Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJill Shepherd: 03 talk: sila or ethical conduct as an aspect of generosity
(Te Moata Retreat Center) An overview of the five training precepts in their positive and negative expressions, and how the commitment to ethical conduct is a form of generosity to oneself and others
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 27 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend, and self-compassion
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Practising with compassion for a good friend who is currently experiencing some challenges, then offering compassion to oneself
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 26 instructions: compassion and working with painful emotions
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Some suggestions for working with painful emotions, and using compassion and self-compassion as antidotes to afflictive mind-states
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 17 talk: fear of freedom
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Acknowledging that change itself can cause anxiety; exploring some different definitions of Nibbana; and a few suggestions for navigating fear if/when it ar…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 16 guided meditation: dyads, exploring fearlessness
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Working together in pairs, taking turns to describe a time of feeling ease, calm, confidence, courage, and noticing the effect this has on the body, heart, …
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 15 talk: wisdom and the three universal characteristics
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) How seeing the three universal characteristics of anicca-dukkha-anatta (impermanent, imperfect, impersonal) can support the releasing of anxiety and fear
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 14 guided meditation: relaxing the body, stilling the mind
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation beginning with a brief body scan to relax tension, then using the breath to help steady and calm the mind
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 13 guided meditation: dyad practice, exploring gratitude and mudita for oneself
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Working in pairs, contemplating gratitude for aspects of one's life, then a short written exercise exploring one's own good qualities
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 12 talk: comparing mind (mana) and appreciative joy (mudita)
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring the common tendency of the mind to get caught in comparing, and how the practice of mudita or appreciative joy can be both an antidote and an ally…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 11 guided meditation: body and heart-mind
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation attuning to the body and the heart-mind, noticing how we're relating to experience, and inclining in the direction of appreciatio…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago