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Dharma Talks
2020-01-12 Practising with Ground, Space and Rhythm 45:26
Ajahn Sucitto
Contact with the world causes citta to lose its sense of ground, space and rhythm. Use of body is recommended as a meditation theme. We practice to carefully meet contact impression, training intention and attention to be for one’s welfare.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-09 Morning Instructions 9:00
Sayadaw U Jagara
Meditation requires sensitivity and intelligence from the heart. The seven bojjhangas in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-08 Meditation: Relaxed and Awake 17:14
Tara Brach
This guided meditation helps us find ease and wakefulness in our body and mind. With the breath as our home base, we offer a gentle and full attention to the changing waves. We close with a beautiful poem, “Walk Slowly,” by Danna Faulds
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-08 The Three Refuges - Gateways to Belonging and Freedom 55:44
Tara Brach
We all need ways to guide our attention that allow us to find wisdom, love and freedom in the midst of our lives. This talk reviews three archetypal gateways—Buddha/awareness, Dharma/truth, and Sangha/loving community. Through teachings, guided meditations and a traditional refuge ritual, we engage together in bringing alive these pathways to healing and peace. (Note: Includes Refuges string tying ceremony and chanting the Refuges at end) St. Teresa of Avila says, “Only at the shrine where all are welcome will God sing loud enough to be heard.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-06 How Turtles Find Their Way Back Home 47:40
Sayadaw U Jagara
Turtles and magnetic fields. Planes of existence and rebirth. Rahula's and Buddha's instructions on four elements and Brahma Vihara, before practicing breath meditation (ānāpāna)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-05 Welcoming the Totality of Our Lives, Part 2 - Meditation 30:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-05 Guided Meditation On Equinimity 42:09
Sharda Rogell
How to bring the mind to more balance and ease in the face of challenges.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-05 Welcoming the Totality of Our Lives - Meditation 32:47
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-04 Guided Metta Meditation With Metta Mudra 44:21
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-04 Meditation Instructions 52:45
Catherine McGee
3rd foundation of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-04 Breathing into the Heart Space 7:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided metta meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-03 18 Movements Qi Gong (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 35:07
Devon Hase
Full sequence of shibashi 18 movements Qi Gong. You can access the sequence online at commongroundmeditation.org/qi-gong-movements/
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years' Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-03 Guided Compassion and Forgiveness Meditation 46:00
Catherine McGee
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-03 Put the Fearful Mind in the Cradle of Loving Kindness 34:59
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation New Year's Retreat
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-02 Every Meditation is an Act of Faith 45:51
Ayya Anandabodhi
Dhamma reflection on Going Forth into the practice.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-01 Guided Meditation - Kindness For The Body 41:52
Yanai Postelnik
Offering care and kindness to our human bodies and the larger body of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2019-12-31 Joy | Guided Heart Meditation 40:30
Noliwe Alexander
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust

2019-12-31 Guided Standing Meditation - The Body 360 Degrees 39:35
Catherine McGee
Working with the middle aperture of attention, neither focused to one nor wide open. Mindful of the whole body and space around the body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2019-12-31 Five Tips For Walking Meditation 5:02
Catherine McGee
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2019-12-30 Releasing Blame | Guided Heart Meditation 41:38
Tara Brach
Our self-protective habits of resentment and blame block intimacy and connection with ourself and others. This short talk and meditation are an invitation to deepen our understanding of the suffering of blame, and to release the armoring to loving freely.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust

2019-12-30 First Morning Reflections and Sitting Meditation Instructions 45:47
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2019-12-30 Meditation on the Five Indriya 17:16
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation New Year's Retreat
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-12-29 Introductory Meditation Instructions 39:01
Tara Brach
This guided session includes an overview of the primary components in meditation practices, and then guidance in awakening the senses, collecting the attention, and opening mindfully to changing experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust

2019-12-28 Loving-kindness | Guided Heart Meditation 37:06
Konda Mason
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust

2019-12-26 True to Your Deepest Desires (Talk and Short Guided Meditation) 1:12:58
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Practising the Jhānas

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