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Talks & Guided Meditations
Talks & Guided Meditations
Talks & Guided Meditations
Place Your Heart Upon the Practice & Take the Next Step
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 20th, 2023Contextual Links:Radical Presence, Part 2
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 30th, 2023Contextual Links:Radical Presence, Part 1
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 23rd, 2023Contextual Links:The Impossible & Necessary Path of the Bodhisattva
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJul 26th, 2023Contextual Links:Path of the Bodhisattva, Week 4
Jul 24th, 2023Contextual Links:Path of the Bodhisattva, Week 3
Jul 17th, 2023Contextual Links:Path of the Bodhisattva, Week 2
Jul 10th, 2023Contextual Links:Turn Your Life Towards Joy
Jul 9th, 2023Contextual Links:Path of the Bodhisattva, Week 1
Jul 3rd, 2023Contextual Links:The Most Beautiful Day in the History of the World
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJun 28th, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Exploring the Metta Sutta, Heidi Bourne
Jun 22nd, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Settling, Surfacing & Being with Change, Laurie Cousins
Jun 22nd, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Equanimity & Our Inherent Wisdom, Laurie Cousins
Jun 22nd, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: The Divine Feminine, Laurie Cousins
Jun 21st, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Contentment & Joy, Heidi Bourne
Jun 21st, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Impermanence, Dukkha & Interconnection, Heidi Bourne
Jun 20th, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: The Heart of Compassion, Laurie Cousins
Jun 20th, 2023Contextual Links:Women's Retreat 2023: Trust, Confidence & Faith, Heidi Bourne
Jun 19th, 2023Contextual Links:Dukkha is Not a Mistake
Jun 11th, 2023Contextual Links:Be Fully Present, Feel Your Heart, Take the Next Step, Part 2
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMay 31st, 2023Contextual Links:Be Fully Present, Feel Your Heart, Take the Next Step, Part 1
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMay 24th, 2023Contextual Links:Impermanence & Equanimity; A Symbiotic Relationship
Apr 24th, 2023Contextual Links:Savor Your Life; the Four Flavors of Joy
Apr 17th, 2023Contextual Links:Thank You Very Much, I Have No Complaints Whatsoever
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterApr 12th, 2023Contextual Links:One Long Precious Moment; Please Do Not Squander Your Life
Mar 26th, 2023Contextual Links:The Natural & Radical Practices of Wisdom & Compassion
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 15th, 2023Contextual Links:You Are Already Wise
Mar 13th, 2023Contextual Links:Make Good Use of the Mud
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 8th, 2023Contextual Links:The Steady Mind Brings Happiness
Mar 6th, 2023Contextual Links:Tatramajjhattata: Here in the Middleness of Our Lives; Choosing a Path & Taking It
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 1st, 2023Contextual Links:A Deeper Dive Into Mindfulness
Feb 27th, 2023Contextual Links:Energy, Effort and Staying on Keel
Feb 20th, 2023Contextual Links:Trust the Path of Practice
Feb 13th, 2023Contextual Links:Bhavana: Cultivating the Path of Practice
Jan 23rd, 2023Contextual Links:Thus Have I Heard; An Exploration of Core Teachings & Why They Matter
Jan 22nd, 2023Contextual Links:Ethics, Morality & the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 16th, 2023Contextual Links:It's All a Practice of Letting Go
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJan 11th, 2023Contextual Links:A Deep Dive Into Generosity
Jan 9th, 2023Contextual Links:Steady Mind, Contented Mind
Dec 12th, 2022Contextual Links:What Makes Mindfulness Wise; an Integration of the Noble Eightfold Path
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterDec 7th, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Mindfulness; What is it and Why Does it Matter?
