Leela Sarti's Dharma Talks
     at Gaia House 
    
              
              
 
            
    
        Leela Sarti  
 
    
        
                            
      Leela Sarti has been a student of the Buddha's teachings and practices since she was 16 years old. She lives with her family in Sweden and in addition to teaching Insight Meditation retreats internationally works individually with students in her psychotherapy practice in Stockholm. She is a long term student of the Diamond Approach and part of a teacher training program in that tradition.
        
    
      
 
    
        
            
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        2019-02-08
            Am I A Good Ancestor? 
    
        2014-08-26
            Awakening The Belly 
    
        2011-10-25
            Awakening the Human Heart 
    
        2024-06-09
            Awakening Through the Gateway of Attachment 
    
        2013-07-05
            Becoming Intimate with the Territory of the Heart 
    
        2024-04-07
            Being at Home 
    
        2016-10-24
            Being Human 
    
        2007-02-10
            Being who You Are 
    
        2016-10-26
            Belonging and the Long Now 
    
        2007-10-22
            Benefits of Meditation 
    
        2015-10-19
            Bowing to Instinct and Embracing Desire 
    
        2020-10-21
            Brief Guidance for Morning Meditation 
    
        2012-10-22
            Clear Understanding and Responding with Love 
    
        2020-02-23
            Closing Comments and Short Guided Meditation 
    
        2023-04-23
            Closing Teachings 
    
        2007-10-24
            Completion of Birth 
    
        2021-11-14
            Curiousity 
    
        2021-11-14
            Curiousity 
    
        2021-11-14
            Curiousity 
    
        2023-08-27
            Day 1 of Series, Afternoon Session 
    
        2023-08-27
            Day 1 of Series, Morning Session 
    
        2023-11-26
            Day 2, Afternoon Session, Part 1 
    
        2023-11-26
            Day 2, Afternoon Session, Part 2 
    
        2023-11-26
            Day 2, Morning Session, Part 1 
    
        2023-11-26
            Day 2, Morning Session, Part 2 
    
        2023-12-10
            Day 3, Morning Session, Part 1 
    
        2023-12-10
            Day 3, Morning Session, Part 2 
    
        2021-09-12
            Deepening Heart Presence 
    
        2021-09-12
            Deepening Heart Presence 
    
        2021-09-12
            Deepening Heart Presence 
    
        2021-12-12
            Depth, Rest, Stillness 
    
        2021-12-12
            Depth, Rest, Stillness 
    
        2022-04-03
            Depth, Rest, Stillness (Part 1) 
    
        2022-04-03
            Depth, Rest, Stillness (Part 2) 
    
        2022-04-03
            Depth, Rest, Stillness (Part 3) 
    
        2010-10-26
            Desire and the Sacred Impulse 
    
        2020-02-22
            Dharma Talk 
    
        2020-02-21
            Dharma Talk 
    
        2020-10-20
            Dharma Talk 
    
        2024-04-09
            Dharma Talk - Beyond the Contructed 
    
        2020-10-18
            Dharma Talk - Confidence and Value 
    
        2022-06-04
            Dharma Talk - Deep Listening 
    
        2019-11-19
            Dharma Talk - Desire and Belonging 
    
        2019-11-16
            Dharma Talk - Dukkha and Lightheartedness 
    
        2019-11-17
            Dharma Talk - Effortlessness 
    
        2022-10-25
            Dharma Talk - Experiencing Emptiness as No Time 
    
        2022-06-06
            Dharma Talk - Exploring the Heart of Value 
    
        2019-06-10
            Dharma Talk - Hands off Experience 
    
        2019-06-13
            Dharma Talk - Metta Dawned 
    
        2023-10-25
            Dharma Talk - Not Knowing, No Doing, No time 
    
        2022-10-23
            Dharma Talk - Reflections on Embodiment and Emptiness 
    
        2023-10-23
            Dharma Talk - Sure Heart's Release 
    
        2023-10-21
            Dharma Talk - The 360 Degrees Practice 
    
        2019-06-15
            Dharma Talk - The Taste of Freedom 
    
        2018-02-08
            Dharma Talk (title tbc) 
    
        2018-02-10
            Dharma Talk (title tbc) 
    
        2011-12-02
            Embodying Presence - Opening to Dukkha 
    
        2014-10-23
            Embodying the Awakened Belly 
    
        2010-03-06
            Emptiness 
    
        2009-10-23
            Emptiness 
    
        2013-09-01
            Expanding The Heart and Remaining Within the Window of Prescence 
    
        2015-02-06
            Exploration of Joy 
    
        2023-08-19
            Exploring Subtle Aspects of the Groundless Ground 
    
        2023-08-17
            Exploring the Barriers to Grounded Presence 
    
        2024-06-08
            Exploring the Dimensions of the Human Heart 
    
        2022-06-12
            Feeling at Home (Part 1) 
    
        2022-06-12
            Feeling at Home (Part 2) 
    
        2022-06-12
            Feeling at Home (Part 3) 
    
        2019-11-20
            Fifth Morning - Instructions 
    
        2014-08-24
            First Morning - Joyful Living Instructions 
    
        2019-11-16
            First Morning, Instructions 
    
        2013-09-03
            From Craving to Sacred Intention 
    
        2023-08-20
            Ground in Daily Life 
    
        2017-02-11
            Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 
    
        2019-11-18
            Guided Loving kindness Meditation 
    
        2013-07-05
            Guided Loving Kindness Meditation - Loving Kindness for Oneself 
    
        2020-02-22
            Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation 
    
        2019-06-10
            Guided Lovingkindness Meditation 
    
        2024-04-10
            Guided Lovingkindness Meditation 
    
        2017-10-24
            Guided Lovingkindness Meditation - For A Supportive Being, & Oneself 
    
        2013-07-06
            Guided LovingKindness Meditation - LovingKindness for the Loved One and For All… 
    
        2017-10-26
            Guided Lovingkindness Meditation (I Am Kindness) 
    
        2019-11-17
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-02-21
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-10-18
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-10-21
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2023-04-22
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2023-10-22
            Guided Meditation - Breath and Mettā 
    
        2017-10-22
            Guided Meditation - Massaging the Body with the Breath 
    
        2024-04-09
            Guided Meditation - Offering Blessings to All of Life 
    
        2023-04-22
            Guided Meditation (Sitting, Walking) 
    
        2007-10-21
            Guided Meditation on Sitting and Walking 
    
        2008-10-28
            Guided Metta Meditation 
    
        2017-10-27
            Head, Heart, Belly & Instincts 
    
        2014-01-24
            Identity and Being 
    
        2017-10-22
            Innate Value 
    
        2010-10-28
            Inner Radiance 
    
        2024-04-09
            Instructions - Stabilising in Embodied Awareness 
    
        2014-10-18
            Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2024-06-10
            Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2024-06-11
            Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2024-06-13
            Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2017-02-11
            Instructions And Meditation Sitting 
    
        2024-06-14
            Instructions for 'Free Practice' Morning 
    
        2019-06-11
            Instructions, and Guided Meditation on Presence in the Body 
    
        2025-09-05
            Instructions; Meditation 
    
        2025-09-06
            Instructions; Meditation; Inquiry Guidance. 
    
        2025-09-07
            Instructions; Meditation; Teachings 
    
        2020-10-22
            Introducing an Inquiry Practice to Close the Retreat. 
    
