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2020-11-12 End of Mindfulness Sutta 45:23
Leigh Brasington
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Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community :  The Jhanas and Insight: a 10-Day Online Retreat

2020-11-09 13 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 20:31
Jill Shepherd
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Beginning with stablising mindfulness in the body, then opening to sounds, thoughts, and any emotions that might be present
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-11-09 12 talk: mindfulness of mind, including emotions 18:25
Jill Shepherd
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A short overview of working with emotions in meditation
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-11-07 Unconditioned Supports the Conditioned 41:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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The unconditioned gives us a place to step back from experience, to meet the conditioned world with sensitivity and equanimity. We access qualities of faith, energy, mindfulness and wisdom to accept and meet exactly what’s happening right now.
Cittaviveka :  At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-11-07 Intro 4 Establishments of Mindfulness 48:52
Leigh Brasington
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Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community :  The Jhanas and Insight: a 10-Day Online Retreat

2020-11-05 meditation: mindfulness of mental activity 26:40
Jill Shepherd
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Settling in to the body, then bringing mindfulness to thoughts and emotions
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-11-03 Very short introduction for mindfulness 21:24
Arinna Weisman
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A few suggestions to calling in presence and kindness in relation to the body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT

2020-11-02 10 meditation: beginning mindfulness of mind practice 20:14
Jill Shepherd
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Opening up the field of awareness from the body and breathing, to sounds, then to thoughts
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-11-02 09 talk: mindfulness of mind 22:59
Jill Shepherd
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An introduction to bringing mindfulness to different types of mental activity, including thoughts, emotions, moods, and mind-states
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-30 Day 1 Meditation Instructions - Befriending the Moment 56:43
Nathan Glyde
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Radical shifts are possible for us: Understanding that mindfulness already has kindness in it we can bring this metta quality to all things. We can also support this atmosphere by relaxing body, heart and mind. We can do this by resting back into back of the body, and bringing forward a more open, sensitive, naturally-caring, non-demanding attention to what is appearing.
SanghaSeva :  Befriending Ourselves, Befriending the World

2020-10-28 no excuses: 15 minute mindfulness meditation 14:58
Jill Shepherd
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Just 15 minutes to steady awareness with the body and breathing, as a support for steadying the mind and practising non-reactivity to thinking
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-28 no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation 10:07
Jill Shepherd
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Just ten minutes to strengthen mindfulness of the body sitting, as a support for mindfulness of breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-28 no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation 5:10
Jill Shepherd
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Just five minutes to prractice mindfulness of the body, breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing 15:47
Jill Shepherd
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Practising mindfulness of sounds, settling back and receiving the experience of hearing (includes occasional bell sounds)
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 06 talk: mindfulness recap and introduction to mindfulness of hearing 11:25
Jill Shepherd
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A recap of mindfulness of the body, plus an introduction to practising different modes of mindfulness; exploring mindfulness of hearing as a way to cultivate relaxed receptivity
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-24 The Doing and Non-Doing of Meditation 20:08
Ajahn Sucitto
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Meditation has two aspects: the limiting of mental activity and the staying on track with the heart. Resolution and mindfulness of body act as supports. Use embodied energy to restrain ‘doingness’, and to clear and fortify the heart so that wisdom can arise.
Teach na Tuisceana :  Teach na Tuisceana Weekend Retreat (*pronounced Tjuck na Tooshana)

2020-10-19 05 instructions: relational practice exploring mindfulness of the body 8:49
Jill Shepherd
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Short instructions for meditating together in pairs, naming out loud physical sensations in the body with bare awareness
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-19 04 meditation: mindfulness of the body 26:36
Jill Shepherd
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Beginning with a body scan, tuning in to areas of the body that tend to habitually store tension and inviting it to relax, then bringing awareness to physical sensations throughout the whole body
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-19 03 short talk: mindfulness of the body 11:29
Jill Shepherd
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A short introduction to the benefits of working with the body as a foundation of mindfulness
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-18 09 talk: exploring vedana or feeling-tone and compassion in relation to illness 31:08
Jill Shepherd
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How mindfulness of feeling-tones helps protect us from reactivity in relation to physical illness, and instead, can strengthen skilful responses of wisdom and compassion
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messengers"

2020-10-17 Contemplation: A Special Friend of Mindfulness 16:58
Ayya Medhanandi
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Practice deepens when we are present here and now, able to intuitively understand and contemplate our experience rather than knowing it through concepts. We refine mindfulness with wisdom, receive the moment humbly and offer our full attention and devotion to know what is before us. When Truth rushes in, we forgive more and we grieve less.
Ottawa Buddhist Society :  Day of Mindfulness

2020-10-17 Mind Like A Satellite - Respect, Extraordinary Mindfulness and Wisdom 38:29
Ayya Medhanandi
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A mind weeded of impurities is a field of stillness and wisdom where our suffering melts away. How does this happen? We study the mind and apply four facets of an extraordinary proactive mindfulness: exerted effort, penetrating focus on the object of awareness, heroic diligence, and contemplative devotion. In the silence of the undistracted mind, wisdom and a true and sustainable happiness arise.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2020-10-16 Dharma Talk - What is Mindfulness ? 63:34
Chris Cullen
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This recording also includes Christina Feldman What are the roles and practice of Mindfulness, and how does it work ?
Gaia House :  Online Dharma Hall - Oct 2020

2020-10-12 02 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 20:26
Jill Shepherd
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A short guided meditation for beginners, starting with mindfulness of the body sitting and breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-12 01 talk: introduction to mindfulness meditation for beginners 14:37
Jill Shepherd
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A short talk introducing insight meditation for beginners
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Introduction to Insight Meditation

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