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2024-04-04 Morning Day 3: Guided Meditation - Breath and Metta in 4 Quarters 48:15
Ayya Santussika
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry

2024-04-03 Meditation: A Present Heart 16:38
Tara Brach
One translation of mindfulness, in Chinese, is “present heart.” In this guided meditation we begin by awakening through the body and the senses, and then open the attention to the changing flow of experience. The intention is to meet whatever arises with a wakeful and kind presence. It’s so helpful to say, “What’s happening inside me right now?” Then, “Can I meet this with kindness, with a present heart?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-04-03 Polishing the Gems We Already Have 56:37
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-04-01 Guided meditation on the self-like nature of mind 50:41
Howard Cohn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-03-30 Beware: Strong Currents 1:24:18
Nathan Glyde
An exploration of the āsava teaching: our tendencies or karmic propensities of seeking happiness in sensual pleasures, in becoming, in ignorance, and in views. When we expect them, we are better served to defy them. Includes a guided meditation, refection, and responses to (unrecorded) questions. From the Gaia House Online Dharma Hall.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - March 2024

2024-03-27 If I Say 'Yes' to What Is, I Can Drop Deeper 55:44
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-03-24 Patience—Developing the Pāramīs as a Way to Work with Aversion | Ayya Santussikā 66:05
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on March 23, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” *Please note, some participant questions have been omitted from the Q&A portion of the recording, however Ayya Satussikā's answers to their questions have remained.
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2024-03-23 Guided meditation on the deathless 27:48
Martin Aylward
London Insight Meditation Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-23 Guided Mettā Meditation 40:32
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Wide and Deep (One Day Meditation Retreat)

2024-03-23 Guided meditation 17:52
Martin Aylward
London Insight Meditation Martin Aylward – “Maranasati: How reflecting on your death can liberate your life”

2024-03-23 Welcome, and Guided Meditation 61:04
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Wide and Deep (One Day Meditation Retreat)

2024-03-20 Engaging with a Plant Ally & Exploring a Question from Within the Web of Life 51:42
Ayya Santacitta
Please have a potted plant with you or sit at a window for this session. Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-03-19 Guided Meditation: Noticing the Skillful 46:41
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2024-03-13 Coming Down to Earth & Re-Membering 53:40
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-03-10 Contemplation on the Qualities of the Buddha & Awareness 53:44
Ayya Santacitta
Talk & Guided Meditation
Gaia House The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-10 Birth, Death & the Web of Life. 31:36
Ayya Santacitta
Reflections, Guided Meditation
Gaia House The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-09 Guided Mettā Meditation 22:06
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-09 Guided Meditation on Body Parts & Elements 39:17
Ayya Santacitta
Gaia House The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-08 Guided Meditation on the Three Refuges and the Path. 25:24
Ayya Santacitta
Gaia House The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)

2024-03-06 Separation is Getting More & More Difficult to Sustain as a Cultural Myth 47:18
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-03-06 Meditation: Letting Go of Doing 21:17
Tara Brach
Meditation becomes truly freeing in the moments when there is no controlling whatsoever; when nothing is resisted or grasped after. This guided meditation begins with a simple body scan, relaxing and awakening to sensations in the body and then including the play of sound. We then let go of any doing, and simply notice and allow the changing flow of experience, letting life be just as it is. In this pure allowing presence we become aware of the background silence that is listening. The invitation is to relax and be the awareness that is conscious of all that is unfolding.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-03-05 guided meditation – exploring hindrances 65:38
Alexis Santos
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-03-02 Guided meditation – light reminders of relaxed awareness 50:25
Alexis Santos
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center When Awareness Becomes Natural - An U Tejaniya-style Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-02-28 Guided Meditation Exploring the Judgmental Mind 37:15
Donald Rothberg
After a period of settling and general mindfulness practice, we invite noticing and being with any expressions of the judgmental mind (here called "judgments") if they occur. In the second part of the guided meditation, there is also a more direct investigation of a selected judgment, exploring it at the levels of body, emotions, and thought, and seeing whether any underlying painful or difficult experience can be noticed. We close with a brief three-part self-compassion practice (from Kristin Neff).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-02-26 Mudita - Sympathetic or Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:49
Jaya Rudgard
Introduction and lightly guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-24 Guided loving-kindness (Metta) meditation 23:08
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Ven Canda – “True Meaning of Compassion”

