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2018-08-08 Healing Depression with Meditation – Part 2 52:19
Tara Brach
Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness. These two talks explore several meditation practices that reconnect us with our natural aliveness, openheartedness and awareness. They empower us to develop our inner resources, energize us to awaken, free us from rumination and remind us that we are not our depressive thoughts and feelings. The growing realization of the loving awareness that is our home heals the very roots of depression.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-08 27 guided meditation: metta using the radiating energy method 19:49
Jill Shepherd
Guided metta meditation using the radiating energy method, without reciting phrases or in relation to categories of people
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-08 25 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 27:30
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation practising metta for the benefactor, using the reciting phrases method
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-07 20 guided meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 26:08
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of breathing, then including physical sensations, sounds, thoughts and emotions, knowing their impermanent nature, then opening up to choiceless awareness
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 17 guided dyad meditation: feeling-tone 17:16
Jill Shepherd
Guided dyad (pairs) meditation exploring unpleasant then pleasant feeling-tone
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-06 15 guided meditation: contemplating the body in terms of four elements or qualities 14:25
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation exploring the qualities of earth, water, fire and air or wind within the body, and also externally
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-05 Guided Metta Meditation 60:34
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Introduction to the practice, working with self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-05 12 guided meditation: mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts 29:03
Jill Shepherd
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 10 instructions: walking rotating through senses 7:59
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for a variation of walking meditation, tuning in to physical sensations, then seeing, then hearing
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
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

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