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Dharma Talks given at Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center
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2018-06-03 Find Your Own Way to Metta 60:19
Cheryl Slean
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Overview of heart qualities: Several non-traditional ways to cultivate metta - friendliness, kindness, goodwill, including self care, relaxation body scans, breaking the negativity bias by looking for and taking in the good.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart

2018-06-03 Practice Fundementals 50:43
Dave Smith
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Intro to practice, training attention and cultivating awareness.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart

2017-10-03 Emotions as a Path of Awakening 63:24
Peter Williams
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Our emotions, be they pleasant or unpleasant, are a path of awakening. Through them we get insight into our belonging and unity.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awakening the Heart in Nature

2017-10-01 Working with Difficult Emotions 58:42
Peter Williams
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Using mindfulness and contact with nature to make friends with our difficult states.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awakening the Heart in Nature

2017-09-30 Entering Retreat and the Support of Nature 38:44
Victoria (Tory) Wolf Capron
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How to commit to being on retreat, using the support of the retreat container and of nature.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awakening the Heart in Nature

2017-08-22 Practicing with Vedana in the Forest 45:32
Erin Treat
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Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  The Natural Path to the Heart's Liberation

2017-08-21 Practicing in the Forest: Attending to Mystery and Belonging 41:45
Brian Lesage
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This talk explores ways of practicing in the forest that allows us to address the challenges we face in our lives on and off the cushion.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  The Natural Path to the Heart's Liberation

2017-07-11 The Loving Heart 56:52
Mark Coleman
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An explanation of the importance of cultivating compassion toward the pain of oneself and the world.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awake in the Wild

2017-07-10 Wisdom and Insight in Nature Practice 53:21
Mark Coleman
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This talk explores the various insights that arise as one meditates outdoors; including insight into impermanence, interconnectedness, selflessness, and love.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awake in the Wild

2017-07-09 Obstacles in Nature Practice 55:41
Mark Coleman
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What challenges arise as we meditate in nature? The subtle wanting mind and aversion to the unpleasant are explored in this talk.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Awake in the Wild

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