2024-02-24 Guided afternoon meditation 18:39
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Ven Canda – “True Meaning of Compassion”

2024-02-24 Guided morning meditation 34:52
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Ven Canda – “True Meaning of Compassion”

2024-02-22 Introduction to metta practice 58:26
Oren Jay Sofer
Instructions for loving kindness, practice, and a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Lovingkindness Retreat

2024-02-21 Guided Mettā Meditation; Ven Canda's Mettā Chant 24:27
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
Closing of the Retreat
Gaia House Enjoying the Path

2024-02-20 Planting the Seeds of Mettā 44:39
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
Guided meditation.
Gaia House Enjoying the Path

2024-02-19 The Five Hindrances 42:34
Bernat Font
Guided Meditation
Gaia House Enjoying the Path

2024-02-19 Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:37
James Baraz
This guided meditation, originally created by Joseph Goldstein, shifts the subject of attention from objects to the awareness that knows.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-18 Breathing in the Good 42:07
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
Guided Meditation
Gaia House Enjoying the Path

2024-02-16 Guided metta/goodwill/loving-kindness meditation. 41:38
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2024

2024-02-14 Heart practices 44:39
Andrea Castillo
The practice of generosity, lovingkindness, and compassion. Introduction and guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times

2024-02-13 Receiving Metta from the Earth 42:28
Devon Hase
Teachings on Brahma Vihara practice and guided Receiving Care meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times

2024-02-13 Guided Meditation and Dharmette: Wise Effort in Meditation 61:27
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2024-02-13 Mindfulness of body, breath, and sound 66:25
Andrea Castillo
Guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times

2024-02-12 Field of Care 26:53
River Wolton
Guided compassion meditation.
Gaia House Rainbow Dharma- A Retreat for the LGBTQI+ Community

2024-02-11 Before the Bend in the Road 27:07
Bernat Font
Guided Meditation
Gaia House Rainbow Dharma- A Retreat for the LGBTQI+ Community

2024-02-06 Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:18
Jaya Rudgard
Settling with an anchor: breath, body and sounds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-04 Mindfulness of the Breath and Mindfulness of Sounds 54:12
Devon Hase
Introduction to satipatthana with a guided meditation on sounds and breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love

2024-01-31 Expansion of Consciousness or A Path into Healing & Wholeness 52:29
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-01-31 Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be 16:47
Tara Brach
This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and explores this in releasing contractions in the body as well as the grip of thoughts. When we deeply let go and let be, our energy flows freely. We reconnect with our natural aliveness, love and awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-01-31 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness, Metta, Radiating Metta, and Metta-Infused Mindfulness 39:03
Donald Rothberg
We begin with about 10 minutes of settling with our mindfulness (or another) practice. This is followed by about 5 minutes of practicing metta where it flows as easily as possible, and then by a guided practice in radiating metta, extended to radiating in a boundless way. We then return to a brief way of practicing radiating metta without visualization, followed by returning to mindfulness, infused with metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-01-30 Guided Meditation and Dharmette: Practicing with the Elements 61:42
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2024-01-29 Mindfulness of Breathing and Cultivating Insight 61:55
Jenny Wilks
Reflections and Guided Meditation
Gaia House Mindfulness, Breath by Breath

2024-01-24 We All Need a Place to Land 52:43
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-01-22 Mindfulness of Breathing with Awareness of States of Mind 58:48
Jenny Wilks
Reflections and Guided Meditation
Gaia House Mindfulness, Breath by Breath

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