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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
2024-02-16 Meditation on Emotions and Awareness 59:07
Teachings on RAIN and holding it all with awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times
2024-02-15 The Second Music 54:47
Reflections on love, devotion, and finding truth through the Three Characteristics.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times
2024-02-13 Receiving Metta from the Earth 42:28
Teachings on Brahma Vihara practice and guided Receiving Care meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Essential Teachings for Our Times
2024-02-07 Mindfulness of Emotions 52:48
Reflections and guided practice on the third foundation of Mindfulness of the Heart-Mind (Cittanupassana).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-06 Wholeness and the Four Noble Truths 48:45
Discussions of returning to wholeness, and opening to wisdom and love. New interpretation of the Four Noble Truths
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-04 Mindfulness of the Breath and Mindfulness of Sounds 54:12
Introduction to satipatthana with a guided meditation on sounds and breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-03 Introduction to the Brahma Viharas 43:36
Short teaching and overview of the divine abodes, followed by a guided receiving care practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-03 Mindfulness of Eating 14:02
Short teaching on the practice of mindful eating, including quote from Sonya Renée Taylor (author of The Body is Not an Apology).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-01-21 Your Garden Grows at Midnight 44:20
with Devon Hase, Nico Hase
In this talk, devon + nico will offer reflections on cultivating goodness in times of conflict.
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2024-01-02 Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:50
Teaching and practice on awareness of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-01-01 Mudita: Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:09
Poem and guided meditation on gratitude and mudita for others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-31 The Beauty of the Dhamma 49:45
Stories about recollecting the Triple Gem, especially the wonders and beauties of the Dhamma. Reflections on truth, authenticity, compassion, and inner beauty for the New Year.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-30 Guided Meditation: Working with Hindrances, Emotions, and Other Difficulties (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:02
Teaching and guided practice on working skillfully with challenging states of mind and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-29 Radiating Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:47
Background and introduction to the classic method of pervading all quarters with a heart imbued with loving-kindness, followed by a guided meditation radiating metta in front, to the sides, in back, above, below and all around. Abundant, exalted, immeasurable.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-28 Receiving Care (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:24
Short introduction to metta practice followed by a guided Receiving Care meditation, working with a Caring Figure.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-21 Mindfulness of Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:46
Teachings on working with strong emotions and moods, including a guided RAIN meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-12-20 Reaching for a Pillow in the Darkness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:04
Reflections on Embracing the Dark and Inviting the Light. Stories of fear, delusion, clear understanding and the not knowing that leads to release, freedom and love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-12-19 Receiving Care (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:10
Short introduction to metta with phrases, followed by a guided meditation on receiving care from a caring figure. Includes sending it back to them and offering to the beloved community at the end.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-12-18 Guided Meditation: Primary Anchors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:40
Introduction to Satipatthana practice and guided meditation on body, sound and breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-11-11 Nov 11, 2023 Daylong with devon hase: Paramis as Path Talk #1 34:05
Refuge of Belonging
2023-11-11 Nov 11, 2023 Daylong with devon hase: Paramis as Path Talk #2 40:06
Refuge of Belonging
2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for All Beings 19:48
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for all beings.
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2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for a Difficult Person 20:00
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. When we cultivate the intention of kindness for the challenging people in our lives, we grow our capacity to hold everyone in unconditional love, even if we don't agree with their choices. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for a difficult person.
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2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for Strangers 20:00
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for strangers.
Various
2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for a Friend 20:00
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for a friend.
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