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Dharma Talks given at Auckland Insight Meditation
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2020-10-28 no excuses: 10 minute mindfulness meditation 10:07
Jill Shepherd
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Just ten minutes to strengthen mindfulness of the body sitting, as a support for mindfulness of breathing
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-28 no excuses: 5 minute mindfulness meditation 5:10
Jill Shepherd
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Just five minutes to prractice mindfulness of the body, breathing
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 08 instructions and guided walking meditation 10:55
Jill Shepherd
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Short instructions and guided walking meditation, for the whole group walking in a circle together
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 07 meditation: mindfulness of hearing 15:47
Jill Shepherd
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Practising mindfulness of sounds, settling back and receiving the experience of hearing (includes occasional bell sounds)
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-26 06 talk: mindfulness recap and introduction to mindfulness of hearing 11:25
Jill Shepherd
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A recap of mindfulness of the body, plus an introduction to practising different modes of mindfulness; exploring mindfulness of hearing as a way to cultivate relaxed receptivity
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-25 10 meditation: making space for equanimity to arise 15:15
Jill Shepherd
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A short meditation orienting to the elements of earth and space, as support for equanimity
Cultivating resilience in challenging times: Learning from the "heavenly messengers"

2020-10-22 talk: vedana or feeling-tone 29:03
Jill Shepherd
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Feeling-tone as the building block of reactivity, and how learning to relate skilfully to feeling-tones reduces suffering
Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-10-22 meditation: exploring feeling-tone 26:42
Jill Shepherd
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Attuning to feeling-tones in relation to physical sensations in the body, and softening any reactivity to them
Deepening Insight - a series of talks for Auckland Insight

2020-10-19 05 instructions: relational practice exploring mindfulness of the body 8:49
Jill Shepherd
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Short instructions for meditating together in pairs, naming out loud physical sensations in the body with bare awareness
Introduction to Insight Meditation

2020-10-19 04 meditation: mindfulness of the body 26:36
Jill Shepherd
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Beginning with a body scan, tuning in to areas of the body that tend to habitually store tension and inviting it to relax, then bringing awareness to physical sensations throughout the whole body
Introduction to Insight Meditation

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