Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks from Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC Retreats

2015 IMCW Labor Day Weekend Retreat

Labor with Love! Let this labor-day weekend awaken the loving presence that brings life to relationships, creativity to work and joy to your moments. Our time together will follow a classic retreat rhythm of sitting practice, mindful movement, heart meditations and talks. Join us for a sacred pause that will help you enter the fall with an open and wise heart.

2015-09-03 (4 days) Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2015-09-04 Guided Metta Meditation 37:36
Ruth King	Download Listen

2015-09-04 You Are Not the Weather (retreat talk) 58:40
Jonathan Foust	View Download Listen
This talk explores how you can dramatically enhance your capacity to see clearly. You’ll learn about the nature of sustaining attention on non-judging awareness and the liberating practice of recognizing and naming the weather patterns of the mind.

2015-09-05 Letting Go of Judgment (retreat talk) 53:14
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The scales of judgment confine us in a limited sense of self, they restrict the depth and fullness of our loving. This talk explores the genesis of projecting badness on to parts of ourselves and others, and how we can use mindfulness and self-compassion practices to evolve our consciousness and free our hearts.

2015-09-05 Heart Meditation: Letting go of Judgment 18:10
Tara Brach	Download Listen

2015-09-05 The Artist - formally known as Buddha 59:33
Ruth King	Download Listen
Exploring our interdependence, what we habitually see and don’t see, and the joy and generosity of an artistic expression.