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2020-06-09 17 instructions: mindfulness of the mind 14:52
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for practising with mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-09 The Four Foundations Are a Complete Support (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12:17
Dhammadīpā
Contemplation of dhammas, 7 factors of awakening, bringing all the foundations of mindfulness to bear on the Path
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns

2020-06-08 16 talk: befriending the mind 43:27
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Mindfulness of the Mind as a means to develop a friendlier and more skilful relationship with our thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-08 15 guided meditation: opening to sounds 28:49
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of breathing to steady the awareness, then opening to physical sensations throughout the body, then opening to the experience of hearing, staying present to sounds as they arise and pass away
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-08 14 instructions: opening up the field of awareness to include hearing 11:48
Jill Shepherd
Incorporating sounds into mindfulness practice
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-06 07 talk: mindfulness and clear comprehension 24:08
Jill Shepherd
Exploring a variety of definitions of mindfulness, highlighting the aspect of clear comprehension as a support for insight, ending with dyad (pairs) practice investigating the experience of mindfulness in the moment
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-03 Meditation: Homecoming to Wakeful Presence 20:04
Tara Brach
This meditation begins with us standing in mindful movement, guiding us in awakening awareness in the body. Then in sitting practice, we open all our senses, resting in the wakeful presence that can include the changing waves of our life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-05-24 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:15
James Baraz
Every momnet of mindfulness we are planting seeds of non-greed, non-hatred and non-delusion the basis of true happiness. This talk explores how that works and the bigger implication for our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Magic of Awareness - Online

2020-05-23 Wondrous Feeling 42:58
Dhammadīpā
Exploring how mindfulness and investigation of feeling tone is woven into many frameworks of practice given by the Buddha - the 5 aggregates, the 4 foundations of mindfulness, the 12 fold chain of causation, the 4 Noble Truths.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2020-05-22 Wise Speech Daylong: Talk 2 and Exercise 2 (Dyads): Developing mindfulness and presence in speech practice 23:04
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-05-16 Mindfulness of in-and-out breathing meditation 29:19
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-05-13 39 Discourse on the Establishment of Awareness Satipatthana Sutta MN10 21:07
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Four Postures, Mindfulness in Daily Life and the 'Foulness'of the Body
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-05-07 Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Emotions and Mental States (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:18
Tempel Smith
Guided meditation to bring mindful intimacy to our every changing emotions and mental states. This is the third foundation of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity Retreat - Online

2020-05-06 Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Pleasure, Pain, and Neutrality (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:02
Tempel Smith
Description: Guided meditation to bring mindful intimacy to pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral experiences in the body and other phenomena. This is the second foundation of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity Retreat - Online

2020-04-26 Caring for the Heart and Mind, Week 6: Mindfulness of the Mind - Meditation 35:22
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-04-26 Caring for the Heart and Mind, Week 6: Mindfulness of the Mind - Talk 40:26
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-04-26 Dhamma Stream Online Puja: The Way Out of the Flood 35:37
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness based on body is the way out of the mind. From here I can witness feeling rather than dive into it. With wisdom we can come to prefer skillful intention rather than seeking good feeling. When intention is skillful conduct, there is no grasping at results. That feels good! And we are free to act without seeking a result, without becoming. *Sutta reference is AN10:58.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-04-13 Embodiment and Nervous System Resiliency (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:43
Heather Sundberg
This Talk shares Heather's favorite teachings and practices of the First Foundation of Mindfulness of the Body and Mindfulness of the Nervous System. Heather offers a variety of simple short direct body/nervous system practices to support you during COVID-19 times and for everyday resiliency building. I hope it is helpful for you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living Awareness through Insight Meditation - Online

