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Jill Shepherd's Dharma Talks
Jill Shepherd
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.
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2023-12-17 meditation: Awakening Factor of Pītī, Joy 30:55
Using mindfulness of breathing to support energising and lightening into subtle pleasantness and joy
Auckland Insight Meditation Online meditation day: Seven Awakening Factors
2023-12-17 Introduction to the theme of the day: attending to the Awakening Factors 37:33
with Elizabeth Day, Jill Shepherd, Willa Thaniya Reid
Introduction to the teachers and the theme: the Awakening Factors as good friends Guided meditation establishing mindfulness of the body and breathing
Auckland Insight Meditation Online meditation day: Seven Awakening Factors
2023-12-03 Celebrating the Parami 52:36
A view of the ten Parami and how they've been cultivated during this retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-26 Effortless effort 47:13
Exploring refined effort at this stage of the retreat, include some ways to practice with Anatta, how self constructing creates stress
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-26 Morning reflection 58:43
Check in with body, heart in mind, notice the attitude to experience
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-21 Brahmavihara Practice: Mudita 43:34
Some short reflections on Muditā, then a guided meditation cultivating appreciative joy for oneself and an "easy being"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-19 Working with anxiety and other afflictive states 44:50
Some suggestions for navigating difficult mental states
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-12 Exploring Vedana 53:10
Looking at the role of Vedanā in fueling reactivity, and ways to relate more skillfully to it; includes an exploration of worldly and UNworldly feeling-tones
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-09 Morning reflection 63:43
How to decide which practice method to use and when
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2023-11-03 Reflections on clinging 57:47
Brief exploration of clinging, and how to help it to release
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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