A collection of Dharma talks from Jack Kornfield

The Bodhisattva Way - Jack Kornfield

20 minute guided meditation / iRest Yoga Nidra for Inner Strength.
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IRest Yoga Nidra / Guided Meditation for Inner Strength

This is a led meditation practice, as taught at the City Lit and the West London Buddhist Centre.

I encountered this meditation for the first time when I was finding life a little stressful, and there is no doubt that it has helped me immensely since 2007. I would heartily recommend anyone to have a go.

You could start right now, but you might like to read this introduction that Jinananda once wrote:

The first thing is to find a quality of stillness.  It is possible to move or walk with this quality of stillness, but in this practice, you can start to develop it by being physically still.  You can move during the practice, but the invitation of the practice is not to fidget. 

If you need to, you can lie down to do the practice, but if you can, you should sit up, in a chair or on the floor, either kneeling astride cushions, or if sitting cross-legged, sitting high enough on cushions so that the knees are lower than the hips. 

The aim of the practice is to cultivate a concentrated appreciative attention to our moment-by-moment experience of the breathing process. 

There are four stages, or approaches, to the practice.  Each of these stages represents a slightly different way of being aware of the breath, of being aware of in the breath.  Starting with the easiest, and working towards the stage requiring the most delicate focus of concentration. 

Mindfulness is not about closing down or cutting off our thinking, it is not an exercise in fixing or forcing the attention.  It simply provides our thinking with something to come back to when it becomes aware of what it is doing. 

We are being mindful at the very moment that we realize that our mind has been all over the place.  Coming home to the breath, we are coming home to ourselves.  Without trying to stop the mind doing what it wants to do, we are centring the mind, settling it.

You can find other meditations of Jinananda's on jonfrewin's soundcloud page.

A guided Mindfulness of Breathing meditation for beginners, by Jinananda

This is a short extract from one of our new Wu Wei Wisdom online teaching webinars with ordained Taoist Master, therapist and coach, David James Lees.

The teaching topic is: ‘tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are’.

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Bitesize Wu Wei Wisdom - 001: Tension is who you think you should be - relaxation is who you are

In this teaching excerpt, Michaela Boehm talks about women's practice, the many expressions and possibilities of a woman's body, and the unique challenges facing women today.

What is women’s practice?
Women’s practices vs feminine practices
Accessing the archetypal wisdom of women 
Unlocking our full range of expression 
Integrating our inner masculine and feminine elements 
The effect of office work on a woman’s body
Reversing the harmful energy flow of stress and trauma
Relaxation, sensitization, and responsiveness in a woman’s body

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Sacred Feminine Practices and A Woman's Body - Teaching Excerpt

Thich Nhat Hahn - Awakening The Heart (Chanting) (2015)

Yoga Nidra

The introduction track from the new Guided Meditation Treks: Vipassana album. This track gives an overview of the album, its intentions, and a brief background on the Theravada sect of Buddhism which has been practicing some version of this technique for centuries. Learn more about the album and the apps that go along with it at http://www.guidedmeditationtreks.com/vipassana.html

Vipassana Introduction

Self - Compassion + Forgiveness Meditation (20 Min)

When you are mindful, loving awareness offers you practical and revolutionary gifts of freedom. Spirit Rock Monday Night Dharma Talk: 5/7/18

SR Monday and Wednesday Talks http://www.spiritrock.org/

Mindful Loving Awareness - Part 1 - The Three Gates to Freedom - Jack Kornfield

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