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Leslie Booker's Dharma Talks
Leslie Booker
Booker is a heart - centered, spirit - driven lover of liberation and meditation teacher committed to creating a culture of belonging through her teaching and writing. She completed Spirit Rock’s 4 year Retreat Teacher Training in 2020, and shared the practices of yoga and mindfulness with New York City’s most vulnerable populations for over a decade. Booker has co - authored and contributed to several publications including the trauma - informed anthology Practicing Liberation and its accompanying workbook, for folks working towards social justice. She is a co-founder of the Yoga Service Council at Omega Institute and the Meditation Working Group of Occupy Wall Street. In 2020 she was invited to be a Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellow through Auburn Seminary and was voted by her peers as one of the 12 Powerful Women in the Mindfulness Movement. Booker moved to Philadelphia in August of 2020 to vote in a swing state, and currently serves as the Guiding Teacher of New York Insight.
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2026-09-28 Monday Night Meditation with Leslie Booker 1:29:10
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2026-09-10 Cultivating Our Gardens of Practice 51:13
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Rooted, Not Planted
2026-07-10 The Three Characteristics 64:41
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Rooted, Not Planted
2026-01-26 The Third Precept: The One about Sex + Relationships 1:11:21
Booker uses her pragmatic voice to discuss the taboo Third Precept…the one about sex! Using the lay framework of the precepts that focus on cultivation instead of abstinence, she explores how to take responsibility in monogamous, ethical non-monogamous, and complex power dynamics.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2026-01-26 Monday Night Meditation 37:40
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2025-10-03 Dharma talk on integrating the practice 45:05
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2025-10-02 Guided Meditation: Working with Emotions 47:45
RAIN DROP!
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2025-10-01 The Hindrances 46:31
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2025-09-30 Metta practice 43:03
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2025-09-30 Morning Instructions 45:05
Big Bear Retreat Center :  Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion

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