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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.
2024-06-23 The Basics of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:05
First day of a retreat. How do we start our practice? Learn how to focus our attention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone
2023-07-28 Mindfulness in Daily Life for Parents (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:36
The family retreat 2023 at Spirit Rock focused on the Eightfold Path. This talk was on Samadhi-- or Wise Cultivation through Mindfulness and Meditation and was specifically geared to parents. How can parents practice mindfulness right in the heat of in daily life? Can we practice when we’re getting kids ready for school or putting them to bed, or fighting with our teen or when we're worried about them? Mindfulness can offer incredible tools to support parents in staying present, connected, awake, and in right relationship with our children, partners, and self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Family Retreat
2023-06-23 Suffusing Loving Kindness Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:39
In this meditation, we review other ways of practicing loving kindness to get access to a feeling of kindness and then practice sending kindness out in all directions. We connect with the radiant, vast, boundless aspects of loving kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-06-23 Morning Instructions with Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:37
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-06-22 Mindfulness Tool Kit for Working with Difficult Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:43
In this talk we explore the core tools that we can use when we are struggling with difficult emotions, whether on retreat or in daily life. These tools are Mindfulness (of course): we learn how to be present with our emotions, practice RAIN, and meet our difficult thoughts and emotions with a fearless heart. The second tool is Wisdom: how can we "enlist the wisdom mind" to help us when we are lost in a challenging emotion.The third is Love: how we bring self-compassion and kindness to ourselves and our difficulties when we most need it. Lastly, Awareness Itself: Recognize the part of us that is stable, free, and luminous even in the midst of difficult emotions. Includes real-life examples.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-06-20 Two Types of Loving Kindness Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:20
In this meditation we explore "Wet" and "Dry" Loving Kindness. Dry loving kindness is primarily thoughts-based, using repetition of phrases to change your inner "soundtrack." Wet loving kindness is an emotion-based practice where we try to evoke the feeling of kindness and explore what gets in the way. In this guided meditation we try both types.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-06-20 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:05
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2023-06-19 Opening Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:32:17
with Alex Haley, Carol Cano, Diana Winston, Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness For Everyone
2022-09-15 Lake of Lovingkindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 23:25
This playful guided meditation invites us to jump into a lake of kindness and bring our friends, acquaintances, and difficult people along.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond
2022-09-15 Recipe for Freedom: Concentration, Insight, Love, and Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:28
This talk includes the ingredients needed for deepening practice and finding freedom. It explores how our practice can begin with concentration, add insight into the mix, requires a sprinkling of self- love, and when cooked, opens to the nature of awareness itself. Added bonus: A few quotes from Ted Lasso.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

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