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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.
2024-12-04 Vedana - Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:56
Vedana, the second foundation of mindfulness, is our simplest response to an experience; a raw effect of an emotion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat
2024-12-03 Love + Compassion in the Midst of Dominance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:39
"In this particular flavor of global divisiveness, We need options of how to hold all that feels too big for us. And with these practices of the heart, we are given the opportunity to not succumb to hatred and ill - will. And so what I know to offer in difficult times, is love, in the midst of fear, in the midst of dominance "
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat
2024-12-02 Metta - Benefactor: Honoring Gina Sharpe + Larry Yang (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:45
Recollecting my mentors, Gina Sharpe and Larry Yang.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat
2024-12-02 Body as Heart Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:26
Morning Instructions on the first foundation of mindfulness, centering the Karaniya Metta: the Buddha's Words on Loving Kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat
2024-10-05 Dharma Talk 57:46
Big Bear Retreat Center Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2024-10-04 Midday Meditation 21:20
Big Bear Retreat Center Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2024-10-04 Morning Instruction 52:12
Big Bear Retreat Center Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2024-10-03 Dharma Talk 55:36
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness-Based Nature Connection Course
2024-10-02 Positive Emotions 43:55
Big Bear Retreat Center Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion
2024-10-02 Morning Instructions 65:29
Big Bear Retreat Center Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion

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