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Shell Fischer's Podcast

Shell Fischer's Podcast

102 episodes

Insight Meditation teacher, Shell Fischer, founder of Mindful Shenandoah Valley, offers her 25+ years of study and experience in these weekly talks about meditation practice, and how it can help us nurture more compassion, kindness, joy, and calm in our lives.

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Content in the Center: Exploring the Middle Way

Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 37 seconds

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The Sacred Healing of Noble Silence

Published: Sept. 30, 2023, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 6 seconds

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What Am I 'Really" Offering Myself and Others?: An Exploration of Dana

Published: Sept. 2, 2023, 9:29 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 11 seconds

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What You Resist, Persists: Working With Aversion

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, 2:59 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 39 seconds

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Is Meditation Selfish? Advise From The Acrobat Sutta

Published: June 7, 2023, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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Do You Know Your Frenemies?

Published: May 6, 2023, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 39 seconds

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The Most Important Meditation Practice: Patience

Published: April 1, 2023, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds

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Maybe So, Maybe Not, We'll See: Riding The 8 Worldly Winds

Published: March 5, 2023, 2:01 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 26 seconds

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Where Do We Find Our True Home?

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 15 seconds

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A More Joyful, Contented Heart

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 14 seconds

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No Mud, No Lotus: Exploring Our Suffering

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds

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What Would Buddha Say?

Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 5:12 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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Can You Apologize? A Mindful Inquiry

Published: Sept. 10, 2022, 5:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 4 seconds

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Buddha: What's NOT Wrong?

Published: Aug. 13, 2022, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 seconds

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Buddha: 5 Ways To Let Go

Published: July 13, 2022, 6:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 seconds

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Published: June 18, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Don't 'Should' All Over Yourself

Published: May 19, 2022, 6:55 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 44 seconds

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You Are Worthy; You Belong

Published: April 23, 2022, 9:32 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 42 seconds

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Trust The Unfolding

Published: March 26, 2022, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 13 seconds

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Buddha: What's Your Sense of Worthiness?

Published: Feb. 19, 2022, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 32 seconds

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The Cooling Touch of Tranquility

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds

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Strive On With Diligence: Practices to Help Keep Us Going

Published: Jan. 1, 2022, 9:58 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 52 seconds

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Keep Calmly Knowing Idiots: Practices for Working With Anger

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 29 seconds

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What's The Most Important Thing?

Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 43 seconds

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What The Heart Finds In Silence

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 29 seconds

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Pray Like A Buddha

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 32 seconds

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Finding Balance By Setting Boundaries

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 39 seconds

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I Am Family, To Myself: Becoming Your Own Refuge

Published: July 10, 2021, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 43 seconds

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Everything Changes: Now What?

Published: June 2, 2021, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 24 seconds

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Care For Our Tender Hearts

Published: April 3, 2021, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 36 seconds

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Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames

Published: March 6, 2021, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 36 seconds

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Buddha: Don't Associate With Fools

Published: Feb. 6, 2021, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 32 seconds

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False Evidence Appearing Real: Working With Fear

Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 1:22 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 32 seconds

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Don't Give Up, No Feeling Is Final

Published: Dec. 12, 2020, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds

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Don't Argue With Fools - Practices for Working with Insult

Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 16 seconds

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This Is A Moment - A Practice on Presence

Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 6:31 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds

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Allowing Our Sadness to Speak

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 7:50 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds

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Finding Refuge in Gratitude

Published: July 30, 2020, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds

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Permission to Pause

Published: June 18, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 44 seconds

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The Benefits of Being Patient

Published: May 4, 2020, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds

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Finding Balance & Ease: The Practice of Equanimity

Published: March 23, 2020, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds

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Concentration - The 6th Factor of Awakening

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 10:27 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 7 seconds

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Tranquility: The 5th Factor of Awakening

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 17 seconds

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Meditation: Discovering Our Deepest Intention

Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 9:20 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 36 seconds

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The 4th Factor of Awakening - Joy & Rapture

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds

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The 3rd Factor of Awakening - Energy

Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 56 seconds

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The 2nd Factor of Awakening - Investigation

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 40 seconds

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The 1st Factor of Awakening - Mindfulness

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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The 7 Factors of Awakening - An Exploration

Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds

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The Gift of Being Heard

Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 10 seconds

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4th Foundation of Mindfulness - Mindful of Dharmas

Published: Oct. 12, 2019, 4:52 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 39 seconds

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A Ceremony: Taking Refuge in the 3 Jewels

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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The 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Mindful of Min

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 5 seconds

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2nd Foundation of Mindfulness - Feelings

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 9:56 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 37 seconds

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Breath of Peace Meditation

Published: Aug. 17, 2019, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 56 seconds

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The 4 Foundations of Mindfulness - Talk 1: Mindfulness of Body

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 31 seconds

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Q&A Session with Shell

Published: July 26, 2019, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 23 seconds

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The Power of Prayer

Published: July 11, 2019, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds

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Finding A Happy Balance - Exploring the Middle Way

Published: June 30, 2019, 10:43 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds

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Getting Out of Our Own Way

Published: June 20, 2019, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 30 seconds

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The Blessings of the Heartwood Sutra

Published: June 17, 2019, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 9 seconds

