(Te Moata Retreat Center)

(True North Insight)

(Te Moata Retreat Center)

(Terre d'Éveil Vipassana)

(Te Moata Retreat Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk introduces formal instructions for metta practice in the traditional form of phrases and categories. After sharing about the spirit and principles behind the practice, we engage in a guided meditation first receiving metta from a benefactor, then offering metta to a benefactor, and finally offering metta to oneself.

(Te Moata Retreat Center) Introducing the five indriya, focusing on the first one, confidence or trust, and how taking refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and committing to the five precepts helps strengthen inner confidence

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores core questions of lovingkindness practice: What is "metta"? What is its relevance in our lives and our world? How does it function to transform our hearts and world? And how do we strengthen metta?

(Terre d'Éveil Vipassana)

(Te Moata Retreat Center) Settling in to the body sitting, breathing, balancing the overall energy through the rhythm of breathing in and out

Closing with short instructions for maintaining continuity of mindfulness