(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring the overall arc of our practice as a movement from dukkha (suffering) to ease and happiness (sukha), and how mudita or appreciative joy can support this development
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A brief introduction to the Second Establishment of Mindfulness, mindfulness of feeling-tone or vedana: recognising pleasant, unpleasant or neutral experiences
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Steadying awareness on the breath and physical sensations, then opening to include sounds, thoughts, and emotions
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short introduction to exploring mindfulness of the mind, including thoughts, emotions, moods, and mind-states
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Some ways of developing a wiser relationship to our mental activity: thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation offering metta to the benefactor, using a combination of radiating energy and reciting phrases methods
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation lying down, bringing awareness to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air within the body and externally
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Beginning with a body scan inviting tension to soften and relax, then bringing awareness to the breath, starting with the simple knowing of breathing in and breathing out
26 min
About Jill Shepherd's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
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Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.