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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2018-05-01 Forgiveness and Compassion 37:08
La Sarmiento
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-05-01 Meditation – Spring Morning on Retreat 33:46
Tara Brach
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In this guided meditation, we include an overview of different components of mindfulness practice. The reflection includes a body scan, establishing a home base for attention, and care in how to arrive in full presence after being lost in thought. We then explore opening mindfully to different experiences and the simple and liberating practice of “being here,” letting life be just as it is.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-30 The Body is the Doorway (Retreat Talk) 58:40
Jonathan Foust
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This talk explores why intimate awareness of your body is a portal into seeing clearly into the nature of reality. You’ll learn how to fully arrive in the Here and Now through conscious relaxation and receiving sensations as they arrive, how to work with challenges as they arise and what you may discover when you embrace this practice. This talk is from the 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-30 Short Talk & Meditation: Forgiving and Freeing Our Hearts 36:52
Tara Brach
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Forgiveness for others becomes possible when we’ve held our own being with great compassion. This short talk and guided meditation brings forth our most awake and tender presence as we ask for forgiveness, offer care to the woundedness within us, and then extend forgiveness to another who has hurt us.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-29 After the RAIN (retreat talk) 69:49
Tara Brach
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This talk offers an in-depth exploration of RAIN, applying the wings of mindfulness and compassion to painful domains of trance. We bring special attention to the fruit of RAIN, the realization of who we are beyond any limiting identity.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-29 Self-Compassion and Metta 36:55
La Sarmiento
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-28 Leap and the Net Will Appear: Trusting Ourselves and Our Practice 57:50
La Sarmiento
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-28 Welcome to Loving Kindness (Retreat Talk and Guided Meditations) 45:19
Jonathan Foust
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This talk explores the art and practice of cultivating kindness (metta) for yourself and others. You’ll learn why the practice is so critical to the development of heart and mind, the importance of improvisation and customizing your practice so it resonates for you and you’ll be guided through a variety of techniques that can help you open and sensitize your capacity for kindness and compassion.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-04-25 Meditation: Cultivating a Clear and Relaxed Presence 22:00
Tara Brach
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This guided meditation begins with a calming breath to quiet the mind and relax the body. Following this, we establish our presence with an anchor – the breath, sound or sensation – and practice “coming back” from distractions, and including whatever direct experience asks for our kind attention. The meditation ends with a short loving kindness prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-25 Responding to Change with a Wise Heart 54:48
Tara Brach
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An intrinsic part of spiritual life is facing the truth of impermanence. When we open to the changing flow without resistance, we naturally cherish this passing life, and realize the timeless, changeless awareness that is our true home. Yet we are conditioned to grasp on to the passing pleasures (and all that we love) and resist the inevitable arising of stress and unpleasant experience. This talk includes teachings and guided reflections that help us identify the ways we are reacting to major changes in our life. We explore how to shift from reacting to meeting impermanence with an allowing presence, and then responding to our circumstances with wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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