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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2015 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

Vipassana, or Buddhist Meditation, is a way of opening to life and seeing clearly the totality of one’s being and experience. The practice is based on cultivating a present-centered mindfulness, leading to an unfolding of our natural wisdom and compassion. The focus of this retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world. In order to help participants discover a sense of stillness and deep listening, silence will be maintained throughout the retreat except during question/answer periods and interviews with the teachers. In addition to sitting and walking meditation practice, there will be sessions of mindful movement led each day.

2015-04-17 (8 days) Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

  
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2015-04-21 Skillful Means and Lessons Learned: Mindfulness as a Factor of the Path 51:40
Trudy mitchell-gilkey
So often the times when I make the most progress on the path is when I work with the most suitable skillful means for me (without judging or comparing); when I reflect on lessons learned (without looking away); and when I practice mindfulness as The Path (without exception).
2015-04-21 Chanting - Metta Sutta - and Offering the Merit of Our Practice 15:33
Trudy mitchell-gilkey
2015-04-22 Meditation - Letting Life Be, Just As It Is 27:46
Tara Brach
2015-04-22 Meditation: Space and Effortlessness 28:31
Jonathan Foust
This meditation guides you into an inquiry into the internal and external perception of space. Based on the principles of Open Focus, the technique uses questions to cultivate a sense of effortless attention.
2015-04-22 Effortless Awareness 60:33
Jonathan Foust
This talk explores what can happen when you turn your attention to rest in awareness itself. You’ll learn about the practices that help you arrive in the here and now, how to set optimal conditions for your practice, techniques for turning your attention to awareness itself and how awakened awareness cultivates an awakened heart.
2015-04-23 Heart Meditation: Resting in Loving Awareness 38:51
Trudy mitchell-gilkey
2015-04-23 Namaste - Seeing the Sacred that Lives through all Beings 68:02
Tara Brach
The trance of separation is part of our evolutionary heritage, but not the end of the story. This talk explores how several key trainings of the heart can evolve and awaken our capacity to realize connectedness, and the sacredness that shines through this living world.
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