Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2015-12-28 Attitudes that Support Mindful Presence: Acceptance, Kindness, and Curiosity 63:56
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
An essential element of mindfulness practice is to cultivate a willingness to be with our experience just as it is. Consciously cultivating qualities of deep-rooted acceptance, kindness, and interest in our experience supports freeing our minds and opening our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2015-12-19 What is Mindfulness ? 58:16
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : What is Mindfulness ?

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Afternoon Session 67:23
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Morning Session 2:58:01
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-09 Desire: A Current of Homecoming 1:13:53

Tara Brach

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Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to relax open the grip of wanting and heal the suffering of addiction. You will learn how to bring mindfulness and compassion to the roots of desire, and be carried home to open loving presence. “Recovery is also about spirit – about dealing with that ‘hole in the soul’ … so how does this hole get filled and become holy space?”

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-12-02 "One Who Set Out to Study Fear" 66:18
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
An exploration of the importance, personally and socially, of practicing with fear. We work especially with these tools: (1) mindfulness and the study of fear (What is fear? How does it manifest in the body, emotions, and thinking); (2) heart practices like metta and compassion; and (3) developing wise and skillful responses.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-11-21 Recognizing and Empowering the Five Faculties 49:12
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Getting to know the five faculties of faith, energy, mindfullness, concentration and wisdom that make up the meditating mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2015-11-20 Deeply Conditioned Patterns Of Perfectionism 62:38
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Discusses untangling "Karmic Knots" - 6 stages of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part Two 38:40
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part One 1:32:09
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center