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Susie Harrington's Dharma Talks
Susie Harrington
Susie Harrington has been meditating since 1989, and been engaged in Insight meditation practice since 1995. She began teaching in 2005, with the guidance of Guy Armstrong, Jack Kornfield and more recently Joseph Goldstein. She often offers retreats in the natural world, believing nature to be the most profound dharma teacher, and a natural gateway to our true self. Her teaching is deeply grounded in the body and emphasizes embodiment of our practice in speech and daily life. For more information go to desertdharma.org.
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2023-07-13 Impermanence: The Portal to Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:25
With a stable and unified mind we can turn to impermanence. This turning into our observing change in our vipassana practice leads us to see not only the temporality of everything but the interconnected and impersonal Nature of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration and Awareness 2023
2023-02-17 Seven Factors: Part 2 Settling Factors (Retreat At Spirit Rock) 62:15
The seven factors of awakening include the arousing factors and the settling ones. This talk goes into detail on using the factors of Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity in meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-02-13 Intro and Guided Meditation for Karuna 59:07
Afternoon introduction to Karuna practice using felt sense and phrases.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-02-10 Seven Factors: Part 1 Arousing Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:21
This talk describes Investigation, Energy, and Joy in the context of the Seven Factors and intensive retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-01-30 Introduction to Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:21
introduction to Metta, guided meditation with phrases for self and benefactor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-01-01 Meeting Suffering with Compassion -Reflections, Instructions, and GM with Tonglen 63:04
Meeting the suffering of the world requires both wisdom of our interconnection, and compassion and equanimity to whole heartedly embrace the complexity of the suffering we find. Introduction following from previous talk. Detailed instructions for Tonglen (practice for transforming suffering into compassion) Guided Meditation: Tonglen.
Cache Valley Sangha :  New Year's Retreat: Finding Wholeness in a Broken World
2022-12-31 Finding Wholeness in a Broken World 57:19
We live in two worlds - our small personal world and the interconnected world of all beings and the earth. Connecting these two is key to understanding our situation and metabolizing the challenging times we live in. Talk has some loud sounds due to recording errors. A couple moments may be startling for the listener.
Cache Valley Sangha :  New Year's Retreat: Finding Wholeness in a Broken World
2022-12-31 Retreat Introduction - Morning Reflection and Sit 45:48
Introductory Reflections for the retreat. Guided meditation focusing on Gratitude
Cache Valley Sangha :  New Year's Retreat: Finding Wholeness in a Broken World
2022-10-31 We Are All Kin (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:22
In our nature practice we come in intimate contact with the truth of Interconnection interbeing, and the play of causes and conditions as they come together in this moment. This talk explores the challenges, the freedom and the responsibility of the vast unfolding that includes each of us and all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awake in the Wild: Cultivating Awareness, Wisdom, Wonder in Nature (206R22)
2022-05-23 Dancing with the Way Things Are: Impermanence 53:45
Impermanence is the nature of things, in our practice we have the opportunity to see it and learn to dance with this fundamental aspect of our experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature

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