Diana Winston's Dharma Talks
Diana Winston
My work since 2006 through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (uclahealth.org/marc) emphasizes making mindfulness teachings accessible to all, regardless of background, yet without losing depth practice. In recent years I have been teaching on Natural Awareness— the effortless, objectless, and spacious side of awareness practices. Socially engaged Buddhism is a thread woven through many of my talks-- how can we end suffering both internally and externally? Having worked with teens and young adults for many years, some of the talks are geared to young people. Finally as a mom of a tween, I'm deeply inspired by the transformative power of daily life and family practice.
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2025-08-02
7 Reasons to Choose Love over Hate (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-06-18
A Guided Session on Opening to Natural Awareness
2004-01-15
A Map Of Awakening: The Five Spiritual Faculties
2024-06-26
Accessing Natural Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2007-04-17
An Ocean Of Metta
2005-10-14
Appreciative Joy
2018-07-09
Awakening Self-Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2006-10-23
Balance Of Energy And Equanimity
2024-07-29
Buddhism, Sex, and Mindfulness: The Don’ts and Do's
2016-06-24
Courage: A Tribute to Sayadaw U Pandita
2022-05-30
Cultivating Self Compassion as a Path to Joy
2012-07-27
Cultivating Self-Compassion
2019-06-25
Day 1 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-06-25
Day 1 Morning Q&A (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-07-07
Day 2 - Loving Kindness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-07-07
Day 2 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-21
Day 2 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness Instruction: Working With Pain (Retreat…
2017-06-21
Day 2: Loving-Kindness for Self: Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-06-21
Day 2: Morning Instructions - Working with Pain (REVISED 7/7) Retreat at Spirit…
2019-06-27
Day 3 Guided Loving Kindness and Other Practices: Self-Compassion (Retreat at S…
2018-07-09
Day 4 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-24
Day 5: Guided Meditation - 3 Types of Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-24
Day 5: Guided Meditation - Lake of Loving Kindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-10-20
Day One, Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-10-22
Day Two, Guided Loving Kindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2005-10-10
Dharma And Money
2025-09-11
Dive Deeply into Retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2006-01-25
Drop The Banana: The Four Noble Truths
2024-10-03
Dry and Wet Loving Kindness
2005-06-02
Emotions - Energy In Motion
2005-10-15
Equanimity On The Cushion And In The World
2022-05-31
Equanimity Stories and Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-03-28
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mindfulness
2008-08-05
Eye Of The Storm: The Benefits Of Mindfulness
2002-06-23
From Self Judgement To Being Yourself
2024-10-05
Full Spectrum of Awareness Meditation
2022-09-13
Getting Started with Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-05-28
Getting Started: Learning the Basics of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-07-27
Guided Mindfulness Meditation
2022-03-29
Guided Sit--Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-09-16
Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-10-03
Instructions on Investigative Awareness - Opening to Pain
2022-09-15
Lake of Lovingkindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-09-13
Lovingkindness Meditation for Beginners (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-10-02
Midday Meditation
2024-10-03
Midday Meditation
2018-07-06
Mindfulness and the Spectrum of Awareness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-07-28
Mindfulness in Daily Life for Parents (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-06-22
Mindfulness Tool Kit for Working with Difficult Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Roc…
2017-06-20
Mindfulness: Attitude, Attention and Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-06-21
Mindfulness: The Movement and the Practice
2019-03-17
Monday Night
2023-06-23
Morning Instructions with Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-03-29
Morning sit with Instruction (Retreat at Sprit Rock)
2023-06-20
Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-10-04
Natural Awareness
2023-06-19
Opening Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-06-29
Q&A (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-06-29
Q&A and Equanimity Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-09-15
Recipe for Freedom: Concentration, Insight, Love, and Awareness (Retreat at Spi…
2010-08-30
Secularization and Science of Mindfulness
2015-06-24
Self Compassion and Hindrances
2025-09-13
Self Compassion: Short Talk and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-07-28
Self-Care for Parents Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-06-16
Self-Directed Loving Kindness
2004-09-17
Seven Reasons Why It's Better Not To Hate
2014-06-24
So What is This Thing Called Mindfulness?
