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Dharma Talks given at Insight Santa Cruz
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2021-11-02 Guided Meditation - Steadying the Mind and Seeing Change 43:53
Kim Allen
Very light guidance, 45 min, simple samatha and anicca.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-10-30 Cultivating Embodied Presence – October 19:17
Carol Morgan
This three-session offering focuses on developing embodied presence and understanding how you can rest in embodied awareness in any (and every) moment of your life. Each class will include guided practices, silent sitting, practice suggestions, and a short dharma talk with a focus on the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Attendance at any one session or all three is welcome.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-10-23 Cultivating Embodied Presence – October 48:29
Meg Corman
This three-session offering focuses on developing embodied presence and understanding how you can rest in embodied awareness in any (and every) moment of your life. Each class will include guided practices, silent sitting, practice suggestions, and a short dharma talk with a focus on the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Attendance at any one session or all three is welcome.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-10-16 Cultivating Embodied Presence – October 41:19
Carol Morgan
This three-session offering focuses on developing embodied presence and understanding how you can rest in embodied awareness in any (and every) moment of your life. Each class will include guided practices, silent sitting, practice suggestions, and a short dharma talk with a focus on the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Attendance at any one session or all three is welcome.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-10-05 Dedicated Practitioners -- Disenchantment and Dispassion 47:33
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-09-07 Dedicated Practitioners -- Making Our Own Refuge 64:52
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-08-03 Dedicated Practitioners -- The Wisdom of Change, the Path of Faith 50:09
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-06-05 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 6.3 - Dhamma talk 31:10
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-05 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 6.1 - Instructions 54:00
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-05 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 6.2 - Final guided meditation 34:07
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-04 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 5 - Equanimity 45:12
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-03 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 4 - Appreciative Joy 44:44
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-02 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 3 - Compassion 44:03
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-06-01 Heart and Mind in Harmony Retreat - Day 2 - Metta 47:37
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-05-31 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 1.3 - Dhamma talk 17:31
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-05-31 Heart Mind Harmony - Day 1.1 - Retreat theme 6:34
Kim Allen
Opening of a 6-day retreat on the Simile of the Cloth (MN 7).
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-05-31 Heart Mind Harmony retreat - Day 1.2 - Guided med and short talk 37:46
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz Heart and Mind in Harmony

2021-05-13 Guided Reflection on the Dhamma 11:42
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-05-13 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thought 21:00
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-05-12 32 Parts of the Body—Urine, Oil of the Joints, Mucus, Saliva, Grease, Tears, Fat, Sweat, Blood, Pus, Phlegm, Bile, Brain Feces, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Lungs, Spleen, Diaphragm, Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Bone Marrow, Bones, Sinews, Flesh, Skin, Teeth, Nails, Body Hair, Head Hair 54:52
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-28 32 Parts of the Body—Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine/Urine, Oil of the Joints, Mucus, Saliva, Grease, Tears 36:33
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-21 32 Parts of the Body—Urine, Oil of the Joints, Mucus, Saliva, Grease, Tears 39:16
Kara Haney
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-15 Working with Discomfort in the Body 24:17
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-14 32 Parts of the Body—Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine 62:00
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 6 -- Dharma Talk and QA - Building Inner Strength 41:01
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 5 -- Guided meditation - Resting in awareness 18:22
Kim Allen
Learning to discern "that which knows" as a way to release obsession
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 4 -- Guided meditation - Open awareness and papanca 35:57
Kim Allen
Noticing the roots of papanca in meditation, and resting with the flow of experience
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 3 -- Teaching on papanca 5:37
Kim Allen
Papanca is rooted in craving, conceit, and views.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 2 -- Guided Meditation - Samatha 36:21
Kim Allen
Tranquility meditation using the breath
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-11 The Inner Strength of Non-Obsession 1 -- Introduction 13:29
Kim Allen
A half-day of samatha and vipassana practice on letting go of obsessive thinking and views
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-04-07 32 Parts of the Body—Head hair, Body hair, Nails, Teeth, Skin, Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys, Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs, Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain, Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat/Fat, Sweat, Blood, Pus, Phlegm, Bile, Brain, Feces, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Lungs, Spleen, Diaphragm, Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Bone Marrow 28:27
Kara Haney
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-24 Renunciation in Lay Life 3 -- Letting Go of Self 49:11
Kim Allen
Final session in a 3-session class
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-24 32 Parts of the Body—Head hair, Body hair, Nails, Teeth, Skin, Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys, Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs, Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain, Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat 48:20
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-19 Guided Meditation -- Mindfulness of Sound 16:27
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-19 Guided Meditation -- Mindfulness of the Breath in the Body 19:53
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-19 One Year Hence day 5 -- Big Mind and Compassion 35:56
Kim Allen
Final day of our week reflecting on a year of life in the pandemic.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-18 One Year Hence day 4 -- Not-Self, Emptiness, and Joy 44:42
Kim Allen
4th of 5 days commemorating a year of sheltering in place. Wisdom teachings are paired with heart qualities.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-17 Renunciation in Lay Life 2 -- Mental Patterns 59:02
Kim Allen
Second of a 3-session class on Renunciation for Laypeople. Letting go of mental habits and patterns is the heart of renunciation practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-17 One Year Hence day 3 -- Views and Metta 34:33
Kim Allen
A week of wisdom and heart qualities to mark one year of the pandemic
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-16 One Year Hence day 2 -- Impermanence, Death, and Equanimity 39:39
Kim Allen
Second of 5
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-15 One Year Hence day 1 -- The Mind and Faith 32:57
Kim Allen
A 5-day series in acknowledgement of one year of the pandemic. Each teaching includes a wisdom understanding and a heart quality.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-10 Renunciation in Lay Life 1 - Simplicity 45:28
Kim Allen
First of a 3-part class on Renunciation for Laypeople
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-10 32 Parts of the Body—Fat, Sweat, Blood, Pus, Phlegm, Bile 50:14
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-03-03 32 Parts of the Body—Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat 37:21
Kara Haney
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-02-24 32 Parts of the Body—Head hair, Body hair, Nails, Teeth, Skin, Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys, Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs, Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain, Brain, Feces, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Lungs, Spleen, Diaphragm, Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Bone Marrow, Bones, Sinews, Flesh, Skin, Teeth, Nails, Body Hair, Head Hair 65:02
Bob Stahl
Guest teachers Robin MacFarland and Tufumoena’i Lesu’i from the Cabrillo College Anatomy lab taught today’s class. They offered an anatomy presentation. We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-01-27 32 Parts of the Body—Brain, Feces, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines 35:40
Kara Haney
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-01-25 Chariot Halfday - Part 4 - Dharma talk on The Dharma Life 34:42
Kim Allen
Final Dharma talk from the Halfday of teachings based on chariot imagery
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-01-25 Chariot Halfday - Part 3 - Dharma Chariot guided meditation 22:13
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-01-25 Chariot Halfday - Part 2 - Not self 41:40
Kim Allen
Three teachings from the Pali Canon based on chariot imagery
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-01-24 Chariot Halfday - Part 1 - Spontaneous speech 63:45
Kim Allen
Three teachings from the Pali Canon based on chariot imagery
Insight Santa Cruz

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