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Dharma Talks given at Gaia House
2012-03-20 Bringing the Practice Home 56:55
Norman Feldman
How can the teachings be applied in daily life? The Eightfold Path provides an easily applied guide to bringing the dharma alive. This talk emphasizes the ethical application of the Path and how it impacts our lives in many ways.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-19 Part One: Inner Critic. Part Two: Healing Aspects of Qi Gong 51:39
Brad Richecoeur
Inner Critic: Looking at how the mind state of 'the critic' can undermine our practice and giving some useful tools of working with it. Healing aspect of Qigong: What is the relationship of 'healing' with awakening of body, heart and mind?
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-18 Dukkha and the End of Dukkha 54:31
Norman Feldman
an exploration of ways of finding happiness, including temporarily through sense pleasure and more lasting by inquiry and insight into the nature of the "self" that experiences dukkha.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-17 Qi Gong: The Feelgood Factor? 46:01
Brad Richecoeur
Exploring how Qi Gong can help cultivate 'the wholesome' aspects of practice, supporting us to investigate the feeling tones of the body.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-16 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat 1:19:13
Norman Feldman
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
Leela Sarti
Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-09 Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 47:55
Leela Sarti
"There is a cry deeper than all sounds whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open, to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing" - Rashani There is an illness in being somebody and and illness in being nobody. When we meet that which is hard to bear in our experience in general, and the force of self judgement in particular, we can come to rest in natural being and open to the fullness of life.
Gaia House Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-08 Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 41:52
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Rest in Natural Being

2012-02-25 Happiness - Beyond Differentiation 49:46
Martin Aylward
However we describe our practice, we are longing for happiness and ease. This talk explores how we get in our own way with that, pursuing ideas of happiness while missing something fundamental about our very existence which can bring us back into the freedom of being which beckons us. Like the Sufi poet Hafiz says, "Ever since Happiness first heard your name, it has been running through the streets crying out to you."
Gaia House Loving What Is

2012-02-24 Opening Talk for Retreat Entitled Loving What Is 1:11:14
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Loving What Is

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