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Dave Smith's Dharma Talks at Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center
Dave Smith
Dave Smith is a Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, experienced speaker, and published author. He is empowered to teach by Noah Levine of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society and received training in Buddhist psychology from the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS). HE has operated intensive programs and trainings for the Nashville office of the Mind Body Awareness Project (MBA), as well as providing services, workshops and trainings for Refuge Recovery. Dave has extensive experience bringing meditative interventions into jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities. He is the guiding teacher of the Against the Stream Nashville Meditation Center and teaches over 300 meditation classes and workshops a year. Dave teaches Buddhist meditation retreats internationally and is an active teacher for Against the Stream throughout the US. He provides direct services for mental health agencies, the public library, and speaks nationally at Addiction and Behavioral Health conferences. Dave recently relocated to Los Angeles.
2018-06-06 Cultivating Appreciation and Gratitude 23:11
This talk outlines the Bramha-vihara Mudita, offering and overview.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2018-06-05 The Wound that Seeks the Arrow 61:41
The process of Dukkha-Sankhara is defined and explored. Understanding the Bramha-viharas as the vehicle for overcoming woundedness.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2018-06-05 Working with CItta (heart-mind) 56:52
An overview of citta from the early Buddhist tradition and the Abhidharma. The term is defined and explored. Includes guided practice.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2018-06-04 Embodied Metta 52:01
An overview of metta practice followed by a guided practice
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2018-06-03 Awakening Intro Complete View 62:40
Using sati; mindfulness to re-organize perception in the service of complete view.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2018-06-03 Practice Fundementals 50:43
Intro to practice, training attention and cultivating awareness.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2017-06-28 Cultivating Equanimity 41:50
Equanimity is the fruition and outcome of met-vipassana. A short talk followed by guided instructions.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Going Against the Stream: Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2017-06-27 A New Paradigm 57:27
Understanding right view as the doorway into living into your own freedom. Using the analogy of seed to fruit.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Going Against the Stream: Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2017-06-27 Cultivating Gratitude and Appreciation 44:31
Outlining the role and aim of appreciation and gratitude within meditative practices. A short talk, followed by a guided practice.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Going Against the Stream: Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart
2017-06-26 Mindfulness of Mind 46:46
An overview of mindfulness of the mind. Investigating attitude. A short talk followed by a guided meditation.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Going Against the Stream: Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart

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