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Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
Jill Shepherd
Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.
2017-09-27 15 Talk: Effort or Energy 52:53
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-27 14 Guided meditation: standing, exploring four foundations of mindfulness 33:13
Beginning with guided standing meditation exploring all four foundations of mindfulness, then 15 minutes silent sitting
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-27 13 Instructions: overview of four foundations, and mental factor of intention 10:42
A brief overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, and instructions for bringing awareness to the factor of intention
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-26 11 Guided meditation: radiating energy metta 22:59
Radiating energy method of metta practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-26 10 Instructions: radiating energy method of metta practice 9:43
Brief instructions for metta practice using the "radiating energy" method
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-25 08 Talk: Dana - generosity as the foundation of the path to freedom 45:11
Dana as a spiritual practice; its relationship to gratitude, and ways to overcome some of the conditioning that gets in the way of cultivating an open heart-mind
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-25 06 Guided meditation: mindfulness of the body, breathing, sounds etc 29:47
Bringing awareness to the body, physical sensations, the breath, sounds and thoughts, ending with three questions
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-25 05 Instructions: different qualities of mindfulness 10:46
Bringing mindfulness to mindfulness itself, noticing different qualities of awareness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-24 03 Guided meditation: working in pairs exploring physical sensations in the body 26:51
Guided meditation in dyads (pairs) naming physical sensations out loud, with increasing attention to detail
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom
2017-09-24 02 Instructions: practising bare awareness of physical sensations 16:31
Using mental noting to help cultivate bare attention or bare awareness of physical sensations
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom

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