2020-04-09 meditation: mindfulness of breathing, then gratitude at end 26:33
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by settling into the body and the breath, then towards the end, orienting to mudita, appreciative joy or gratitude for a few minutes
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-04-08 08 Mindfulness at work And Right View Right Attitude 21:07
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Noting used at work. Continuing the Four Noble Truths; The Noble Eightfold Path
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-04-05 Dhamma Stream Online Puja: Protecting Ourselves and Others 30:08
Ajahn Sucitto
By protecting ourselves we protect others. When we protect our own hearts from defensiveness, blame, hostility and stress, we also protect others. We train ourselves through the 4 foundations of mindfulness. *Sutta reference is SN47:19.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-03-29 Covid-19, The Big Picture: Being Real, Mindful & Generous 1:29:31
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-03-28 guided meditation for beginners 17:16
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation beginning with a body scan, inviting any tension held in various parts of the body to release, then a few minutes of mindfulness of breathing Suitable for complete beginners
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-03-28 beginning meditation instructions 6:35
Jill Shepherd
A very short introduction to mindfulness meditation suitable for complete beginners
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-03-18 Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart 59:14
Tara Brach
While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crisis, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives. This talk explores how the mindfulness and compassion of the RAIN meditation can help us find an inner refuge in the face of fear, and deepen our loving connection with each other.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-13 Mindfulness Of Feelings and Emotions 65:20
Jean Esther
A brief description of how we can meet all emotions, pleasant and unpleasant with wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-11 Letting Go - Release - Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:35
Eugene Cash
Satipatthana - Four Foundations of Mindfulness offers us specific meditation practices with the body, breath, in four postures, in all activities, with the elements, with death, vedana, the heart/mind and the dharmas including hindrances and the seven factors of awakenings. Each of these practices includes a through line: One abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world. The not clinging to body, heart, mind or any experience is both the foundation of the Buddha's teaching and the doorway to freedom. It's the experience of coming into alignment with ' he way things are.'
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-08 Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion 21:49
JD Doyle
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-03-04 A Wise Approach To Pain and Discomfort 22:58
Matthew Hepburn
Meditation instructions on how to continue developing wisdom and compassion through mindfulness of the body - even in experience of pain and discomfort.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-03 Embodied Awareness: Postures and All Activities (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:18
Eugene Cash
We explored how to practice with an embodied awareness 24/7. Practice using a full awareness that allows us to be mindful through the knowing our body experientially veiled of thoughts, ideas and commentary. This direct knowing is proprioceptive, kinesthetic, often referred to as felt sense knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-02 Dukkha Dukkha: the Suffering of Unpleasant Experiences. 53:06
Rebecca Bradshaw
This talk explores both physical and emotional suffering in the form of unpleasant experiences, giving detailed explanations on how to be with these with mindfulness. It also explores where real suffering is and how we can experience freedom even when life is unpleasant or painful.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2020

2020-03-02 Calm Clarity Compassion | Monday Night talk 1:10:51
Jack Kornfield, Paul Hawken
How can we navigate through hard times? This is an excerpt of a talk Jack Kornfield gave with environmentalist Paul Hawken on March 2, 2020 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center on how to stay grounded and steady as we navigate the spread of the Coronavirus and other challenges. The need for the Dharma is stronger than ever. We can choose to live in our fears, confusion, and worries, or to stay in the essence of our practice, center ourselves, and be the ones that demonstrate patience, compassion, mindfulness, and mutual care.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-03-01 Qualities of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:26
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-01 Guided Meditation: Listening with the Body 20:27
Ajahn Sucitto
The body and mind are not separate. Emotional resonances and residues manifest as an energetic continuum in the body. Cultivating mindfulness of body allows us to touch into this causal field. The body listens, the emotions speak. Energy can then pass through.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-02-25 Satipatthāna - The Discourse of Establishing Mindfulness 31:41
Yuka Nakamura
The Satipatthāna Sutta is one of the most famous discourses in the Pali Canon that has informed the practice of Vipassana meditation and mindfulness meditation. The talks give an overview of the whole sutta.
Bodhi College Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness

2020-02-24 Engaged Receptivity 51:29
Ajahn Sucitto
The essence of meditation is engaged receptivity. This is the skill of pausing for a minute and witnessing the flow of dhammas. It becomes fully established by strong mindfulness, so that ‘full knowing’ (sampajañña) gives the view of the causal web: that dhammas arise from causes and are not self.
Emoyeni Retreat Centre :  Clearing and Renewal

2020-02-23 You Are Loving Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:27
James Baraz
Mindful awareness creates spaciousness for love to naturally shine through -- your true nature. The talk includes reminisces of Ram Dass, major benefactor of the insight meditation community, who passed away Dec. 2019 and whose practice was "I am loving awareness."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-23 Q&A 55:48
Ajahn Sucitto
What is mindfulness; What is investigation; Unusual images arising in meditation; Death and afterlife; How to deal with vulnerability of heart?
Emoyeni Retreat Centre :  Clearing and Renewal

2020-02-23 Mindfulness of Breathing 11:37
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness of breathing is the gathering of attention around a process that is flowing and fluid. The steady and suffusive quality of breathing eases tensions in the heart and mind. The thinking process quietens down and external sights and sounds don’t impinge allowing the natural qualities of the heart become more apparent.
Emoyeni Retreat Centre :  Clearing and Renewal

2020-02-22 Whatever the Content, Establish the Container 35:19
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness replaces self as the container and arbiter if experience. Self finds it difficult to be with the disagreeable, the crazy, the chaotic, the out of control. Self searches for success, and dreads failure. Mindfulness can handle real life: no success, no failure.
Emoyeni Retreat Centre :  Clearing and Renewal

2020-02-21 Streaming vs Clinging (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:27
Tempel Smith
We are in an ever changing universe, yet conventionally don't understand this. Mindfulness brings us so much intimacy with things as they truly are that we wake up to this streaming nature. We have to let go of old habits of clinging to align with the stream we are in.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-15 Instructions and guided meditation practicing mindfulness of breathing 32:35
Jill Shepherd
Settling into retreat by beginning with mindfulness of breathing, to steady the awareness before we move into Metta practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat

2020-02-14 Vedana-The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:34
Tempel Smith
In every moment of subjective experience there is a quality of pleasure, displeasure or neutrality. Bring mindfulness to the quality of Vedana trains us how not to add suffering when pain arises or pleasure fades.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-14 Day 13 Morning Meditation Instructions - Mindfulness of Vedana and Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:22
Tempel Smith
From the basis of our simple practices we can include mindfulness of how intentions and actions arise in reaction to what is pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral (vedana). The unconscious actions we take in response to vedana are the conditioning circumstances for our suffering. It behooves us to raise awareness to how our reactivity to vedana further conditions our patterns of craving, aversion, and ignorance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-13 Self Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:27
Beth Sternlieb
Compassion - Mindfulness, Kindness and Our Common Humanity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-13 Hold the Heart Steady against the Push of Ill-Will 43:56
Ajahn Sucitto
The general mode is to change the outside world to please the heart, but this can never satisfy. We practice instead to change the heart, to make it strong enough to withstand the push of ill-will. Refuges include the Triple Gem, brahmavihāras, mindfulness of body and precepts.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-11 Four Noble Truths & Mindfulness of Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:15
John Martin
This talk provides an overview of the Four Noble Truths, with primary focus on the Noble Truth of Dukkha and the Noble Truth of the Cause of Dukkha. Mindfulness of death is reviewed as a support for practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-11 Cultivation 52:16
Winnie Nazarko
The idea of cultivation (Bhavana) is the key to Buddhism. This talk relates this concept to the development of the four foundations of mindfulness, especially the first.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2020

2020-02-11 Mindfulness 35:38
Shaila Catherine
Mindfulness (Sati in Pali) is a whole-hearted observation of the present moment with a quality of mind free of desire/aversion. It forms the basis for cultivating all the Awakening Factors.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Seven Factors of Awakening

2020-02-10 Instructions: Listening, and Mindfulness of Feeling Tones 27:28
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

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