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Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

Seven-day insight meditation retreat exploring the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2017-12-28 (8 days) Sydney Insight Meditators

  
2017-12-30 11 instructions feeling tone 17:32  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
instructions for exploring feeling-tone or vedana, the second foundation of mindfulness
2017-12-30 12 talk: Right Effort 51:09
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of ways to find balanced effort
2017-12-31 13 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind 18:30
Jill Shepherd
Beginning to explore the Third Foundation of Mind, mindfulness of mind, including thoughts, emotions, moods, and mind-states
2017-12-31 14 guided meditation: mindfulness of mind 26:34
Jill Shepherd
Bringing awareness to the breath, physical sensations, sounds, thoughts and emotions
2017-12-31 15 instructions metta 19:14  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the brahma vihara practices and introduction to metta
2017-12-31 16 guided meditation: metta for benefactor 21:48  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation offering metta to the benefactor, using the reciting phrases method
2017-12-31 17 talk: Compassion 45:29
Jill Shepherd
An overview of compassion; what supports it, and what gets in the way
2018-01-01 18 instructions: five hindrances 19:35  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the five hindrances, unskilful mental qualities that get in the way of clear seeing, insight
2018-01-01 19 meditation: five hindrances 25:33  RO Talk is visible to Retreants Only
Jill Shepherd
Mostly silent meditation, with occasional bells and the invitation to check the body, heart, and mind for the presence or absence of the hindrances
2018-01-01 20 instructions: compassion 16:25
Jill Shepherd
A recap of the four brahma vihara practices, and introduction to compassion
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