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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
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2012-05-26 On Wanting: Demands, Defences and Distractions 47:20
Martin Aylward
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Martin explores the mechanism of wanting, the felt sense of different types of desire, and 3 ways of contemplating wanting in order to understand it more fully, and to free our relationship with desire.
Gaia House :  Live and Let Go: Unburdening the Heart

2012-05-25 Letting Go - Three Practices for Heart, Body and Mind 29:59
Martin Aylward
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Anupadana, meaning non-clinging (often translated as letting go), is the very essence of Dharma practice. This introductory talk looks at the specifics of cultivating a non-clinging attitude with respect our physical, emotional, and mental experience.
Gaia House :  Live and Let Go: Unburdening the Heart

2012-05-06 Patterns of Mind, Ethics, Oneness of Mind, Wisdom 64:07
Catherine McGee
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which patterns of mind are wholesome and which lead to more suffering? Sila and Samadhi as a basis for presence and the wisdom that sees into the nature of things.
Gaia House :  Connection and Letting Go

2012-05-05 Connecting or Letting Go? 50:19
Kirsten Kratz
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Many of us have a yearning for deeper connection and intimacy. How does this human longing relate to the teachings of "letting go" and "not clinging". This talks reflects on how these, at first sight seemingly contradictory, movements of the heart may support each other, dancing a mysterious dance that will lead to increased freedom and understanding."
Gaia House :  Connection and Letting Go

2012-05-04 Opening Talk for Connection and Letting Go 65:30
Catherine McGee
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This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House :  Connection and Letting Go

2012-05-01 The Texture of Being 37:59
Helen Stephenson
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Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-30 Opening Our Hearts 59:25
Yanai Postelnik
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We can at times feel our hearts closed or hardened into a sense of distance, or disconnection from life. As we feel deeply into our experience, we can learn to meet our pain, fear, anger and reactivity, with acceptance, kindness, and courage. In this journey, our heart naturally begins to soften, revealing its natural sensitivity and the profoundly connected openness of our life.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-30 Opening Talk 64:14
Yanai Postelnik
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Opening talk for the meditation and yoga retreat
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-28 Goodness, Prescence and Wisdom: The Foundations of Happiness 55:36
Yanai Postelnik
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Inner transformation arises from a wholehearted engagement with these three primary areas of development. In living our capacity for generosity and non harming, while being mindful of and receptive to our experience in the present moment, we naturally discover the understanding that liberates dissatisfaction and reveals our inherent potential for happiness.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-22 Ignorance 54:00
Caroline Jones
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This talk explores what is meant by ignorance (avijja) in the Buddha's teachings and suggests some ways of recognising and undermining its presence and activity in our life.
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

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