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2026-08-26
Talk - relaxing the inner critic
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Yahel Avigur
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One of the tendencies that my teacher, Rob Burbea, would point to again and again, encouraging us to soften or even overcome it completely, is the movement of the inner critic. A negative regard towards ourselves is a very common habit of mind. And, as a habit of mind, it is something we can come to understand, relax, and eventually overcome. In this talk, we take time to look the inner critic “in the eye,” exploring how the mind sustains it, and how very different ways of relating to ourselves can be cultivated.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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Heart of Mettā
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2026-08-26
Third Instructions: Mettā Towards a Neutral Person
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Yahel Avigur
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Cultivating kindness towards people we don’t know allows our mettā to become more all-encompassing, so that it can become a genuine foundation for our hearts and lives. Along the way, we reflect on what we all share as human beings, allowing this understanding to shape our perception and soften some of the fabricated and often unhelpful lines of separation between ourselves and others.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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Heart of Mettā
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2026-08-25
Talk: The Life of the Heart: Emotions and Mind States in Mettā Practice
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Yahel Avigur
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Mettā practice involves and supports our whole being, including the full range of what may be alive in our hearts. In this talk, we explore ways of relating skilfully and wholeheartedly to our emotional life, developing greater sensitivity, understanding, and capacity to work with the movements of the heart. Like the retreat as a whole, this talk draws on suggestions offered by Rob Burbea in his 2011 retreat, “The Lovingkindness Retreat”.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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