Heather Sundberg's Dharma Talks
Heather Sundberg
Heather Sundberg has taught insight meditation since 1999 and completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training. Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens, for the last 25 years, Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for almost 20 years. She was the Spirit Rock Family & Teen Program Teacher & Manager for a decade. Between 2010- 2015 she spent a cumulative one-year in study, practice, and pilgrimage in Asia. Since 2011, she has been a Teacher at Mountain Stream Meditation Center and sister communities in the Sierra Foothills, and also teaches nationally, especially at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her teaching emphasizes embodiment, compassion and practical wisdom.
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2015-02-19
"Cleaning Up Our Mind, Cleaning Up Our Planet"
2012-03-18
"The Doors to the Deathless are Open!: Cycles of Awakening".
2013-01-21
20 Years of Dharma at Spirit Rock
2012-04-20
A Map of Transformation for Judgments
2015-10-05
Awakening the Heart - Practicing the "Divine Abodes"
2011-10-22
Awakening the Heart Daylong
2019-03-04
Awakening through the Body: First Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit…
2012-01-10
Befriending the Difficult Person
2017-05-16
Body as Teacher
2012-03-05
Body as Teacher: First Foundation of Mindfulness
2015-03-18
Brahma Vihara Day 18 Mudita
2015-03-24
Brahma Vihara Day 24 Equanimity
2019-03-06
Brahma Vihara: Metta (Lovingkindness) 2: Metta Mandala Guided Meditation (Retre…
2015-02-28
Brahmavihara Feb closing day
2014-01-20
Bridging Meditation Practice Into The World
2019-12-19
Bringing the Body, Heart, and Awareness to our Difficulties (Retreat at Spirit …
2015-03-10
Choiceless Awareness
2014-12-22
Coming to Life: Four Noble Truths in Daily Life.
2012-03-11
Compassion as the Path and Expression of Awakening
2015-03-09
Compassion: Cultivation and Fruition
2019-01-10
Compassion: The Difficulties are the Gifts (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-02-20
Compassionate Action
2019-03-13
Cycles of Deepening Insight Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2007-12-21
Darkness & Light, Suffering & The End Of Suffering
2015-12-20
Day 3 - Morning instructional sit: Review, Thoughts and Emotions 1
2018-05-01
Day 4: Instructions -- Sit - Q&A (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-01-13
Day 6 Morning Instructions: Metta Mandala -All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-04-13
Doorways to Peace
2020-04-13
Embodiment and Nervous System Resiliency (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-05-04
Emptiness and Suchness
2011-01-15
Equanimity: Seeds of an Appropriate Response
2012-03-27
Evening Chanting
2021-12-19
First Day Meditation Instructions
2015-03-04
First Foundation of Mindfulness
2016-01-19
Five Things Which Wake Us Up!
2021-12-22
Guided Meditation with Instructions for Working with Emotions
2011-12-21
How Fear Transforms into Love
2009-05-24
Humility As A Spiritual Awakening
2008-02-07
Inspiration For Practice: The Four Heavenly Messengers
2015-03-23
Integrating Insights and Other A-Ha Moments in the Practice
2015-12-22
Integrating Insights into Daily Life
2019-03-25
Integrating Insights to Deepen Our Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-03-11
Introduction to Compassion
2015-03-01
Introduction to Loving-Kindness Meditation
2012-04-26
Is Metta Enough?
2013-09-16
It's Workable: A Map for working with the Judgmental Mind
2010-12-21
Letting Go: Crossing the Creek
2011-03-03
Living the Brahma Viharas
2019-03-20
Mature Mindfulness, Emptiness, and Release (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-01-15
Meeting Life with Equanimity
2013-01-19
Metta For All Beings
2017-01-13
Metta for the Difficult (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-03-05
Metta for the familiar stranger (neutral person)
2015-01-14
Metta Sutta #1: The Joy of Basic Integrity
2015-01-17
Metta Sutta Talk #2: By not holding to fixed views
2015-03-05
Mindfulness of the Body
2017-05-19
Mindfulness-Wisdom
2015-03-19
Mindfulness, Great Mindfulness, Wisdom and Release
2016-01-16
Morning Instructions: Metta for the difficult person (Day 5)
2016-01-12
Morning Instructions: Metta Overview (Day One)
2012-09-05
Relating Wisely the Sense of Self
2019-03-14
Review of Insight Meditation Full Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2012-03-25
Riding the Eight Worldly Winds
2016-12-04
Spirit Rock, Embodied Awakening in Difficult Times: Opening Story & Teaching
2016-12-04
Spirit Rock, Guided Meditation: 10 Point Body Scan Lying Down Practice: taught …
2016-12-04
Spirit Rock, Guided Meditation: 12 Fold Breathing & Yin Breathing with Manuela …
2016-12-04
Spirit Rock, Teaching & Guided Practice: 1st Foundation of Mindfulness & Mindfu…
2015-05-14
The 5 Spiritual Faculties: "The Awakened Mind IS the Awakened Heart"
2013-12-19
The 7 Enlightenment Factors (retreat version)
2012-04-22
The Brahma Viharas: Shifting the Center of Gravity
2014-01-15
The Difficulties Are the Gifts: Metta, Compassion and Their Hindrances
2014-01-18
The Eleven Benefits of Metta
2012-12-20
The Five Aggregates of Self.
Mindfulness, meditation and compassion practices …
2014-12-19
The Heart of Mindfulness: The Four Foundations and The Divine Abodes
2015-03-13
The Noble Truths
2015-01-19
The Perfect Gift: On Mindfulness & Metta
2013-02-21
The Power of the Five Spiritual Faculties
2013-10-10
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
2012-09-06
The Two Truths: Personal Truth and Universal Truth.
2011-07-21
The Wise Compassionate Heart
2021-12-22
The World Is Burning: Transforming Reactivity into Presence
2017-12-20
Transforming Fear Into Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-04-21
Transforming Judgments is Possible
2008-01-24
Vast Sky Visited By Clouds
2018-04-30
Wisdom-Awareness Map (MahaSati) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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1900-01-01
IMCB Regular Talks
1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2007-12-19
Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2008-01-22
Coming Home: A Retreat for Experienced Women Practitioners
2008-02-01
Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat
2009-05-22
Dharma of Recovery
2010-12-19
Solstice Retreat
2011-01-10
Metta Retreat
2011-04-19
Transforming the Judgmental Mind
2011-12-19
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
2012-01-06
Metta
2012-03-01
Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long
2012-04-18
Transforming the Judgmental Mind
2012-12-18
Insight Meditation at the Solstice
2013-01-14
Metta Retreat
2013-09-14
Transforming the Judgmental Mind
2013-12-17
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
2014-01-13
January Metta Retreat
2014-12-16
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
2015-01-12
Metta
2015-01-31
February Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-02-28
March Insight 1 Month Retreat
2015-05-10
May Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-12-17
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
2016-01-11
January Metta Retreat
2017-01-09
January Metta Retreat
2017-05-15
Living Awareness Through Embodiment and Heart
2017-12-18
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
2018-04-27
Living Awareness Through Insight Meditation
2019-01-09
January Metta Retreat
2019-03-02
March Insight Meditation 1-Month
2019-12-16
Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat
2020-04-11
Living Awareness through Insight Meditation - Online
2021-12-18
"Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light" with Heather …