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Dharma Talks given at Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center
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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

2017-07-05 How to be Earthling 39:43
Wes Nisker
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Evolving together on planet earth
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-03 Impermanence, Sapines and Wombats 49:14
Grove Burnett
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Impermanence
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-07-01 The Community of all Beings 41:31
Trudy Goodman
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Refuge in relational wisdom- Embodying tender awareness in nature supporting our practice. The social networks of trees and how they share resources- redistribution of wealth.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-06-28 Cultivating Equanimity 41:50
Dave Smith
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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
Dave Smith
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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
Dave Smith
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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

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