Laura Bridgman's Dharma Talks
at Gaia House
Laura Bridgman
Laura Bridgman began her Dhamma practice in her early teens, and eventually ordained as a nun with Ajahn Sumedho in 1995. She was resident at Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries for eighteen years until moving out to live as a solitary nun in 2010. She has spent extended periods of time with the Burmese teacher Sayadaw U Tejaniya. In 2015 Laura left the monastic tradition to pursue the Diamond Heart (Ridhwan) spiritual path alongside her Vipassana practice. There is much over-lap as it incorporates Buddhist principles and practices.
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2022-03-20
Afternoon Pt 1 - The Qualities of Awareness Itself
2022-03-19
Afternoon Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation& Teachings
2022-03-18
Afternoon Pt 3 - Reflections on Awareness and Feeling
2023-12-03
Afternoon Session Pt 1
2023-12-03
Afternoon Session Pt 2
2020-12-05
Afternoon Teachings and Meditation
2023-07-12
Alms and Food Offering
2021-09-19
Answers to Retreatants Written Questions; Silent Meditation.
2025-01-08
Attitude : Mindful Movement & Silent Meditation
2023-12-17
Barriers to Presence & Inquiry into Allowing
2024-06-02
Being and Doing (continued)
2023-05-20
Benevolent Will - How We Apply Effort
2021-09-17
Body Exercises, Silent Meditation, Reflections on Not Identifying with Thoughts
2021-07-17
Body Exercises, Teachings, Guided Meditation
2022-05-21
Body Work
2022-05-22
Body Work
2025-04-13
Closing Comments
2023-07-20
Closing comments - value of the five precepts
2025-06-01
Closing Reflections, Forgiveness, Sangha
2023-05-21
Closing Session for the Retreat
2022-03-21
Closing Session Pt 2
2022-05-24
Composure and Equanimity
2023-12-17
Conditioning That Goes Beyond Conditioning
2022-11-27
Contemplating Our Emergence from the Retreat
2023-08-27
Contemplating Thoughts & Inner Activity; 2nd Contemplative Exercise
2020-03-13
Contemplating Thoughts and Feelings, and the Relationship Between the Two
2023-07-16
Craving
2025-05-29
Currents in the River of the Mind
2022-08-07
Dharma Talk
2024-03-29
Dharma Talk - Moving Through the Layers of Suffering
2021-12-19
Dharma Talk - This Is The Way It Is
2023-11-26
Doubt
2022-11-11
Equanimity as a Process
2022-05-29
Faith
2022-02-05
Fourth Vipallasa
2022-05-22
Further Reflections on Energy - Viriya
2019-01-19
Further Reflections on the Seven Factors of Awakening
2020-12-06
Further Reflections on the Seven Factors of Awakening
2023-05-07
Guided Meditation
2025-04-13
Guided Meditation
2024-12-14
Guided Meditation (LB)
Liberating Our Views (RW)
Contemplative Exercise : Mea…
2024-12-14
Guided Meditation (LB)
Mortality & Infinity as Doorways to the Sacred (RW)
Fe…
2024-12-15
Guided Meditation (LB)
Review of the Weekend (LB)
Remembering Lightness (RW)
2019-01-17
Guided Meditation (Opening Eve of Retreat)
2024-12-13
Guided Meditation (RW)
The Metaphor of the Beloved (LB)
The Centrality of Kin…
2024-12-14
Guided Meditation (RW)
The Path with the Beloved (LB)
Contemplative Exercise …
2024-03-09
Guided Mettā Meditation
2024-03-09
Healing into a Bigger Context
2025-08-10
How Do We Cross the Flood ?
2022-05-27
Integrating the Faculties with Meeting Painful Emotion
2023-07-13
Intention - Guided Meditation
2025-09-13
Intro & Short Meditation (Gavin Milne); Intro to the Practice of Inquiry contin…
2025-09-13
Intro & Short Meditation (Laura Bridgman); Talk- Aligning w Natural Curiousity …
2023-12-16
Introducing G.R.A.I.N - Teachings & Guided Meditation
2020-03-12
Introducing the Inquiry Practice
2021-09-16
Introductory Session & Guided Meditation
2022-08-05
Introductory Talk and the Precepts.
