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I find teaching to be a very deep and powerful "no self" practice. When I connect with others during Dharma talks--in the intimacy of small groups, and while holding meditation practice interviews--I am continually reminded to know, and be, in a place of clarity, spaciousness and immediate presence. Being able to offer students such a place of connection is my greatest pleasure and inspiration, as well as the most appreciated challenge in my teaching practice.

For me, the real fruit of the teaching is seeing the beauty of a gradual, and sometimes sudden, unfolding of a heartmind into its true self; seeing the variety of ways a person's essential, creative energy of being flows into the world.

On one end of the teaching, I am excited and inspired by students who are deeply committed to long-term, intensive practice. On the other end (and of course they're connected), I find that working closely with people at the grass roots level--in a co-creative process of developing and sustaining Dharma practice, study and community opportunitiies on a day-to-day basis--is equally exciting and inspiring.

From the immediacy of presence flows a wisdom that naturally connects us to the way of things. This amazing gift of mindfulness provides us with a spaciousness where we can make appropriate, healthy and creative life choices. Rather than being caught up in our old, conditioned habits, mindfulness provides us with the gift of engagement at its best. This is the Gift of the Dharma that we offer to all beings.

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2016-02-09 The Liberating Embrace of Annicca-Impermance 1:13:51	Download Listen
The deep knowing & living with impermanence is a gateway to freeing the mind – freeing the heart. The only thing that we can really know for sure is the constancy of change. It's the most basic fact of our existence. Nothing lasts…nothing stays the same. So paradoxically the only thing that we can hold onto is the intuitive insight of impermanence, which arises out of direct experience within our practice and eventually brings a great relief and lightness into our life. We no longer need to haul around such a heavy load.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-08 Morning Reflection: Wise Effort – Right Effort – Balanced Effort 10:47	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-07 Morning Reflection - Investigation 8:55	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-02 Spiritual Urgency – Samvega 60:55	Download Listen
What are the seeds that bring you to practice? What moves and inspires you towards practicing…and what along the way of your practice keeps urging you towards sustaining & deepening in your practice? Samvega is the movement of the heart/an inner response…both within our formal meditation practice as well as outside of our formal practice times.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-02 Morning Reflection - Morning Reflection 8:38	Download Listen
15.32 minutes of silence preceding the reflection
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-31 Morning Reflection: 'The Simple Person' from Andre Conte Sponville 39:41	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-30 The Seamless Circle of The Parami of Generosity 69:18	Download Listen
Brief description of talk: We usually think of generosity as the practice of offering…but in its fullness it's really both offering and receiving. This Dharma talk deeply explores this 'fullness' of generosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-29 Morning Reflection: A Path Infused With Contentment and Joy 5:47	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-24 Morning Reflection: 'In Praise of Mortality' by Rainer Maria Rilke 40:19	Download Listen
Offering a beautiful earth centered excerpt from Rainer Maria Rilke's magnificent poem, The Ninth Duino Elegy
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-23 Equanimity 1:13:55	Download Listen
In this talk we explore Equanimity as one of the Factors of Awakening; as one of the Brahma Viharas (Divine Abidings) and as one of the two Jhana Factors in the 4th Anapana Jhana.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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