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2015 IMCW Fall 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 each day.

2015-10-09 (8 days) Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

  
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2015-10-10 10-Minute Basic Guided Meditation 10:30
Tara Brach
2015-10-10 Morning Instruction and Meditation 30:00
Tara Brach
2015-10-10 Morning Instruction and Question/Response 10:05
Tara Brach
2015-10-10 Walking Meditation Instructions (includes a sitting "walking" practice) 8:44
La Sarmiento
2015-10-10 Mindful Eating 7:58
La Sarmiento
2015-10-10 Guided Heart: Metta 101 37:38
La Sarmiento
2015-10-11 Freeing Ourselves by Loving Ourselves 64:36
Tara Brach
In this human realm, healing and spiritual realization are rooted in awakening a love for the life that is here. This talk looks at our habit of feeling we should be different than we are, and the ways that mindfulness and self-compassion help enable us to not only embrace our inner life, but bring genuine healing to others.
2015-10-12 Heart Meditation: Loving Presence 33:54
Tara Brach
Lovingkindness (Metta) meditation begins with a smile meditation, then proceeds with calling on loving presence with someone easy to love, then self, others and extending out to the world.
2015-10-12 Practice as a Path of Happiness 68:49
James Baraz
Dharma practice is not only about learning to be with suffering. Cultivating wholesome states and noticing when they're here is an essential part of practice that leads to the highest happiness. This talk includes some teachings of the Buddha on how to develop happiness in our lives.
2015-10-13 It's Not Easy Being Me: The Journey to Loving Myself 56:56
La Sarmiento
La shares their journey of acceptance and love through the practices and teachings of self-compassion.
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