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The Power of the 5 Spiritual Faculties

Published: May 31, 2019, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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Walking Meditation: Instructions, Guided Practice, Q&A

Published: May 27, 2019, 9:26 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds

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Receiving Blessed Rest

Published: May 25, 2019, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds

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Buddha & Jesus: Spiritual Brothers

Published: April 11, 2019, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 34 seconds

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Overcoming Blame & Insult

Published: March 27, 2019, 9:45 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds

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Falling Awake: How We Can Work With Sleepiness in Our Practice

Published: March 23, 2019, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 26 seconds

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Visiting Your Wisest Self: A Meditation

Published: March 6, 2019, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds

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The Consequences of Karma

Published: Feb. 27, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 54 seconds

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Offering Our Hearts to Kalyanamitra

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 39 seconds

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Facing the 8 Worldly Winds

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 8:59 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 13 seconds

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The Gift of the 5 Remembrances

Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds

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The Sound of Silence

Published: Dec. 20, 2018, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 41 seconds

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20-Minute Meditation: Metta (Loving-Kindness)

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds

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The Power of the Sacred Pause

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 9:34 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 13 seconds

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Allowing Space for Sadness

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 6:36 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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The Gift of Thanks-Giving

Published: Nov. 23, 2018, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 19 seconds

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The Heart of Humility

Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 5:28 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds

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Right Concentration - The 8th Spoke in the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 6 seconds

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Right Mindfulness - The 7th Spoke on the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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Right Effort - The 6th Spoke in the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds

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What Does It Mean to Take Refuge?

Published: Sept. 16, 2018, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 38 seconds

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The Mighty Force of Mudita

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds

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Right Livelihood - The 5th Spoke in the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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Right Action - The 4th Spoke of the Wheel

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 10:04 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 2 seconds

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Right Speech - The 3rd Spoke of the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Right Intention: The 2nd Spoke of the Wheel of Dharma

Published: Aug. 1, 2018, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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Right View - The 1st Spoke on the Wheel of Dharma

Published: July 26, 2018, 9:36 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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The Noble 8-Fold Path: A Summary Talk

Published: July 12, 2018, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds

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Equanimity: The Fruit of Our Practice

Published: June 21, 2018, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 20 seconds

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The 9th Parami (Metta): Living With Loving-Kindness

Published: June 13, 2018, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds

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Adhitthana - The Sacred Vow to Yourself

Published: May 30, 2018, 9:16 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 35 seconds

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Sacca: Living In Your Truth

Published: May 23, 2018, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 34 seconds

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Khanti: The Blessings of the Sacred Pause

Published: May 16, 2018, 10:25 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 38 seconds

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Viriya: Embodying the Energy of a Warrior

Published: May 10, 2018, 9:45 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 13 seconds

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Wisdom: The Antidote to Suffering

Published: April 25, 2018, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 39 seconds

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Renunciation: The Freedom of Release

Published: April 18, 2018, 10:31 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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Sila: Learning to Live From the Heart

Published: April 11, 2018, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 37 seconds

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Dana: The Practice of Letting Go

Published: March 30, 2018, 10:08 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 56 seconds

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

Published: March 14, 2018, 7:35 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds

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Who Am I? Exploring the Skandhas

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 5:40 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Setting Healthy Boundaries

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 9:52 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds

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True Love: Lessons from the Acrobat Sutra

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 8:12 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 44 seconds

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The Teachings of Groundhog Day

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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Who Are You Practicing For?

Published: Jan. 24, 2018, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds

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The 5 Remembrances or Recollections

Published: Jan. 1, 2018, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 1 second

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The Heartwood Sutra

Published: Nov. 30, 2017, 5:25 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 53 seconds

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Conquering 'Comparing Mind'

Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 8:45 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds

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Listening from the Heart

Published: Oct. 25, 2017, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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Our Buddha Superpowers: The 5 Spiritual Faculties

Published: Oct. 12, 2017, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 14 seconds

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Discovering the Ease of Equanimity

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 47 seconds

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Purging the Poison of Greed

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 8:33 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 46 seconds

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The Gift of Gratitude

Published: Sept. 20, 2017, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 28 seconds

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Cultivating Beginner's Mind

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 5:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 28 seconds

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"Sleep is the Best Meditation": How To Achieve Better Sleep Through Practice

Published: Sept. 6, 2017, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 6 seconds

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Conquering the 5 Hindrances

Published: Sept. 2, 2017, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 16 seconds

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Falling Awake: Working With Sleep in Practice

Published: June 29, 2017, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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What Is A Retreat Like?

Published: June 22, 2017, 12:06 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 48 seconds

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Wise Discernment vs. Judgment

Published: June 14, 2017, 11:11 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 4 seconds

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Suffering - The Gateway to Compassion

Published: May 31, 2017, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds

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Tapping Into Our Interconnectedness

Published: May 24, 2017, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds

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Exploring Tonglen - An Ancient Tibetan Compassion Practice

Published: May 17, 2017, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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The Blessings of Receiving

Published: April 26, 2017, 4:31 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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Questioning Our Beliefs

Published: April 19, 2017, 9:04 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds

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Working With Negative Thoughts

Published: March 23, 2017, 4:24 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds

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