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Dharma Talks
2013-08-04 Living in Uncertain Times 59:09
Kirsten Kratz
This talk explores what qualities of mind and heart we can rely on in face of uncertainty, using our ability and increasing capacity to be present to our experience as a powerful gateway.
Gaia House A Voyage of Discovery

2013-08-02 Opening Talk 1:13:37
Kirsten Kratz
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik.
Gaia House A Voyage of Discovery

2013-12-28 The Guest House - Welcoming What Is Difficult 60:01
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2013-12-30 The Revolutionary Act of Grattitude and Appreciation 48:05
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2014-03-08 Hello, It's You Again...Meeting the Five Hindrances 58:39
Kirsten Kratz
This talk explores how we can approach the five hindrances as just another aspect of our human experience we can pay attention to, and as something we can learn and gain deeper understanding from.
Gaia House The Wise and Loving Heart

2014-03-10 It Takes Two Wings to Fly 57:51
Kirsten Kratz
Wisdom and compassion are often described as two wings needed to be able to fly. This talk explores some ways in which they mutually support each other, how compassion supports deeper and deeper wisdom, and how wisdom will bring forth compassionate action.
Gaia House The Wise and Loving Heart

2014-04-18 Recognising the Taste of Freedom (Part One) 62:15
Kirsten Kratz
The teachings of the Buddha are described as having one taste and one taste only, the taste of freedom.This talks explores how we may understand the concept of freedom in more conventional ways and within our practice, mentioning some of the ways we may experience being not free, stuck or bound.
Gaia House A Path of Freedom

2014-04-19 Recognising the Taste of Freedom (Part Two) 53:34
Kirsten Kratz
Continuing from part 1, this talk reflects how we may approach the perceived absence of freedom in our life in ways that turn the very place of being not free into a possible gateway to greater freedom, and how we may get sensitive to taste freedom in aspects of life where we may not expect it.
Gaia House A Path of Freedom

2014-09-25 The Story of Separation - The Knowing of Interdependence 51:52
Kirsten Kratz
One of the pervading stories of our times is the story of separation. The teachings point to a very different understanding: interconnectedness and interdependence. How does the perspective/story we believe in effect our actions, intentions and the perception of us, others and the world? Which way of seeing do we wish to cultivate and give our energy to?
Gaia House Living with Uncertainty - Knowing Freedom

2015-02-14 Are We Happy Yet? 48:29
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Discovering the Heart's Path of Joy

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