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Back to SearchJill Shepherd: Suffering and self-compassion
(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) An exploration of the first noble truth, and how self-compassion supports our capacity to turn towards life's difficulties with kindness and courage.
Published on 7 years ago
Jill Shepherd: The Miracle Of Generosity And Gratitude
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Taking time to acknowledge and celebrate what has been achieved on this retreat, plus an exploration of the spirit of generosity in terms of three levels…
Published on 7 years ago
Jill Shepherd: Anatta And Nibbana
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) How the chain of cognition leads to proliferative thinking centred around a distorted sense of self, and how mindfulness can stop the cycle, redirecting …
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Jill Shepherd: Mudita or appreciative joy guided meditation
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A brief overview of mudita, appreciative joy, followed by a guided meditation offering mudita to a good friend who is experiencing success and happiness
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Jill Shepherd: Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 2
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Continuing to explore mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts, four elemental qualities, and as a corpse in decay, as ways to develop a …
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Jill Shepherd: Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 1
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the first establishment of mindfulness, mindfulness of the body.
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Jill Shepherd: An Overview Of The Four Brahmaviharas.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the Metta/Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy and Equanimity and the interrelationships between them.
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Jill Shepherd: Fear and Fearlessness
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of ways to work skilfully with fear, to cultivate courage, and to incline the heart-mind in the direction of love
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 39 guided meditation: equanimity for a difficult person
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Guided meditation cultivating equanimity for a so-called "difficult" person, then oneself, using the reciting phrases method of brahmavihara practice
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Jill Shepherd: 38 instructions: equanimity generally, and as a brahmavihara practice
(Te Moata Retreat Center) Bringing equanimity to the ending of the retreat and the inevitable ups and downs, then instructions for the brahmavihara practice of equanimity for a difficult person
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago