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Leslie Booker's Dharma Talks
Leslie Booker
Booker brings her heart and wisdom to the intersection of Dharma, embodied practice, and activism. She began working with system-involved populations in 2005 and was a senior teacher and Director of Trainings with Lineage Project for 10 years, and facilitated an intervention on Riker's Island from 2009-2011 through NYU. Booker shares her expertise nationally on creating culturally responsive environments and changing the paradigm of self and community care. She has spoken at Mind&Life Institute’s International Symposium, Contemplative Minds in Higher Education, and Mindfulness in Education conferences, as well as at universities across the country. She is a co-founder of the Yoga Service Council at Omega Institute, and the Meditation Working Group of Occupy Wall Street. Booker is a co-author of Best Practices for Yoga in a Criminal Justice Setting, a contributor to Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality’s report on Gender & Trauma, YOGA: The Secret of Life, and Sharon Salzberg's book Happiness at Work. Booker is on faculty with the Engaged Mindfulness Institute and Off the Mat Into the World. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Mindful Yoga and Meditation training (2012), Community Dharma Leaders’ Training (2017), and will complete Spirit Rock’s Teacher Training in 2020.
2023-07-01 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 36:19
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-06-30 Dharma Offering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:41
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-06-29 Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:03
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-06-27 Morning Instructions Part 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 17:35
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-06-27 Morning Sit with Instructions Part 1 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:57
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-06-26 Opening Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:38:37
with bruni dávila, emiko yoshikami, Gullu Singh, Jonathan Relucio, Leslie Booker, Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Fire Within: Detangling the Obstacles Towards Freedom
2023-01-23 Dana and Caga: The Buddha's First Teachings 1:48:25
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2022-09-21 Bringing the Precepts into Life 63:01
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series
2022-09-02 Hindrances: An Origin Story (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:10
This classic talk on the hindrances dives into the story of the Buddha's awakening, and his interaction with Mara.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
2022-09-01 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:06
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

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