienting Towards Freedom 52:37
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Meditation practice is an invitation to let go of the pressure we place on our life and our self to be other than as we are, and to realize the natural inherent freedom that letting go reveals.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-12-29 The Blessings of Embodied Presence 57:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
All that we cherish - love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness - becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compassion guide us in the midst of difficulty to our inner sanctuary of freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-29 Guided Metta Meditation 22:34
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-29 Wisely Relating to Sense Experience - part 1 65:28
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-29 Courage in Awakening 44:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go

2011-12-29 Morning Instruction and Question/Response 14:42
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-29 Morning Guided Meditation 24:07
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-29 Meditation Instructions - Day One 24:58
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-12-29 Intention, Conditionality and Change 49:13
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
Some reflections on whether unhelpful habitual tendencies can be changed and what gets in the way.
Gaia House :  New Years Retreat

2011-12-28 Just Sitting on the Eggs 35:02
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year's Retreat

2011-12-28 Reflecting on Non-Harming 59:18
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-28 Guided Heart Meditation 43:37
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-28 Renewing and Revisioning our lives. Talk Guided meditations, and Ritual 48:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
At this time of earth's stillness, it can be a wonderful time to touch our deeper aspirations, correct with our visions, and set intentions. We do this through reflections, guided meditation and ritual.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-12-28 Refuge 42:11
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Refuge - this talk explores what it means to find refuge inwardly rather than in the world of changing conditions.
Gaia House :  New Years Retreat

2011-12-27 Knowing the Mind, Training the Mind, Freeing the Mind 58:59
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Retreat

2011-12-27 Opening Talk for New Year's Retreat 54:52
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
this talk also includes Rob Burbea, Jenny Wilks and Catherine McGee
Gaia House :  New Years Retreat

2011-12-26 Emptiness - Emotions, Expectation & Occupy 29:45
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream Dharma Punx, Ft. Collins CO
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-26 Emptiness - Emotions, Expectation & Occupy - Q&A 11:15
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream Dharma Punx, Ft. Collins CO
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-23 Christmas Reflections 26:52
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Dharma Punx in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-23 Christmas Reflections - Q&A 15:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Dharma Punx in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-22 Awakening the Higher Mind 59:50
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-12-22 Gratitude and generosity 52:41
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Discusses gratitude as openhearted receiving and the many blessings of giving
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-12-22 The Outside Perfect: Ease, Luminosity, Spaciousness 56:31
John Travis	Download Listen
This talk describes cultivating and revealing ease of body, luminosity of mind and spaciousness of heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2011-12-21 Dharma: The Musical 7:22
La Sarmiento	View Download Listen
La performs three dharma spoof songs for the 2011 IMCW Solstice Celebration. The first - "Waking Up is Hard to Do" - is about the delusion that suffering is easier than the effort it takes to wake up. The second - "Let it go, Let it go, Let it go" (written by Maureen Brady of the Snowflower Sangha in Madison, WI) - is about the practice of holiday equanimity. And the third - "My Mind's Prison Blues" - is a summary of the dharma and practice in the spirit of Johnny Cash. (Lyrics for 1st and 3rd songs by La Sarmiento).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
In collection: No Mud, No Lotus

2011-12-21 No Mud, No Lotus 1:26:06	Listen to tracks Show 3 Tracks
with La Sarmiento, Tara Brach
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. This solstice talk explores the light of compassion that blossoms when we honor our difficult times with a deep, mindful attention. This solstice evening includes chanting, singing and a candlelighting ceremony. (see video - show tracks)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation 23:55 Tara Brach Download Listen No Mud, No Lotus 54:48 Tara Brach View Download Listen Dharma: The Musical 7:22 La Sarmiento View Download Listen

2011-12-21 How Fear Transforms into Love 57:52
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Through stories and practical instruction,s the talk illuminates the direct experience of fear and other challenging emotions and describes the transformation of fear into love through the practices of naming, mindfulness of the body/nervous system, lovingkindness and letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2011-12-21 Greatness of Heart 53:34
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-21 The Miracle of Changing One's Mind 1:11:14
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Sylvia and Cliff Saran discuss the neuroscience of consciousness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-12-20 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry: December 20, 2011 41:40
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  NYI Regular Talks

2011-12-20 Entering Darkness, Emerging Light 57:02
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
At the Winter Solstice, we explore how our practice is in pat to be with the "dark" -- the still, the unknown, the difficult, the generative and fertile -- and in part to open to light , as it emerges from the dark, as we deliberately invoke qualities of light.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2011-12-18 Quarterly Refuges and Precepts: Beyond Craving 36:16
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-18 Wise Effort 52:10
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2011-12-18 Healthy Narcissistic Supplies 1:42:57
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-12-18 Is the self empty? Does the self even exist? 1:16:53
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-12-18 Return of Light 41:12
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
San Diego, CA
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-18 Return of Light - Q&A 20:28
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
San Diego, CA
Shakti Vihara

2011-12-17 A Case of Mistaken Identity 62:26
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice D 26:27
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice C 20:28
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice B 23:07
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & compassion Practice A 24:29
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
A day exploring the practice of metta - lovingkindness & compassion - and discussing how to bring these into every part of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-16 The Wise & Fearless Heart 62:26
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Developing the Brahma Viharas (good will, compassion, gladness and equanimity), to strengthen the heart and meet fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-12-16 Closing Talk 46:35
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
The Dharma in our life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-12-15 Cultivating a Bodhisattva Heart 55:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
We don’t have to wait to take Bodhisattva vows to practice the Bodhisattva attitude of being there for another’s suffering. In this talk we explore principles and practices to cultivate compassion—the heart of the Bodhisattva ideal—including 1) developing a caring heart towards those we may not feel an affinity and 2) holding the pain we feel at another’s suffering with wise discernment.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks