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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: 10 guided meditation: dyad practice, mindfulness of mind
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Working in pairs naming mind-states out loud using just one word; separately for four minutes each, then alternating back and forth
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 09 instructions: mindfulness of mind
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short talk offering definitions of different aspects of mental activity, including thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 08 talk: Second Noble Truth, craving for sense pleasures, compassion
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Returning to the Second Noble Truth, exploring clinging to sense pleasure as a common reaction to unpleasant emotions, and how compassion and self-compassio…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 07 guided meditation: body, breathing, choiceless awareness
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation beginning with physical sensations and the breath, opening to choiceless awareness, orienting to kindness and metta
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote of metta
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Working in groups of three, each person taking three minutes to name out loud the physical sensations of social anxiety; then a short guided metta meditatio…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote of metta
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Working in groups of three, each person taking three minutes to name out loud the physical sensations of social anxiety; then a short guided metta meditatio…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 05 instructions: the anatomy of anxiety
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Deconstructing the chain reaction from basic sense stimuli to proliferation and anxiety thought-loops
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 04 talk: Fear of Dukkha, and Fear IS Dukkha
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Exploring the courage it takes to meditate and to engage with the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths, focusing on the First Noble Truth that there …
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 03 meditation: body sitting, breathing
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided meditation with an emphasis on settling and soothing the body, heart, mind before starting a study class
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 02 instructions: written exercises exploring fear
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Instructions for doing two written exercises, exploring fear in the context of daily life then in the context of meditation and dharma practice
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago