2016-07-28 Reflections - Finding Your Figure of Love 15:48
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-28 On Orientations in Practice (Live and Shortened version) 47:57
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-28 "I Sing The Body Electric": On Orientations in Practice 68:15
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-27 Mindfulness and Myth 1:19:09
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-27 Beyond the Search for Freedom 61:09
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-27 The Nature of Enchantment 52:55
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-21 Kindness, Harmlessness and Generosity 64:50
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
After an intensive Metta (loving-kindness) retreat we get the great opportunity to take our practice home. In our daily lives the practice of metta supports sila (harmlessness) and dana (generosity).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-21 Day 8 Morning Sit with Instructions: Radiant Metta in 6 Directions 38:41
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-20 Day 7 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for All Beings 36:57
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-19 Metta Practice Grows: From Doing Metta to Being Metta 60:39
Heather Martin	Download Listen
From immediate and personal to vast and all inclusive, immeasurable, boundless; how we enable this growth in our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-19 Day 6 Morning Sit: Metta Practice - The Difficult Person 40:21
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-18 Befriending the Mind 60:33
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Metta is a powerful tool to work with the tendency to be judgemental or harsh with ourselves and others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-18 Day 5 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Neutral Person 41:43
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-17 Metta and Samadhi: Absorbing in Kindness 62:16
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Loving-kindness practice can be used to unify the heart and mind in deep contentment. To develop this unity we need to ripen the five jhana (absorption) factors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-17 Day 4 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta Practice Benefactors 29:57
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Metta and Its Benefits 52:21
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
G.R.A.C.E. as an acronym for practice; benefits of metta from the suttas and scientific studies; contemplative and universal aspirations for practicing loving-kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Day 3 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Easy Person 37:14
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-15 The Mollusk of the Heart 67:02
Heather Martin	Download Listen
How to recognize and not be caught by the contracting heart and the forces which diminish metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-15 Day 2 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Self and Easy Person 37:29
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-07-14 Day 1 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Introduction of Metta Practice 48:15
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Metta Retreat

2016-06-26 Metta for a difficult person 48:11
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Metta based on wisdom develops the heart/mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2016-06-23 Opening metta instructions 53:40
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Working with self and benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2016-06-23 Metta: The Heart’s Release 1:11:47
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-19 Guided Meditation 53:22
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Instructions on practicing metta as friendliness. Investigating the mind and the mental factors. Followed by Q/A.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-18 Meditation instructions on Metta 55:10
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
A brief description "process versus content" - Followed by a few questions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students