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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Mindfulness isn't about pretending to be peaceful, it's about being real. Don't be afraid to be completely yourself. You are good and the world is waiting for you to stop believing otherwise.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A meditation on finding comfort in the simple goodness of this moment, followed by a talk about feeling alone with the task of being ok in the world, followed by a meditation to locate the comfort and care that reassures us that it's safe to let go.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Day 1 sitting instructions. Very short practice suitable for beginners emphasizing relaxed relationship to the objects of attention, balanced attitude, and how to set appropriate expectatioins about unintentional thinking during meditation.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Instructions and Guided Meditation in Open Awareness as a practice we do naturally, when we spend time connecting with nature externally.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The image of a bird flying is offered as a way of bringing together the big picture of the Satipatthana Sutta teachings, with the three characteristics as the environment the bird is flying in. The three characteristics are then situated in the refrain of the Satipatthana Sutta, which is seen as a practice from nature, to reveal our inner nature. This teaching is applied to our lives through exploring how to work with self judgement. The talk ends exploring this practice in the world, for the benefit of all beings.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The story of turning into the skid to grow in wisdom and the journey of the Buddha's awakening

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Vedana is explored as a significant freedom moment which can help us see clinging.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The four wise efforts are explored as a path to freedom with the hindrances. Several practices are offered for each effort, with particular emphasis given to abandoning unwholesome states that have arisen, through a relationship of non-clinging. The talk concludes with reference to Indigenous Elder Stan Rushworth and the thought that working with the hindrances shows us a way of showing up in a sacred way in the world.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The First Foundation of Mindfulness of the Body

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Mindfulness in the mainstream world and what brings us to practice

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