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Retreat Dharma Talks

Two-week retreat

A retreat for experienced meditators, focused on cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening, those seven highly skilful qualities of mind that when balanced, support the development of transformative insight.

2026-08-01 (15 days) Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

  
2026-08-02 01 meditation: Establishing mindfulness of the body, breathing 47:53
Jill Shepherd
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2026-08-02 02 instructions and meditation: Mindfulness of breathing 2 40:44
Jill Shepherd
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Attuning to the different energetic effects of inhaling and exhaling
2026-08-02 03 talk: Hindrances of Sense Desire and Aversion 40:30
Jill Shepherd
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Some suggestions for developing a more skilful relationship to the hindrances of desire for sense pleasure and aversion or ill will
2026-08-03 04 meditation: Mindfulness of breathing in long and short 40:33
Jill Shepherd
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Beginning to notice some of the details of breathing, still maintaining an open, spacious awareness
2026-08-03 05 meditation: Mindfulness of the body in relation to the four elemental qualities 33:15
Jill Shepherd
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2026-08-03 06 talk: Supportive conditions 36:19
Jill Shepherd
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