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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2019 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion | with Tara Brach, Noliwe Alexander, Konda Mason and Jonathan Foust
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| The New Year is a wonderful time to touch sacred presence and deepen our roots in spiritual life. In this silent retreat we will open our hearts and minds through practices of Vipassana (mindfulness meditation--both sitting and walking sessions), traditional heart meditations (metta), mindful movement and evening chanting. |
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2019-12-27 (6 days)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2019-12-28
The Power of Awake Awareness (retreat talk)
63:48
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Tara Brach
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We all encounter “demons” of fear, anger, hurt, craving and shame. This talk explores our key ways of resisting difficult emotions, and how “when the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.” We look at the power of mindfulness and compassion to undo resistance, and open us to the loving presence that can handle whatever energies arise. This special talk was given at the 2019 IMCW 5-Day New Year’s Silent Retreat.
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2019-12-29
Introductory Meditation Instructions
39:01
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Tara Brach
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This guided session includes an overview of the primary components in meditation practices, and then guidance in awakening the senses, collecting the attention, and opening mindfully to changing experience.
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2019-12-30
Releasing Blame | Guided Heart Meditation
41:38
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Tara Brach
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Our self-protective habits of resentment and blame block intimacy and connection with ourself and others. This short talk and meditation are an invitation to deepen our understanding of the suffering of blame, and to release the armoring to loving freely.
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