Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJill Shepherd: Short talk: some responses to the coronavirus/karuna-virus situation
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A few reflections on the coronavirus situation, and the possibility of cultivating karuna/compassion as a resource for ourselves and others
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Guided meditation: orienting to compassion
(Auckland Insight Meditation) A guided meditation orienting to compassion, in response to coronavirus
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Instructions and guided meditation cultivating equanimity
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Using the "reciting phrases" method of practice to develop equanimity for a difficult or so-called "sticky" person, someone who we would like to be diffe…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Instructions and guided meditation cultivating mudita
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Using the "reciting phrases" method of practice to develop mudita for a good friend whose life is currently going well
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Instructions and guided meditation using the “radiating energy“ method of metta practice
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Cultivating the embodied energy of warmth and kindness, radiating it in different directions then all directions simultaneously to “encompass the entire …
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Overview of the Four Brahmavihara qualities
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Exploring how kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity work together to heal afflicted mind-states
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: Instructions and guided meditation practicing mindfulness of breathing
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Settling into retreat by beginning with mindfulness of breathing, to steady the awareness before we move into Metta practice
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Jill Shepherd: talk: taking refuges and precepts
(Auckland Insight Meditation) Some reflections on taking the three refuges and five ethical precepts, as a way of aligning with our deeper intentions for the New Year
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 15 talk: from dukkha to sukha
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring the overall arc of our practice as a movement from dukkha (suffering) to ease and happiness (sukha), and how mudita or appreciative joy can suppor…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 14 instructions: mindfulness of feeling-tone
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A brief introduction to the Second Establishment of Mindfulness, mindfulness of feeling-tone or vedana: recognising pleasant, unpleasant or neutral experien…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago