2018-08-05 12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts 29:03
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Guided meditation beginning with a reading from the Satipatthana Sutta on the anatomical parts of the body, followed by reciting of the 32 parts then body scans knowing the body in terms of its skin, flesh, and bones
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 11 instructions: mindfulness of the body as a collection of anatomical parts 8:35
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Instructions for exploring the body in terms of its anatomical parts
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 09 guided meditation: mindfulness of the breath, physical sensations, and sounds 28:39
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Using the breath as home base, then gradually opening up the field of awareness to include physical sensations throughout the body, then sounds
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 08 instructions: different approaches to mindfulness 15:38
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An exploration of mindfulness as a way of relating to experience, and understanding when and how to apply different approaches to help keep the mind balanced
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-04 Three Aspects Of Mindfulness 58:16
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Developing skill and confidence in kind relaxation, interest and wise view.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-04 06 guided dyad meditation: mindfulness of body 34:19
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Guided dyad (pairs) meditation practising vipassana out loud, naming physical sensations in the body
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-04 05 short instructions: continuity of mindfulness and walking meditation 10:27
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Instructions for maintaining continuity of mindfulness throughout the day, followed by walking meditation instructions
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-04 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 30:01
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Guided meditation stabilising awareness on the breath, emphasising ease and calm
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-04 03 instructions: introduction of mindfulness and the practice of mindfulness of breathing 15:45
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An overview of what is meant by mindfulness, its purpose, and beginning instructions for mindfulness of breathing
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-03 02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 33:20
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Short body scan to help release tension, then mindfulness of breathing emphasising calm
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-01 Six Ways of Practicing with Difficulties and Challenges 64:45
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
One of the glories of our practice is the capacity to respond skillfully, with wisdom and compassion, to difficult, challenging, and/or painful experiences. In this talk and discussion, we explore six ways to practice skillfully with difficulties, focusing more in 1-5 on “inner" practices: (1) Stay connected with core teachings and perspectives, particularly about working with reactivity; (2) develop mindfulness in these situations, which helps us with non-reactivity and knowing what is happening; (3) have a few ways to come back to balance and non-reactivity after one is reactive, lost, stuck, or overwhelmed; (4) take the difficult situation as an opportunity to go more deeply, potentially uprooting some of the roots of reactivity and habitual tendencies; (5) continue to cultivate awakened qualities, helping us to shift our center of gravity from reactivity to responsiveness; and (6) cultivate ways of responding more skillfully in “outer” ways, including speech and interactions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-26 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 54:03
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Connecting wit body, feeling tone, mind/heart and wisdom as foundations for practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2018-07-24 Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feeling Tone (part 3 of 3) 40:45
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation.}
Gaia House :  Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-24 Instructions - Mindfulness of Vedana (part 2 of 3) 24:26
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation}.
Gaia House :  Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-23 Vedana (part 1 of 3) 46:50
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
{This talk is part of a set of three recordings from the retreat (Vedana; Instructions – Mindfulness of Vedana; Guided Meditation – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone). All three recordings focus on mindfulness of feeling tones with general explanations, practical instructions and guided meditation.}
Gaia House :  Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2018-07-23 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 4 - Talk 30:04
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-23 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 4 - Meditation 36:19
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-22 What Mindfulness is and What it Isn't 58:41
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Exploring the nuances of mindfulness is a vehicle and methodology of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  July Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-07-22 22 The Comfort Place Is Here 57:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The end of retreat provides the occasion to experience endings and separation. Check the tendency to rush into the future, the desire to get out of the uncomfortable and move towards the comfort zone. These boundaries of entering something unknown are important places to pause and notice what’s happening. The comfort place is here, don’t leave it. Feel the disturbances, and meet them with mindful and loving acceptance.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-21 21 Q&A 61:55
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Working with sexual energy (0:08); social justice in line with Dhamma (15:20); mindfulness, thinking, speaking & listening (35:03)
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-20 Morning Instructions - Mindfulness of mind 50:16
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-19 17 Walking Instructions: Staying in Flow 4:20
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
As we walk, we’re moving through the aggregates, through the field of mind as it opens with its senses of urgency, discord, worry. Sustain mobile mindfulness, walking through your psychological and emotional ‘weather’.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-18 What Is It Like Being You? 56:24
Tara Brach	View Download Listen
Compassion is hard wired in our organism, and can be cultivated. This talk helps us identify the blocks to compassion—our outmoded survival equipment—and using RAIN, offers practical guidance in mindfully attuning to others’ emotional experience and awakening our natural tenderness and care. This talk includes a short introduction to the meditation: The RAIN of Compassion.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-07-18 15 Q&A: I Don’t Answer Questions I Respond to People 68:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Ajahn Sucitto reflects on questions posed about breathing, how to engage with the felt sense, heedfulness vs mindfulness, metta practice and cultivating an open heart
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-16 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 3 - Talk 55:42
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-16 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 3 - Meditation 34:41
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-09 Satipatthana - Four Establishments Of Mindfulness 58:15
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Satipatthana as a map of experience and practical orientation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-09 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 2 - Talk 42:53
Shelly Graf	Download Listen
Additional Teachers: Wynn Fricke, Gabe Keller-Flores .Please note this audio file has poor audio quality
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-09 Awakening Self-Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:40
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk explores how we can counteract self-judgement through mindfulness, the cultivation of positive emotional states, and the recognition of our shared humanity. It also weaves in teachings of natural awareness, inner goodness, and the importance of stepping into our power in the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone

