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In part two of this talk on loving-kindness, Reggie discusses the second and third aspects of maitri practice: meeting our meltdowns with gentleness, and welcoming the damaged aspects of ourselves with love.
This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.
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At the beginning of this talk, Reggie says that maitri is a practice in which we make room for all of the things that go on for us that we typically think are unacceptable. By developing an attitude of loving-kindness toward ourselves, concepts fall away, and we realize that there is no “self” to judge.
This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO.
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In the second part of this talk on the practice of bodhicitta shamatha and vipashayana, Reggie talks about how we experience the world when we see it through the eyes of the heart. It is a practice of knowing others from the standpoint of their experience.
This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. Caroline Pfohl will lead the upcoming The Body Loves retreat that begins March 25th. Learn more here.
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In this talk, Reggie discusses the mahamudra approach to working with the heart in meditation practice. He says that the space of the heart shows us how to open beyond the ways we habitually shut down to feelings, experiences, and people.
This talk was given at the 2011 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. Caroline Pfohl will lead the upcoming The Body Loves retreat that begins March 25th. Learn more here.
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Reggie begins the second part of this talk on open heartedness by saying that “the heart, in its own state of being, is the awakened state.” Through somatic meditation practice, we discover the enlightened qualities of the heart: vast, free, warm, responsive, and without judgment.
This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. Caroline Pfohl will lead the upcoming The Body Loves retreat that begins March 25th. Learn more here.
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In working with the heart in our meditation practice, we may discover that we are not receptive to the feelings that arise in that space. In this talk, Reggie discusses the ways we defend against experiences of vulnerability when we judge uncomfortable feelings.
This talk was given at the 2016 The Body Loves retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. Caroline Pfohl will lead the upcoming The Body Loves retreat that begins March 25th. Learn more here.
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Organized religions have a history of denying the indigenous roots of human spirituality. In this talk, Reggie says that as meditators we are recovering a primordial connection with the land, our deep ancestors, and the vast community of all beings.
This talk was given at the 2006 Winter Dathün retreat held in Crestone, CO. Our upcoming 2016/2017 Winter Meditation Intensive begins December 11. Learn more here.
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Here, Reggie points to the immensity of the space at the core of our being. He says that in the practicing lineage eternity is our guide—not books, philosophy, or intellect. It is through meditation that our ideas about reality fall away and we connect directly with the fire of the life force.
This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathün retreat held at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. Our upcoming 2016/2017 Winter Meditation Intensive begins December 11. Learn more here.
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In this talk, Reggie addresses Winter Dathün retreatants who are entering the third week of a month long meditation retreat. He encourages them to honor the practice of silence so as to more fully abide in the depths of being.
This talk was given at the 2005 Winter Dathün retreat held in Crestone, CO. Our upcoming 2016/2017 Winter Meditation Intensive begins December 11. Learn more here.
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Here, Reggie offers an overview of the spiritual journey that unfolds in a month long Winter Dathün meditation retreat. He says that when we surrender to the practice forms of a Dathün, impulsiveness and distraction dissolve and we discover a vast inner world.
This talk was given at the 2002 Winter Dathün retreat held in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Our upcoming 2016/2017 Winter Meditation Intensive begins December 11. Learn more here.
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