2006-02-19
Socially Engaged Buddhism
2019-06-25
Spectrum of Awareness Practices: Focused Awareness
2006-02-13
Speed
2023-06-23
Suffusing Loving Kindness Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2008-10-31
Taking Care Of Myself, I Take Care Of The World
2012-07-26
Teaching from Presence
2014-06-27
The 12 Myths of the Mindfulness Movement
2024-06-23
The Basics of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2006-08-04
The Beauty Of The Paramis
2005-11-17
The Bodhisattva
2006-05-30
The Body, My Body, Our Body
2018-10-23
The Convergence of Wisdom and Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2005-11-12
The Five Difficult Energies
2006-04-16
The Five Obscurations
2019-06-29
The Full Spectrum of Awareness, Emphasizing Natural Awareness
2006-10-28
The Inseparability Of Practice And Life In The World, With Grove Burnett
2021-06-17
The Lake of Lovingkindness
2007-05-19
The Mud And The Gold
2005-01-13
The Perils And Promise Of Practice
2013-04-05
The Power of Mindfulness
2008-06-25
The Science Of Meditation
2009-01-13
The Science Of Meditation For Scientists
2006-01-15
The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment As Fruits Of Practice
2021-06-15
The Spectrum of Awareness Practices
2024-10-02
The Spectrum of Awareness Practices
2019-06-28
The Spectrum of Awareness: Natural Awareness
2017-09-16
The Spiritual Journey
2010-08-26
The State of Mindfulness in Education
2014-04-04
The Ups and Downs of Practice
2004-11-09
There Are No Distractions
2017-06-23
Trust in Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-06-20
Two Types of Loving Kindness Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2009-04-17
What Is Mindfulness?
2024-06-25
Working with RAIN (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2007-11-07
You Are Love
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Select one of Diana Winston's 33 retreats
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2007-04-13
Spring Vipassana Retreat
2007-05-17
Vipassana For The Curious
2007-11-01
Insight Meditation Retreat
2008-06-22
Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers
2008-08-04
Young Adult Retreat
2008-10-23
Insight Meditation
2009-01-11
Scientists Retreat
2009-04-16
Vipassana for the Curious
2010-08-26
Mindfulness in Education: A Retreat and Training
2012-07-24
Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training
2013-04-04
Vipassana for the Curious Retreat
2014-04-03
Insight Meditation for the Curious
2014-06-22
Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat
2015-06-22
Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat
2016-06-20
Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat
2017-06-19
Foundations of Mindfulness
2017-09-14
Insight Meditation for the Curious
2018-07-05
Mindfulness for Everyone
2018-10-20
Insight Meditation: The Convergence of Wisdom and Love
2019-03-02
March Insight Meditation 1-Month
2019-06-24
Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype
2021-06-14
Mindfulness for Everyone: Practicing Across the Spectrum of Awareness
2022-03-27
Living with Awareness Retreat
2022-05-27
Awakening Joy and Wellbeing
2022-07-27
The Family Retreat
2022-09-12
Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond
2023-06-19
Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-07-26
The Family Retreat
2024-06-22
Mindfulness for Everyone
2024-10-01
Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2025-07-30
Family Retreat 2025
2025-09-11
Insight Meditation for the Curious: Essentials Retreat for New and Experienced …
2025-08-02
7 Reasons to Choose Love over Hate (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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Given at the Spirit Rock Family Retreat, this talk addresses the importance of love in a world filled with hatred. We explore how choosing love over hate directly relates to our parenting as well as to the larger suffering in the world. Some of the points include: hatred hurts, love feels great; hatred is uncurious, love seeks to understand; hatred clouds the mind, love brings wisdom. A helpful talk for any of us struggling to bring our practice to these current times.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Family Retreat 2025