Dec 5th, 2022Contextual Links:Creating a Culture of Gratitude, a Culture of Reciprocity
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 30th, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Effort, Part 2
Nov 28th, 2022Contextual Links:Managing the Mind & Wise Effort, Part 1
Nov 21st, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Livelihood: Let Your Life Be an Expression of Your Values
Nov 14th, 2022Contextual Links:Place Your Heart Upon Your Practice: Exploring the Five Spiritual Faculties
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 9th, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Action: A Dedication to Cultivating Peace
Oct 31st, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Speech Takes Care of Everyone
Oct 24th, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love; Day 5 Autumn Retreat Ending Session, Bring It All Home
Oct 23rd, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love, Day 4 Autumn Retreat, Morning Instructions
Oct 22nd, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love; Day 4 Autumn Retreat Dharma Talk, Impermanence & Equanimity
Oct 22nd, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love; Day 3 Autumn Retreat, Morning Instructions
Oct 21st, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love; Day 3 Autumn Retreat, Dharma Talk, Dharma Joy, Appreciative Joy
Oct 21st, 2022Contextual Links:Awakening the Heart of Love; Day 2 Autumn Retreat, Dharma Talk-Metta & Compassion
Oct 20th, 2022Contextual Links:Wise Intention: Letting Go, Good-Will & Non-Harming
Oct 17th, 2022Contextual Links:Let Yourself Feel Joy
Oct 16th, 2022Contextual Links:The Three Most Important Things
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterOct 12th, 2022Contextual Links:The Space In-Between: Beauty, Awe, Silence & Nothing
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 28th, 2022Contextual Links:The Kindest Thing
Aug 22nd, 2022Contextual Links:Aware, Committed & Determined
Aug 15th, 2022Contextual Links:Relaxing the Edges of Time: Four Cardinal Teachings for a Lifetime of Practice
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 10th, 2022Contextual Links:Truthfulness is Bigger than the Truth
Aug 8th, 2022Contextual Links:Precious Patience; An Occasion for Spaciousness
Aug 1st, 2022Contextual Links:Steady Effort, Courageous Energy
Jul 18th, 2022Contextual Links:Trust Your Inner Wisdom
Jul 11th, 2022Contextual Links:Nurturing the Soil; Generosity, Morality & Renunciation
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJul 6th, 2022Contextual Links:Renunciation; a Wise Relationship With Change
Jun 27th, 2022Contextual Links:Ethics & Morality: A Tricky Practice
Jun 20th, 2022Contextual Links:Generosity: The Heart Bent On Giving
Jun 13th, 2022Contextual Links:Innate Nobility, Interconnected Compassion & Wise Livelihood
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJun 8th, 2022Contextual Links:We Were Made To Open
May 16th, 2022Contextual Links:Befriending the Inner Cringe; Ethics & Morality
May 9th, 2022Contextual Links:Integrating Change As A Path To Wholeness
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMay 4th, 2022Contextual Links:Tend Your Intention
May 2nd, 2022Contextual Links:Everything Belongs To Everything
Apr 18th, 2022Contextual Links:Where Is This Suffering Leading?
Apr 11th, 2022Contextual Links:Place Your Heart Upon The Dharma
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterApr 6th, 2022Contextual Links:The Only Time Is Now
Apr 4th, 2022Contextual Links:Loving What Is Mortal
Mar 28th, 2022Contextual Links:One Peaceful Moment
Mar 14th, 2022Contextual Links:Let Love Holds Whatever Arises
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 9th, 2022Contextual Links:Wage Peace
Mar 7th, 2022Contextual Links:It's a Radical Act to Let Things Hurt
Feb 21st, 2022Contextual Links:Take the Path of Love
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterFeb 16th, 2022Contextual Links:We Were All Covered In The Same Powdered Sugar
Jan 31st, 2022Contextual Links:Releasing Resistance through Compassion; A Guided Meditation
Jan 20th, 2022Contextual Links:Grounded, Open & Balanced; A Guided Meditation for Everyday Practice
Jan 20th, 2022Contextual Links:Intention, Commitment & Determination: Balancing the 3 Legged Stool
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJan 12th, 2022Contextual Links:Wisdom For the End of the Year
Dec 20th, 2021Contextual Links:To Face With Love Whatever Happens Next
Dec 13th, 2021Contextual Links:The Task of a Lifetime: Dissolve Contention, Forgive Everyone & Wake up!
