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Dharma Talks
2022-01-05 Guided Meditation Exploring Several Forms of Inquiry 2 35:53
Donald Rothberg
After a period of settling, we work with two main forms of inquiry or investigation (one of the Seven Factors of Awakening). The first is inquiry through mindfulness when an experience has some duration: Asking what's happening and exploring what's going in the body, the emotions, and the story-line or narrative. The second is inquiry through working with a teaching. Here we work with a simple teaching, coming from the Four Noble Truths: "If there's suffering (or struggle), where's the attachment (or fixed idea, etc.)?" We explore these in formal meditation; they can also be applied in the flow of daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-01-04 Guided Meditation: Present Without Manipulating 41:21
Kim Allen
Uncontrived

2022-01-04 26 meditation: metta for benefactor 20:58
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with metta for a benefactor, then oneself, mostly using the reciting phrases practice method
Sydney Insight Meditators

2022-01-04 24 meditation: choiceless attention 23:49
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by stabilising awareness on the breath, physical sensations and sounds, then opening to choiceless attention, letting the awareness connect with whatever experience is predominant
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-04 23 instructions: choiceless attention 6:55
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for letting go of having a single meditation object, and moving to choiceless attention, letting the awareness connect with whatever experience is predominant
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-04 28 meditation: awakening factors 25:08
Jill Shepherd
Noticing the presence or absence of each of the seven awakening factors
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-03 19 meditation: mindfulness of thinking 21:36
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with the breath, physical sensations and sounds, then opening to knowing mental activity, noticing thoughts come and go
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-02 Guided Meditation 41:26
Jenny Wilks
Breathing with Kindness
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2022-01-02 Guided Meditation Day Seven 44:20
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

2022-01-02 Establishing and Trusting Awareness, Part 1 - Meditation 26:58
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-01-02 14 meditation: mindfulness of hearing 22:24
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by establising the body and breathing as an anchor, then opening to physical sensations through the whole body, then opening to hearing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-01 Ways of Practice 1:26:12
Nathan Glyde
Guided meditation and talk about four ways to see our meditation practice: gathering in well-being; radiating beautiful qualities; investigating experience; playing with lenses of perception. Because all things, including meditation, are dependently arising fabrications: there are many ways to meet them, and many (probably endless) ways of practising.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Jan 2022

2022-01-01 Meditation: What Matters to your Heart? (9:26 min.) 9:26
Tara Brach
Entering a new year is a wonderful opportunity to clarify our purpose. In this guided visualization, we are invited to attune to the state of our heart and our deepest aspiration.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2021-22 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2022-01-01 Guided Meditation 42:48
Kirsten Kratz
Breathing with compassionate presence.
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2022-01-01 A Different Perception of Disturbances ~ Face It Full On! 58:37
Ayya Santacitta
Reflection & Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

2022-01-01 10 guided meditation: sati and samādhi 24:52
Jill Shepherd
Using the breath to strengthen both sati / mindfulness and samādhi / steadiness of mind NOTE: this talk was given at a different retreat but the content is similar to what was covered on this retreat
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-31 08 talk: six supports for the retreat container 38:03
Jill Shepherd
How safety, silence, solitude, simplicity, slowing down, and stillness support the deepening of our meditation practice on retreat
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-31 07 meditation: body scan inviting release of tension 25:16
Jill Shepherd
Bringing awareness to areas of the body where we commonly hold tension and inviting it to soften or release, as a support for both physical and mental ease
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-31 Guided Meditation 40:47
Jenny Wilks
Tonglen
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2021-12-31 Afternoon Guided Meditation Day Five 44:29
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

2021-12-31 05 instructions: standing and walking meditation 11:59
Jill Shepherd
The importance of continuity of mindfulness, plus instructions for standing and walking meditation
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-31 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 20:14
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of the body sitting, then simple awareness of breathing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-30 02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 14:37
Jill Shepherd
A short meditation settling in to the body, and bringing awareness to breathing
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-12-30 Guided Meditation 40:16
Kirsten Kratz
Receiving the gifts : earth, breath, space
Gaia House New Year's Retreat

2021-12-30 Guided Meditation - Cultivating Presence 44:14
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2021 - 2022

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