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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: talk: seclusion, sangha, samvega (spiritual urgency)
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short talk exploring how taking refuge in sangha even while we're in seclusion, can strengthen samvega or spiritual urgency. Closes with an invitation to explore in sm…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: slowing, stilling, soothing
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Orienting to the body and the breath to slow down, steady and soothe the heart-mind
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: balancing urgency and trust
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the balancing qualities of samvega, spiritual urgency with pasada, quiet confidence or trust, as support for our capacity to look more fully at the truth of im…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: settling in to calm and steadiness
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short guided meditation orienting the body and heart-mind towards stillness, calm, and ease
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: hope, hopelessness and equanimity
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring ways to open more fully to the truth of impermanence and death, then looking at equanimity as an antidote to any tendency to swing between hope and hopelessness
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: steadying the body, the heart, the mind
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by steadying and stabilising the body and heart-mind, then noticing our relationship to present-moment experience, opening to the simplicity of here ... now ..…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: the relevance of mudita, gratitude or appreciation during difficult times
(Auckland Insight Meditation) An exploration of the role of mudita, appreciative joy and gratitude, as a support for equanimity during challenging times. Includes quotes from an interview with Rebecc…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: meditation: mindfulness of breathing, then gratitude at end
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning by settling into the body and the breath, then towards the end, orienting to mudita, appreciative joy or gratitude for a few minutes
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Equanimity as a resource in challenging times
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short talk on cultivating equanimity: steadiness and balance, as a resource for ourselves and a benefit for others
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Jill Shepherd: guided meditation for beginners
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short guided meditation beginning with a body scan, inviting any tension held in various parts of the body to release, then a few minutes of mindfulness of breathing S…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago