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Retreat Dharma Talks at Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

Meditation, Nature, and Awakening

2026-09-30 (8 days) Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

  
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2026-10-01 Morning Instructions: Breath 44:32
Peter Williams
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Instructions on being aware of breath with wise effort, showing for just this one breath again & again. Meditative effort is easy!
2026-10-01 Body 39:16
Chas DiCapua
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Mindfulness of the body, and the role it plays in various aspects of the practice.
2026-10-02 Morning Instructions on Body 41:05
Chas DiCapua
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Exploring the tactile and fine energy aspects of the body. Being mindful of the body sitting and body breathing with a narrow and wide attentions.
2026-10-02 Accept It More, Believe It Less 50:26
Peter Williams
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Explores how to find one's true heart through work wisely with emotions, explores Peter's RATA approach to emotions.
2026-10-03 Instructions: The RATA Approach to Mindfulness of Emotion 41:52
Peter Williams
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Opening our heart while keeping our seat in the midst of our emotions.
2026-10-03 Thoughts: what they are and how to practice with them 39:55
Chas DiCapua
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Exploring thoughts not as their content, but as the phenomena that they are. Practices to realize their insubstantial and unsatisfactory nature.
2026-10-04 Mindfulness of Thoughts 38:08
Chas DiCapua
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Being mindful of when thoughts are present and when they are not present. Noticing their ephemeral, changing nature. Finding stillness amidst thoughts.
2026-10-04 Liberation Through Mindfulness of Feeling Tone 48:55
Peter Williams
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Mindfulness of feeling is one of the most powerful meditation tools because it so directly undercuts reactivity & suffering.
2026-10-05 Instructions: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone 18:47
Peter Williams
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How to be mindful of feeling tone without intellectualizing it.
2026-10-05 Nutriment 38:48
Chas DiCapua
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What is Good Food for the heart and what is not. Understanding the importance of what we feed the heart with,
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