Jill Shepherd's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Short instructions and guided walking meditation, for the whole group walking in a circle together

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Practising mindfulness of sounds, settling back and receiving the experience of hearing (includes occasional bell sounds)

(Auckland Insight Meditation) 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) A short meditation orienting to the elements of earth and space, as support for equanimity

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Feeling-tone as the building block of reactivity, and how learning to relate skilfully to feeling-tones reduces suffering

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Attuning to feeling-tones in relation to physical sensations in the body, and softening any reactivity to them

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Short instructions for meditating together in pairs, naming out loud physical sensations in the body with bare awareness

(Auckland Insight Meditation) 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) A short introduction to the benefits of working with the body as a foundation of mindfulness

(Auckland Insight Meditation) 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