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

(Auckland Insight Meditation) An overview of the seven factors of awakening, and how to practice with more refined states of mind

(Auckland Insight Meditation) How insight and the heart qualities of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity balance each other out to support the development of deep freedom

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning with compassion for someone we're close to who's experiencing some kind of pain, then extending compassion to ourselves, our co-meditators and all living beings

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by steadying the awareness on the breath and physical sensations, then opening to include sounds, then thoughts and emotions

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Instructions for practising with mindfulness of thoughts and emotions

(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short introduction to practising compassion and self compassion

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring Mindfulness of the Mind as a means to develop a friendlier and more skilful relationship with our thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning with mindfulness of breathing to steady the awareness, then opening to physical sensations throughout the body, then opening to the experience of hearing, staying present to sounds as they arise and pass away

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Incorporating sounds into mindfulness practice

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring a variety of definitions of mindfulness, highlighting the aspect of clear comprehension as a support for insight, ending with dyad (pairs) practice investigating the experience of mindfulness in the moment