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterDec 8th, 2021Contextual Links:Meeting Our Lives Gently & Kindly
Dec 6th, 2021Contextual Links:Arranging the Furniture of the Mind
Nov 15th, 2021Contextual Links:Dukkha as a Path to Happiness
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 3rd, 2021Contextual Links:The Great & Beautiful Secret of Meditation
Nov 1st, 2021Contextual Links:Intimacy With Everything; The Necessity of Suffering
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterOct 27th, 2021Contextual Links:Distractions Are Not The Problem
Oct 25th, 2021Contextual Links:You Are Not Your Thoughts
Oct 18th, 2021Contextual Links:The Ethical & Emotional Intelligence of Mindfulness
Oct 11th, 2021Contextual Links:It Matters That You Notice
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 29th, 2021Contextual Links:How To Show Up In An Upside Down World
Sep 27th, 2021Contextual Links:Recommitting Ourselves to Practice
Sep 6th, 2021Contextual Links:Everyday Meditation for Everyday Life: Come Back & Begin Again
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 18th, 2021Contextual Links:Four Causes of Suffering & What To Do About It
Aug 16th, 2021Contextual Links:Happiness is Contentment With it All
Jul 19th, 2021Contextual Links:Waking Up to This Moment Through the Eyes of Mary Oliver
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJul 14th, 2021Contextual Links:Listening, Resting & Trusting This Moment
Jul 12th, 2021Contextual Links:The Tonic of Care & Laughter
Jun 14th, 2021Contextual Links:Offer Yourself a Little Happiness
Jun 7th, 2021Contextual Links:Befriending Discomfort Everywhere: Self, Each Other & Beyond
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJun 2nd, 2021Contextual Links:Discomfort Doesn't Have to be Fixed
May 31st, 2021Contextual Links:Reclaiming Our Strength Through the 5 Spiritual Faculties
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMay 26th, 2021Contextual Links:Turn Off the Autopilot - Be Here Now
May 24th, 2021Contextual Links:Five Ways to Strengthen Your Practice
May 17th, 2021Contextual Links:Opening to Gratitude
May 10th, 2021Contextual Links:Ground, Path & Fruit; Discovering Our Inner Nobility
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterApr 28th, 2021Contextual Links:Sit and Know You're Sitting
Apr 19th, 2021Contextual Links:Living In the Midst of It All
Apr 12th, 2021Contextual Links:Tilling the Ground, Taking the Path, Tasting the Fruit
Apr 5th, 2021Contextual Links:Radiating Kindness is Enough
Mar 29th, 2021Contextual Links:Cultivating an Appropriate Response to Violence, Yet Again
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 24th, 2021Contextual Links:Undertake the Training to Take Good Care
Mar 22nd, 2021Contextual Links:The Most Important Thing Right Now
Mar 15th, 2021Contextual Links:The Privilege of Comfort
Mar 1st, 2021Contextual Links:Choosing the Path and Taking It; A Manifesto for Practice (with special guest Sylvia Boorstein)
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterFeb 24th, 2021Contextual Links:Five Simple Rules for Happiness from Mrs. Jones
Feb 22nd, 2021Contextual Links:Renunciation & Kindness; a Symbiotic Relationship
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterFeb 10th, 2021Contextual Links:Befriending Those Pesky Obstacles
Feb 8th, 2021A look at what gets in the way of seeing clearly and a lovely poem from Lynn Ungar, The Way It Is
Contextual Links:Balance in the Wind
Feb 1st, 2021Contextual Links:Our Essential Ease & Peace
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJan 27th, 2021Contextual Links:Discovering Our Innate Ease & Peace
Jan 25th, 2021Contextual Links:When My Vulnerability Meets Yours
Jan 18th, 2021Contextual Links:Taming the Flames; Trauma, Resiliency & Loving Life Anyway
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJan 13th, 2021Contextual Links:Let the Dharma Come to Life
Jan 11th, 2021Contextual Links:This One Precious Life
Jan 4th, 2021Contextual Links:Honoring Endings, Welcoming Beginnings
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterDec 30th, 2020Contextual Links:From Reactivity to Skillful Response
Dec 28th, 2020Contextual Links:A Meditation For the Winter Solstice
Dec 21st, 2020Contextual Links:To Press Our Hands to Each Other's Hearts
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterDec 16th, 2020Contextual Links:The Calm Inside the Chaos
Dec 14th, 2020Contextual Links:Being With What Is, I Respond to What Is
Nov 30th, 2020Contextual Links:Creating a Culture of Gratitude, a Culture of Reciprocity
