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2019-02-20 The Sacred Art of Listening 48:42
Tara Brach
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Just as presence is the heart of meditation, so deep listening is at the center of all conscious, loving relationships. This talk explores how our wants and fears block listening, ways we can deepen our capacity for listening, and the healing that unfolds when we truly feel heard by another (a special talk from the archives). What happens when you’re really listening?
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-20 Meditation: Listening to Life 18:53
Tara Brach
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The attitude of meditation is one of engaged listening – a relaxed, receptive yet intimate attention. This meditation explores how we can listen to sounds, listen to and feel sensations, and then relax back into the ocean of awareness that includes and perceives the changing waves. In this relaxing back, we realize the peace and freedom of inhabiting our wholeness and essence (a favorite from the archives).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-20 Cultivating Meditative Absorptions (Jhanas) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:40
Tempel Smith
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There are two larger categories of meditation: samatha meditations and vipassana meditations. Samatha meditations are intended to calm, unify, balance and develop strengths of the heart, and vipassana meditations lead toward insight into our patterns of suffering, confusion, clarity and freedom. The samatha meditations can develop to the point where we are fully absorbed into our meditation subject. This talk describes this process.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-20 Equanimity: The Equipoise in the Mind 68:26
Marcia Rose
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What is equanimity? How is it cultivated through meditation practice? What are the two understandings that are the root of equanimity? All of this and more is explored in this Dharma Talk.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-18 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 6 - Meditation 27:53
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-18 P.O.C Feb.08, 2019 26:24
Sebene Selassie
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This sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation.
New York Insight Meditation Center :  NYI Regular Talks

2019-02-17 Stepping Out of Our Mental Prison - Meditation 30:28
Myoshin Kelley
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Stepping Out of Our Mental Prison - Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-17 Day 15 Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:47
Sally Armstrong
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Last Day of Morning Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-16 The Pure and Beautiful Mind – The Benefits of Concentration, Metta and Insight Meditation Practice 59:35
Marcia Rose
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Exploring the wholesome and beautiful factors of mind that are associated with the development and fruits of concentration, metta practice and with the deepening and fruits of Vipassana practice with an emphasis on the Abhidhamma basket’s clear and refined disclosure of what happens in the mind through meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-16 Day 14 Choiceless Awareness: Guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:43
Tempel Smith
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A guided practice for letting go of specific objects or sense doors to practice open or choiceless awareness. For some people this is a more natural way of practicing. The intent is to become mindful of one’s mental activity as it is drawn to different experiences arising at any of the six sense doors. From this practice you can gain insight into how the mind works and find freedom no matter what the experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-14 Preliminary Meditation Instructions for Retreat 43:59
Brian Lesage
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This talk offers guidance into some of the fundamentals of meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-13 Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence 18:54
Tara Brach
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When we are lost in thoughts our mind contracts, our body tightens and we disconnect from true openheartedness. The pathway home is through “relaxing back” and reopening our attention to our senses, relaxing through our body, and gently contacting the felt sense in our heart. By repeatedly relaxing back, we become increasingly familiar with the vibrancy, tenderness and openness of true presence. “It’s from a relaxed presence that we can most feel the tenderness of our hearts."
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-13 Spiritual Reparenting 52:29
Tara Brach
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When we are not sufficiently nurtured in childhood, we are inclined toward anxiety, depression, addiction and other forms of suffering. In a deep way, we do not feel at home with others. We are disconnected from our own body, heart and spirit. This talk explores how meditation offers “spiritual reparenting” as we learn to bring interest, understanding and love to our own inner vulnerability. This process of healing extends to our relationships with others and our larger society – by reaching out to widening circles with interest and care, we bring increasing harmony and peace to our world (a favorite from the archives). “That question: Where does it hurt? We need to address it to everyone, if we really want to understand each other.” Ruby Sales
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-13 Day 11 - Instruction for Mindfulness of Vedana (2nd Foundation) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:54
Tempel Smith
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Instruction and guided meditation on the 2nd foundation of mindfulness called vedana (feeling tone). This is the factor of each moment of consciousness which is pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. Being able to be mindful of vedana allows us to cut off our reactivity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-12 Day 10 Brahma Vihara Guided Meditation - Metta for the Difficult Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:37
Sally Armstrong
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-12 Visite d’un être sage, méditation guidée, Retraite Association Mudita, Suisse 24:35
Pascal Auclair
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True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-11 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 5 - Meditation 28:42
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-11 Day 9: Brahma Vihara Guided Meditation - Metta for a Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:11
Kamala Masters
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-10 Embodied Love; Inherent Goodness - Meditation 26:55
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-08 Day 6 - Morning Instruction on Breath and 4 Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:33
Tempel Smith
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An introduction to a careful and detailed practice of the 4 Elements meditation practice. Focusing on different kinds of body sensations, first independently and then in combination.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-07 Guided Concentration Sitting Meditation 50:50
Marcia Rose
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Guided Sit: “Allow yourself to enter into and experiment with this approach to developing concentration ...which is a VERY simple, direct & potentially powerful practice…though while it’s simple, it’s not always so easy.” A one hour, very clear guided sitting meditation, leading one through the initial process of developing concentration via the practice of Anapanasati with learning to clearly and gently focus the attention on the ‘anapana spot’.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-07 Day 5: Brahma Vihara Guided Meditation - Forgiveness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:27
James Baraz
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-07 Resting In Kind Awareness 59:10
Bart van Melik
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Guided meditation on knowing what it is like to be aware and to rest in this awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Path to Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-02-06 Meditation: The Practice of RAIN 20:07
Tara Brach
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The acronym RAIN – Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture – guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to difficult emotions. With practice, we can find our way home to open-hearted presence in the midst of whatever arises.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-05 Morning Meditation Instructions - Mindfulness Of Mind 63:59
Bonnie Duran
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Path to Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

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