2020-12-04
Introductory Teachings and Guided Meditation
2022-05-30
Laura Closing Comments
2021-09-17
Loving Kindness as Openness; The Effects of the Inner Critic
2025-05-31
Mettā and Compassion
2022-03-18
Morning Pt 1 – Guided Meditation
2022-03-19
Morning Pt 1 – Reflections - Meeting the Inner Activities of Self
2022-03-20
Morning Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation. Teachings - Practicing with Two Quest…
2022-03-30
Morning Pt 2 - Lightly Guided Meditation. Teachings - Practicing with Two Quest…
2023-12-03
Morning Session Pt 1
2023-12-03
Morning Session Pt 2
2023-12-03
Morning Session Pt 3
2023-12-03
Morning Session Pt 4
2023-12-03
Morning Session Pt 5
2024-03-28
Movement Practice, Reflections on Mettā, Walking Meditation Instructions
2024-03-31
Movement Practice, Short Reflections.
2024-03-30
Movement Practice; Reflections on Joy (The Barriers to Joy)
2024-03-27
Opening Session
2022-02-04
Opening Session (Part 2)
2023-07-11
Opening Session and Meditation (LB)
2023-05-16
Opening Session, Guided Meditation, Precepts
2024-05-31
Opening Talk for the Retreat
2023-07-18
Opening to our natural sensitivity
2024-03-08
Overview - The 4 Contemplations on the Buddha, Mettā, Embodiment & Death
2025-01-06
Overview of the Paramis
2023-05-05
Overview of the Vipallāsa
2025-05-29
Pausing, Connecting & Meeting Ourselves Afresh
2022-08-08
Practice Guidance
2022-05-21
Q&A
2022-05-22
Q&A
2022-05-24
Q&A
2022-05-25
Q&A
2022-05-27
Q&A
2022-05-28
Q&A
2022-05-29
Q&A
2023-07-14
Q&A
2023-07-18
Q&A
2023-07-19
Q&A
2022-11-05
Qualities of Faith and How They Support our Practice
2021-04-28
Reflections and Guided Meditation
2021-09-19
Reflections on Compassion; More on Walking Meditation and Compassion
2022-05-21
Reflections on Energy / Viriya
2024-03-31
Reflections on Equanimity
2022-02-05
Reflections on First and Fourth Vipallasa
2023-12-18
Reflections on Kindness
2024-03-29
Reflections on The Barriers to Compassion; Sitting Practice; Movement Practice.
2023-07-19
Reflections on the Sedaka Sutta: The Bamboo Acrobat (SN47.19)
2024-03-10
Reflections on Upheaval & Change, Learning to be with Fear, Instincts.
2025-08-09
Refuge of the Buddha
2021-04-05
Sangha as Refuge - reflections and guided practice
2022-05-25
Sati with other faculties
2023-05-06
Shifting Attention From Thought to Feeling Tone
2021-09-20
Short Reflection on the Relationship Between Suffering and Joy; Silent Meditai…
2025-09-12
Short Settling Meditation, Introduction to the Practice of Inquiry (Laura Bridg…
2022-08-06
Silent Sit and Teachings
2023-05-18
Skilfully Working with Mindstates
2023-11-11
Spiritual Faculty
2022-05-28
Suffering is to be Understood
2025-04-11
Talk - Dynamism of the 5 Spiritual Faculties.
2025-09-14
Talk - Following Your Thread
2025-04-13
Talk - Sati.
2025-04-12
Talk - Viriya & Samadhi.
2021-08-13
Teachings and Meditation - Finding the Balance Between Ease and Effort
2021-08-13
Teachings And Meditation - Natural Ease, Kindness, and Right Effort
2021-12-19
Teachings, leading into Silent Meditation
2023-05-07
The 3rd Vipallāsa - Taking What is Not-Self as Self
2023-05-06
The 4th Vipallāsa - Taking What is Unbeautiful as Beautiful
2023-07-12
The clinging khandas
2024-11-10
The Five Spiritual Faculties
2024-11-17
The Four Kinds of Nutriment
2024-03-09
The Gradual Opening of Our Hearts; Mettā.
2022-11-18
The Hindrances
2025-05-30
The Hindrances of Sense Desire, Aversion & Worry - Whirlpools & Eddies
2020-03-13
The Liberating Practice of Turning Towards Our Habits
2023-08-26
The Metaphor of Looking & Seeing; 1st Contemplative Exercise
2023-08-27
The Nuances of Contemplating Craving
2025-01-07
The Practice of Renunciation - Learning About Desire : Mindful Movement & Medit…
2025-08-09
The Refuge of Dharma
2025-08-10
The Refuge of Sangha
2024-06-02
Three Ways of Knowing, and the Hindrance of the Inner Critic
2023-11-05
Trust
2025-01-11
Using Hand Mudras (Gestures) in Meditation : Guided Meditation
2025-01-09
Viriya : Engagement, Curiousity, Lovingkindness
2025-01-10
Viriya (continued) - Contemplating Thought & Feeling : Mindful Movement & Medit…
2022-03-14
Week 2 - Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation
2022-03-21
Week 3 - Guided Meditation
2022-04-04
Week 4 - Dharma Talk
2022-04-11
Week 5 - Guided Meditation
2025-08-08
What is Refuge ?
2023-07-18
What's deepened your keel
2023-11-20
Will and Presence
2024-11-02
Wise View
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2019-01-17
Inquiring into the Nature of Experience
2020-03-10
Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic
2020-12-04
Waking Up Everywhere
2021-04-01
Gaia House Spring Gathering - Celebrating Sangha
2021-04-28
Meditation Day - Patience, Kindness and Right View
2021-07-16
The Refuge of Awareness
2021-08-13
Meditation Day: Natural Ease in Practice - Exploring Intention and Effort
2021-09-16
Exploring the Brahmaviharas:
Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity
2021-12-17
The Courageous Heart
2022-02-04
Penetrating the Veils ~ Exploring the Four Distortions of Perception (Vipallasa)
2022-03-07
Foundations of Dharma practice: what the Buddha taught.
2022-03-17
Settling with What Is
2022-03-26
A Seon Questioning and Listening Retreat
2022-05-20
The Indriya: Allies for Liberation
2022-08-05
Persuing the Pleasure That Will Set You Free
2022-11-01
November Solitary
2023-05-05
Penetrating the Veils (online retreat)
2023-05-16
Exploring What Is
2023-07-11
Unrestricted Awareness
2023-08-26
Looking and Seeing: How we Experience the World
2023-11-02
November Solitary Retreat
2023-12-03
Natural Ease in Practice - a One Day Meditation Retreat
2023-12-15
Bringing Body, Speech and Mind to the Path of Practice
2024-03-08
The Dharma Was Made For These Times - The Four Protective Meditations (online)
2024-03-27
The Brahma Viharas: Our Heart's Innate Capacity for Love
2024-05-31
Knowledge From the Present Moment
2024-11-01
November Solitary
2024-12-13
The Call to the Beloved (online)
2025-01-06
Rest and Renewal
2025-04-11
Allies for Freeing the Heart (online)
2025-05-28
Truth Here and Now
2025-08-08
Crossing the Flood (online retreat)
2025-09-12
The Art of Inquiry
2022-05-29
Q&A
47:39
with
Ajahn Sucitto ,
Laura Bridgman
00:00 Q1 What clings? 11;13 Q2 Laura, can you speak more about moving back and forth between the path and the world. 16:51 Q3 What is meant when a person says someone is their teacher? 19:43 A poem by Rabindranath Tagore is read. 21:00 Q4 How to skilfully help others in our lives to get them to slow down and be more present? 27:14 Q5 How to let go of regrets and uproot the self? 36:08 Q6 Please distinguish taking ownership of karma and clinging to everything else.
Gaia House
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The Indriya: Allies for Liberation
2022-05-28
Q&A
33:41
with
Ajahn Sucitto ,
Laura Bridgman
(Questions are précised and read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity) 00:11 Q1 I’ve felt a lot more alive and sensitive over the retreat, experiencing a lot of inwards and outwards connectivity. How does that affect the deepening of practice? And also are the experience of chi and piti related? What about after leaving the retreat, is the loss of sensitivity inevitable? 13:20 Q2 Can you say more about “the imaginal practices”? Please expand on how chanting can re-pattern emotional energy. 23:20 Q3 I’m having new meditative experiences that make me excited and even a bit fearful in seeing consciousness as impermanent. Can you advise please? 23:03 Q4 Is it automatic that samadhi will lead to discernment?
Gaia House
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The Indriya: Allies for Liberation
