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Jenny Wilks's Dharma Talks at Gaia House
Jenny Wilks
Jenny Wilks has practised Buddhist meditation for many years and has an MA in Indian religions. She has taught on retreats and dharma gatherings since 2005, is a regular teacher at the Barn retreat centre at Sharpham in Devon, and has been teaching at Gaia House since 2008. Jenny trained as a clinical psychologist; she leads mindfulness-based therapy groups in healthcare settings and for the general public and teaches and supervises on the MBCT diploma course at Exeter University.
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2013-02-28 What Do We Really Mean By Mindfulness? 57:50
An exploration of what the practice of mindfulness consists of, with reference to traditional and contemporary definitions and the Buddhas teaching in the Satipatthana Sutta, with the aim of clarifying what is really meant by this widely-used term and why it is a practice that can free us from suffering.
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT and MBSR Retreat)
2012-12-30 Living in the Light of Death 49:50
Some reflections on how awareness of the transience of our life helps us to appreciate its preciousness and clarify our priorities.
Gaia House New Year Retreat
2012-09-19 Loving Kindness and the Brahma Viharas 54:53
An introductory overview of how the cultivation of metta relates to the other sublime abidings compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity.
Gaia House Cultivating Loving Kindness
2012-01-07 Compassion and Mindfulness 59:55
An outline of the relationship between compassion, mindfulness, and insight in Dharma practice and in mindfulness-based therapies.
Gaia House Origins And Applications Of Mindfulness MBCT MBSR Retreat
2011-12-29 Intention, Conditionality and Change 49:13
Some reflections on whether unhelpful habitual tendencies can be changed and what gets in the way.
Gaia House New Years Retreat
2011-09-19 The Ending of Suffering 51:38
The Four Noble Truths show how understanding the nature and causes of dukkha can bring it to an end, in relation to both minor and major difficulties in life.
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR
2011-01-21 Papanca - Understanding the Proliferating Mind 51:34
An overview of how to recognize and work with the causes and effects of papanca, based on the Honeyball Sutta.
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat
2010-09-13 The Buddhas Instructions on Mindfulness 47:04
An overview of the 'refrain' of the Satipatthana Sutta and how it can inform our practice.
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR
2009-12-19 Mind The Gap 49:44
Gaia House Stillness, Clarity and Freedom
2009-06-14 Myth and Metaphor in the Life of the Buddha 51:58
Gaia House One Day Retreat

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