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Dharma Talks
2020-10-31 Living Our Values 1:38:44
Ayya Santussika
Meditation, Dhamma talk and Q&A
Insight Meditation Center

2020-10-30 Mettā to the Whole World 40:59
Nathan Glyde
Guided mettā meditation where we are really feeling the feeling behind the phrases. Offering unconditional kindness: to someone from an easy relationship; to more neutral relationships; even towards slightly more difficult ones; or to ourselves; and then out to all of life and the whole world.
SanghaSeva Befriending Ourselves, Befriending the World

2020-10-30 Day 1 Meditation Instructions - Befriending the Moment 56:43
Nathan Glyde
Radical shifts are possible for us: Understanding that mindfulness already has kindness in it we can bring this metta quality to all things. We can also support this atmosphere by relaxing body, heart and mind. We can do this by resting back into back of the body, and bringing forward a more open, sensitive, naturally-caring, non-demanding attention to what is appearing.
SanghaSeva Befriending Ourselves, Befriending the World

2020-10-28 Deepening Presence - Meditation 33:16
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-10-28 32 Parts of the Body—Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys 52:29
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-10-28 no excuses: 15 minute mindfulness meditation 14:58
Jill Shepherd
Just 15 minutes to steady awareness with the body and breathing, as a support for steadying the mind and practising non-reactivity to thinking
Auckland Insight Meditation Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-28 no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation 10:07
Jill Shepherd
Just ten minutes to strengthen mindfulness of the body sitting, as a support for mindfulness of breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-28 no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation 5:10
Jill Shepherd
Just five minutes to prractice mindfulness of the body, breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 08 instructions and guided walking meditation 10:55
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions and guided walking meditation, for the whole group walking in a circle together
Auckland Insight Meditation Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 The Four Noble Truths: Understanding suffering, its cause, its release, and the way toward its release - Week 7 - Meditation 30:44
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Four Noble Truths: Understanding suffering, its cause, its release, and the way toward its release

2020-10-26 07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing 15:47
Jill Shepherd
Practising mindfulness of sounds, settling back and receiving the experience of hearing (includes occasional bell sounds)
Auckland Insight Meditation Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-25 Harmonizing with Reality - Meditation 34:14
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-10-25 10 meditation: making space for equanimity to arise 15:15
Jill Shepherd
A short meditation orienting to the elements of earth and space, as support for equanimity
Auckland Insight Meditation Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messengers"

2020-10-25 Guided Meditation - Widening the Heart 26:14
Ajahn Sucitto
Instructions for sustaining a wide, soft awareness that includes it all. Aware of the background, aware of the details, the stillness, the movement – let things be as they are. Let citta learn from its own fluidity.
Teach na Tuisceana :  Teach na Tuisceana Weekend Retreat (*pronounced Tjuck na Tooshana)

2020-10-24 Walking Meditation – The Pleasant Fluidity of Walking 9:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Approach walking meditation like swimming, feeling the body moving through space. There’s a swing, a pleasant fluidity. Hold any concerns that arise in your embodiment, giving the heart a foundation to listen from. It will eventually speak for itself.
Teach na Tuisceana :  Teach na Tuisceana Weekend Retreat (*pronounced Tjuck na Tooshana)

2020-10-24 Guided Meditation – Open Body, Open Heart 29:57
Ajahn Sucitto
Guidance for moving from the anatomical body to sensing into the energy body. Switch off what isn’t needed, step attention back and listen. As one opens the body, one opens the heart. This is the basis for wisdom.
Teach na Tuisceana :  Teach na Tuisceana Weekend Retreat (*pronounced Tjuck na Tooshana)

2020-10-24 Ankommen 19:28
Ayya Santacitta
Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2020-10-24 The Doing and Non-Doing of Meditation 20:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Meditation has two aspects: the limiting of mental activity and the staying on track with the heart. Resolution and mindfulness of body act as supports. Use embodied energy to restrain ‘doingness’, and to clear and fortify the heart so that wisdom can arise.
Teach na Tuisceana :  Teach na Tuisceana Weekend Retreat (*pronounced Tjuck na Tooshana)

2020-10-22 meditation: exploring feeling-tone 26:42
Jill Shepherd
Attuning to feeling-tones in relation to physical sensations in the body, and softening any reactivity to them
Auckland Insight Meditation Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-10-22 Reflections, Instructions and Guided Meditation 40:20
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2020-10-21 The Role of Insight Meditation in Building Resilience 22:01
George Mumford
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2020-10-21 Guided Meditation 36:52
Leela Sarti
Breathing with kindness, sensing the original goodness of the heart.
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2020-10-21 Brief Guidance for Morning Meditation 40:30
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2020-10-20 Reflections and Guided Meditation 41:21
Yanai Postelnik
Asking for and offering forgiveness, for ways that we may have caused harm, or have been harmed by others.
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2020-10-20 Reflections, Instructions and Guided Meditation 41:49
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

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