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Latest Episodes:

Kristina Bare: Balancing the Jhana Factors with the 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Oct 10, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Andrea Fella: Morning Instructions: Intention Oct 10, 2026

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Kristina Bare: Balancing the Five Jhana Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Oct 09, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The talk describes the five Jhana factors supporting both momentary and fixed concentration. It explores their function in steadying the mind and how to balance them.

Mark Coleman: Four ways to establish Mindfulness in Nature Oct 09, 2026

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(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) This talk explores how a nature retreat/practice/immersion is an ideal way to cultivate the 4 foundations of mindfulness.

Devon Hase: Third Tetrad: Guided Meditation on Experiencing, Gladdening, Gathering, and Liberating the Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Oct 09, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and practice on the third tetrad of Anapana sati.

James Baraz: Instructions: Vedana Oct 09, 2026

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Including pleasant, unpleasant and neutral in the meditation field

Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Effort Oct 08, 2026

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(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring some common tendencies to over-effort or under-effort, with suggestions for finding a more balanced approach to practice overall, plus support for establishing and maintaining a regular meditation practice

Devon Hase: Temporary Freedoms: The Third Tetrad of the Ānāpānasati Sutta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Oct 08, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk follows the breath into the mind itself: experiencing it, gladdening it, gathering it, and liberating it. Along the way we look at how samādhi and insight work together, and at the small, ordinary tastes of freedom that show a mind can feel light and unburdened. Drawing on long retreat stories, poems, and Pali, it asks what becomes possible once there is, for a moment, nothing to want.

Bart van Melik: The Power of Perception Oct 07, 2026

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(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) How does perception shape our experience? And how easily can a perception become overthinking, obsessive thinking, or taking something personally? Together, we’ll explore how perceptions arise, which ones we may have outgrown, and which ones still pull us into repetitive stories. Drawing on the Buddhist teaching that what the mind frequently ponders becomes its inclination, we’ll explore how awareness can open new ways of relating to our experience.

Brian Lesage: The Beauty of Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Oct 07, 2026

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)