        2015-10-18
            Introduction to the Practice of Loving Kindness 
    
        2016-02-04
            Introductory Talk 
    
        2009-10-21
            Joy 
    
        2014-08-24
            Joy and Presence 
    
        2022-05-08
            Living a Life of Courage and Ease (Part 1) 
    
        2022-05-08
            Living a Life of Courage and Ease (Part 2) 
    
        2022-05-08
            Living a Life of Courage and Ease (Part 3) 
    
        2023-01-01
            Living a Life of Heart Centred Presence 
    
        2010-10-27
            Loving Kindness Guided Meditation 
    
        2015-02-06
            Meditation Instructions 
    
        2015-02-07
            Meditation Instructions 
    
        2022-06-07
            Meditation Instructions 
    
        2022-10-22
            Meditation Instructions 
    
        2024-04-07
            Meditation Instructions - Presence, Relaxing Within Our Own Skin 
    
        2020-02-21
            Meditation Instructions (Day 1)
time:  09:30 
    
        2020-02-22
            Meditation Instructions (Day 2) 
    
        2013-07-05
            Meditation Instructions (Sitting and Walking) 
    
        2013-07-06
            Meditation Instructions (Sitting and Walking) 
    
        2013-08-31
            Meditation Instructions For Sitting and Walking 
    
        2025-09-06
            Meditation; Teachings 
    
        2025-09-07
            Meditation; Teachings; Dana Reflections; Inquiry Guidance. 
    
        2023-10-22
            Morning Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2023-10-24
            Morning Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2023-10-27
            Morning Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2024-06-08
            Morning Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2024-06-09
            Morning Instructions and Meditation 
    
        2017-10-21
            Morning Teachings - Awareness of Body & Breath, Walking Meditation 
    
        2017-10-25
            Morning Teachings - The Field of Choiceless Awareness, Mind States, Sound, Brea… 
    
        2012-10-26
            No Self and the Great Way 
    
        2015-10-21
            Noble Silence 
    
        2015-10-17
            Noble View 
    
        2017-02-10
            Open to Impact - Awakening the Human Heart 
    
        2013-08-30
            Opening Talk 
    
        2014-01-23
            Opening Talk 
    
        2015-02-05
            Opening Talk 
    
        2014-08-23
            Opening Talk - Joyful Living 
    
        2007-02-09
            Opening Talk for Being who You Are 
    
        2010-03-04
            Opening Talk for Being Who You Are Retreat 
    
        2011-12-01
            Opening Talk for Embodied Presence Retreat 
    
        2011-10-22
            Opening Talk for Embodying the Awakened Heart Retreat 
    
        2012-03-08
            Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 
    
        2013-07-04
            Opening Talk for Retreat Entitled The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are 
    
        2008-10-25
            Opening Talk for the Heart of Wisdom and Compassion 
    
        2022-06-03
            Opening Talk for the Retreat 
    
        2024-06-07
            Opening Talk for the Retreat 
    
        2017-02-09
            Opening Talk for Wholehearted Living Retreat 
    
        2023-04-21
            Opening Teachings, Guided Meditation 
    
        2008-10-27
            Presence and the Personal Thread 
    
        2011-12-03
            Presence and the Radiance of Mind 
    
        2014-01-25
            Radiant Stillness 
    
        2020-10-19
            Reflections, Instructions and Guided Meditation 
    
        2014-08-25
            Relaxinig The Heart 
    
        2012-03-10
            Rest in Natural Being 
    
        2014-08-25
            Second Morning - Joyful Living Instructions 
    
        2012-10-24
            Self Judgement, Inner Hardness, and Being Free 
    
        2011-10-27
            Silence 
    
        2022-06-04
            Sitting and Walking Meditation Instructions 
    
        2011-10-23
            Spark of Awakening 
    
        2007-10-27
            Spirit of the Path 
    
        2007-10-27
            Spirit of the Path 
    
        2018-10-23
            Stardust, Space and the Still Point 
    
        2006-07-29
            Sure Heart's Release 
    
        2023-04-22
            Teachings 
    
        2023-04-22
            Teachings 
    
        2025-09-05
            Teachings 
    
        2023-04-23
            Teachings, Guided Meditation (Sitting and Walking) 
    
        2016-02-06
            The Beauty of Belonging 
    
        2024-06-12
            The Cost of the Spiritual Path 
    
        2008-10-29
            The Four Noble Truths and the Radiance of Awareness 
    
        2023-08-18
            The Heart as a Gateway to Ground 
    
        2014-10-21
            The Heart Centre and Earthly Awakening 
    
        2013-09-05
            The Illusion of Self, Equanimity and Beyond the Abyss 
    
        2024-06-10
            The Nature of Mind;  Inside and Outside 
    
        2016-02-05
            The Peace of Letting Go 
    
        2015-02-07
            The Relationship Between Wanting and Joy 
    
        2013-07-06
            The True Strength of the Heart and the Transforming of Shame 
    
        2010-10-24
            The Turn 
    
        2019-11-18
            Third Morning, Instructions 
    
        2018-10-21
            This Sacred Ground 
    
        2017-10-24
            Time, Space, and Stardust 
    
        2021-10-03
            Timeless Ethics, Life Structures, and Living Without Remorse 
    
        2021-10-03
            Timeless Ethics, Life Structures, and Living Without Remorse 
    
        2021-10-03
            Timeless Ethics, Life Structures, and Living Without Remorse 
    
        2010-03-04
            To Fall Awake 
    
        2022-10-27
            Tools for Life After the Retreat 
    
        2008-10-31
            True North 
    
        2012-03-09
            Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 
    
        2014-10-19
            What Goes On In The Head 
    
        2017-02-11
            Wholehearted Living 
    
        2007-10-22
            Why Do I Meditate? 
    
        2023-08-16
            Willfulness, and Basic Trust 
    
 
         
     
    
        
            
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        2006-07-28
            Exploring Emptiness and Embodiment 
    
        2007-02-09
            Being Who You Are 
    
        2007-10-20
            The Heart Of Wisdom And Compassion 
    
        2008-10-25
            The Heart of Wisdom and Compassion 
    
        2009-10-17
            Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence 
    
        2010-03-04
            Being Who you Are 
    
        2010-10-23
            Awakening the Heart 
    
        2011-10-22
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2011-12-01
            Embodied Presence 
    
        2012-03-08
            Rest in Natural Being 
    
        2012-10-21
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2013-07-04
            The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are 
    
        2013-08-30
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2014-01-23
            The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are 
    
        2014-08-23
            Joyful Living 
    
        2014-10-17
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2015-02-05
            Contentment and Joyful Living 
    
        2015-10-17
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2016-02-04
            Peace in Everyday Life 
    
        2016-10-21
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2017-02-09
            Wholehearted Living 
    
        2017-10-20
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2018-02-07
            Wholehearted Living 
    
        2018-10-19
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2019-02-07
            Embodying Presence - The Deep Current 
    
        2019-06-08
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2019-11-15
            The Beauty of Being 
    
        2020-02-20
            Embodied Freedom 
    
        2020-10-17
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2021-09-12
            Timeless Presence in the Midst of Daily Life (a series of four online practice … 
    
        2021-10-01
            Online Dharma Hall - Oct 2021 
    
        2022-04-03
            Timeless Presence in Daily Life 
    
        2022-06-03
            Practising with Earth - Awakening to our Ground 
    
        2022-10-21
            The Heart of Emptiness 
    
        2022-12-28
            New Year Dana Retreat 
    
        2023-04-21
            Resting in Yourself - Timeless Freedom in Midst of Everyday Life 
    
        2023-08-15
            Deep Ground Practice 
    
        2023-08-27
            Sacred Sunday - A Day of Retreat, Deepening Presence (online series) 
    
        2023-10-20
            Embodying the Awakened Heart 
    
        2024-04-06
            Deep Ground Practice 
    
        2024-06-07
            The Heart That Abides in Emptiness 
    
        2024-06-08
            Online Dharma Hall - June 2024 
    
        2025-09-05
            Ease, Living with a Sense of Ground