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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: 20 talk: wisdom and compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation) How insight and the heart qualities of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity balance each other out to support the development of deep freedom
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 18 guided meditation: practising with thoughts and emotions
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by steadying the awareness on the breath and physical sensations, then opening to include sounds, then thoughts and emotions
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 22 guided meditation: compassion and self-compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning with compassion for someone we're close to who's experiencing some kind of pain, then extending compassion to ourselves, our co-meditators and all living beings
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 17 instructions: mindfulness of the mind
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Instructions for practising with mindfulness of thoughts and emotions
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 21 instructions: practising compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short introduction to practising compassion and self compassion
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 16 talk: befriending the mind
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring Mindfulness of the Mind as a means to develop a friendlier and more skilful relationship with our thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 15 guided meditation: opening to sounds
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning with mindfulness of breathing to steady the awareness, then opening to physical sensations throughout the body, then opening to the experience of hearing, stay…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 14 instructions: opening up the field of awareness to include hearing
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Incorporating sounds into mindfulness practice
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 07 talk: mindfulness and clear comprehension
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring a variety of definitions of mindfulness, highlighting the aspect of clear comprehension as a support for insight, ending with dyad (pairs) practice investigati…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Coming Home to the Heart - Strengthening Our Natural Resilience to Meet Life’s Challenges
(Sydney Insight Meditators) Exploring how Buddhist practices such as the four Brahmavihara meditations of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity can be used to strengthen our natural resilience, so…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago