Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJill Shepherd: 10 reflections: strengthening steadiness and stability
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Short reflections on the preliminary processes of this retreat: orienting to steadiness and stability, and noticing what gets in the way; sensitising ourselves to the st…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 03 meditation: orienting to kindness and ease
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by establishing a kind relationship to technology, then people on the screen, then settling into the body and orienting to ease
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 02 instructions: orientation to the retreat
(Auckland Insight Meditation) How to approach the online retreat format
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 01 meditation: arriving and settling in
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short meditation to help people arrive for the start of the retreat, settling into the body sitting and breathing
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: Sangha as refuge
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Weaving together themes of dāna or generosity, mettā or kindness, and kalyanamitta or dharma friendship as supports for creating and maintaining a healthy sangha or comm…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: metta infusion
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by attuning to the body, then listening to the heart, and inviting a sense of warmth and kindness that can be suffused through the whole being
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: finding (moments of) ease in the midst of it all
(Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley) Exploring how we get caught in busyness, stress and overwhelm, with suggestions for helping to find moments of ease and equanimity in the midst of it all
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: orienting to ease
(Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley) Beginning by establishing awareness of the body, then connecting with breathing and opening to spaciousness and ease
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 16 meditation: equanimity
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Orienting to spaciousness and ease as supports for the steadiness of equanimity
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 15 talk: equanimity
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An overview of equanimity, including its near and far enemies, and how it supports deepening peace
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago