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Kirsten Kratz's Dharma Talks
Kirsten Kratz
Kirsten Kratz has practiced Buddhist meditation in Asia and the West since 1993. She started teaching in 2006 and since 2015 she has been ‘teacher in residence’ supporting those on personal retreat at Gaia House. Her love and understanding of Dharma has been strongly influenced by, among others, the teachings of her friend and teacher colleague, Rob Burbea. One of her particular passions is exploring how wisdom teachings can foster appropriate responses to the challenges of our time, and Kirsten sees her involvement in activism as an important expression of her practice. Kirsten is co-initiator of the “Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement” (DANCE) and supporting teacher of Freely Given Retreats.
2021-03-07 How we Approach the Moment Will Shape the Moment 59:57
Reflections on how we actively, yet often unconsciously, co-create , through our assumptions, believes and perceptions, our experience in practice and in life.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-03-06 Dharma Talk - The Dance of ‘Neither-Nor’ – ‘The Dance of ‘This AND That’ 1:10:08
Weaving together different strands of the teachings offered up to now and venturing a little bit further.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-03-05 Guided Meditation 33:03
Widening and Expanding our Awareness
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-03-05 Morning Practice: How we Construct Dualities - The Dukkha of ‘Either- Or’ 63:51
Reflections on how aversion and grasping play a crucial role in the fabrication of dualities. Looking closer we discover that often our ‘either-or’ way of looking does not reflect how experience is unfolding. Followed by a guided meditation.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-03-04 Evening Practice: The Middle Way - The Liberating Art of Avoiding Extremes 67:20
Guided meditation and reflections exploring different ways of conceiving and understanding the important and potentially liberating concept of ‘middle way’.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-03-03 Opening Evening of Retreat: Stillness Moving 59:57
Laying out the Territory: Exploring the tendency to perceive in simplifying dualities, the potential limitations of this way of seeing and how this plays out in a bigger context.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites
2021-01-01 Guided Meditation - Becoming Like a Tree 48:38
Gaia House New Year's Retreat 2020
2020-12-30 Teachings and Guided Meditation - Tuning into Metta (Loving Kindness) 53:40
Gaia House New Year's Retreat 2020
2020-12-29 Teachings and Guided Meditation - Being Welcomed 48:00
Gaia House New Year's Retreat 2020
2020-09-27 Guided Meditation from the Closing Session of retreat. 23:08
Guided meditation on choosing the practice that serves us right now.
Gaia House The Poetry of Self, The Poetry of Not Self

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