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 25th, 2020Contextual Links:Your Innate Nobility & Wise Livelihood
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 18th, 2020Contextual Links:Strong Back, Soft Front, Free Heart
Nov 16th, 2020Contextual Links:Hindrances & Obstacles; Caring for Ourselves During the Election
Nov 2nd, 2020Contextual Links:Finding Ground in Turbulent Times; Befriending Our Lives
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterOct 21st, 2020Contextual Links:The Well-Trained Disciplined Mind
Oct 19th, 2020Contextual Links:Begin at the Beginning & Begin Again and Again and Again
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterOct 14th, 2020Contextual Links:By Not Holding to Fixed Views
Oct 13th, 2020Contextual Links:Being Right, Being Wrong
Oct 5th, 2020Contextual Links:Strength, Steadiness & Courage; The Practices of Renuncation & Faith, Part 2
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 23rd, 2020Contextual Links:Strength, Steadiness & Courage; The Practices of Renuncation & Faith, Part 1
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 9th, 2020Contextual Links:Dissolve Contention, Forgive Everyone, Wake Up
Sep 7th, 2020Contextual Links:A Sliver of Faith
Aug 31st, 2020Contextual Links:Barking Dogs & Mooing Cows
Aug 17th, 2020Contextual Links:To Be Fully Present
Aug 10th, 2020Contextual Links:The Way It Is
Aug 3rd, 2020Contextual Links:Integrity, Decency & Honesty; A Lifelong Practice
Jul 27th, 2020Contextual Links:Letting Go Into Simplicity, Freedom & Perspective
Jul 20th, 2020Contextual Links:Unleash Your Power: Generosity, Kindness & Clarity
Jul 6th, 2020Contextual Links:Three Instructions For Our Lives
Jun 22nd, 2020Contextual Links:From Vulnerability to Compassion
Jun 15th, 2020Contextual Links:Start Close In; Trust Your Heart
Jun 8th, 2020Contextual Links:We Undertake the Training to Take Good Care
Jun 1st, 2020Contextual Links:Where Spirit Meets the Bone
May 25th, 2020Contextual Links:Finding Patience in the Eye of the Storm
May 18th, 2020Contextual Links:Even Now, There is Still Joy
May 11th, 2020Contextual Links:Replenishing the Well; Stay Close to Meaning
May 4th, 2020Contextual Links:Tending the Mind; As We Think, So We Become
Apr 27th, 2020Contextual Links:Four Compass Questions for Difficult Times
Apr 20th, 2020Contextual Links:A Continuous Invitation to Let Go
Apr 13th, 2020Contextual Links:Guided Meditation for Stroke Recovery
Apr 11th, 2020Contextual Links:Body Scan Meditation
Apr 2nd, 2020Contextual Links:Basic Breath Meditation
Apr 2nd, 2020Contextual Links:Cultivating Awareness & Compassion, Meditation
Apr 2nd, 2020Contextual Links:What We Know to Be True
Mar 9th, 2020Contextual Links:Begin at the Beginning
Mar 2nd, 2020Contextual Links:Taking Refuge in the Buddha as an Expression of Love
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 13th, 2019Contextual Links:The Joy of Realization...or Tacos & Lemonade
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 21st, 2019Contextual Links:Tending to What We Love; Joy as an Act of Resistance
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 7th, 2019Contextual Links:Refuges, Precepts, Renunciation & Spiritual Urgency
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterOct 31st, 2018Contextual Links:Is Suffering Optional?
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 22nd, 2018Contextual Links:Cultivating Happiness; Choice & Chance
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJun 13th, 2018Contextual Links:Falling in Love with the Earth
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterNov 8th, 2017Contextual Links:Wise Effort as a Radical Act of Hospitality
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJun 21st, 2017Contextual Links:What's in the laundry bag, anyway?
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMay 17th, 2017Contextual Links:I Undertake the Training to Take Good Care
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterAug 24th, 2016Contextual Links:The Parami of Patience - A Primary Practice
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterMar 2nd, 2016Contextual Links:Expanding the Bottom Line of the Heart
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterJan 27th, 2016Contextual Links:Why We are Here; a Tribute Class to Sylvia Boorstein & Donald Rothberg
Presented at: Wednesday Mornings at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterSep 9th, 2015Contextual Links:
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