2018-07-06 Mindfulness and the Spectrum of Awareness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:53
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk introduces the basics of mindfulness. IT also explore different ways of being aware. We can view awareness practices on a spectrum from focused awareness, to flexible awareness, to natural awareness. The talk goes along with the July 9, 2018 Guided Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone

2018-07-05 The Protective Power of the Dhamma 61:22
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The protective power of the Dhamma can be experienced through different approaches such as mindfulness, the four protective meditations, restraint, virtue, going for refuge, patience, or the parittas.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Course Introduction 11:47
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Meditation 27:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Talk 49:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Practical Causality: Seeing Causes and Conditions Intimately. 52:22
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
General introduction to the one-month retreat theme together with the 3 modes of mindfulness, adjustable according to circumstances.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-01 A Thousand Thoughts 56:53
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Through understanding the nature of thoughts, we come to understand the nature of the mind. Thoughts are not to be feared or condemned but to be closely looked at and mindfully observed.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-06-29 Mindfulness and Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:19
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Working with 2 basic practices of mindful awareness and loving awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Our History, Our Present, Our Future - An Insight Meditation Retreat for People of Color

2018-06-29 Your Cosmic Coordinates 10:45
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-29 Of Hunger and Humility 16:01
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-28 “Letting Go, Cessation and the Third Noble Truth” (James was on retreat this day so he invited guest speaker Suzie Brown for the talk.) 59:28
James Baraz	Download Listen
Suzie Brown is from Melbourne, Australia. She’s co-founder of the Melbourne Insight Meditation Group and has taught Mindfulness to medical students at Monash University. Suzie has also been a facilitator, trainer and educator for over a decade in the areas of environmental sustainability and organizational strategy.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2018-06-28 Soul Making Dharma (Q & A) 41:26
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-28 Sharing Soul Sense (A Temenos Exercise) 1:15:27
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-28 The Spreading of Five Wings 14:53
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-27 Meditation: Opening to the Waves 20:18
Tara Brach	Download Listen
When we are lost in thought, we lose touch with the aliveness and awareness that is always here. This meditation guides us with a mindful body scan to open to our senses, then to sound and all waves of aliveness. From that open presence we end with a loving kindness prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-06-27 Inquiring into Our Relationship to and Ideas around Desire 25:32
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-27 Sailing the Oceans of Soul (Q & A) 33:46
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-27 Wisdom and Desire 52:39
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-26 Sensitivity, Receptivity, and Respect in Soul Work (Q & A) 65:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma

2018-06-26 Mindful of Race 66:35
Ruth King	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2018-06-26 Voice, Movement, and the Possibilities of Soul (2) 53:23
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please Note: This series of teachings is from a retreat for experienced practitioners led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee. Although they attempt to outline and elaborate a little on some of the basics of Soulmaking Dharma practice, still the requirements for participation on the retreat included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice; without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House :  Foundations of a Soulmaking Dharma