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Reggie begins this talk by encouraging us to not run away from pain in meditation practice. He says that the experience of pain interrupts two main ego defaults in modern society: comfort and distraction. Pain wakes us up, corners our ego, and helps us deepen in our commitment to what is.

This talk was given at the 2013 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit our program calendar.

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Shila, samadhi, and prajna translate as discipline, meditation, and understanding. In this talk, Reggie discusses how these three aspects are central to the practice of sitting meditation and how they help us commit to the gritty realities of our spiritual lives.

These excerpts are taken from talks given at the 2013 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit our program calendar.

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In this episode, we listen to different teachings Reggie has given on the foundations of Hinayana practice. He says that the first step in discovering who we truly are involves letting go of our coherent sense of self and opening to uncertainty when reference points fall away.

These excerpts are taken from talks given at the 2005 Winter Dathun retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about upcoming retreats, please visit our program calendar.

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Today, we explore teachings Reggie has given on the Hinayana stage of the meditative journey. He discusses the importance of committing to a daily meditation practice, renouncing habitual patterns, and developing kindness toward oneself.

These excerpts are taken from talks given at the 2005 and 2010 Winter Dathun retreats held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September please visit our calendar of upcoming retreats.

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“Vajra body” refers to the indestructible energetic body that is discovered when we explore our incarnation in a non-conceptual way. In today’s episode, Reggie discusses the dynamics of the Vajra body and how it lives independently of our hopes, fears, agendas, and identities.

This talk was given at the 2010 Winter Dathun – a month-long retreat retreat held a the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September please visit our calendar of upcoming retreats.

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In this talk, Reggie points to the fruition of embodied meditation – our minds become silent in face of the totality and the wildness of our inner being emerges free and unencumbered. Through this process, he says, we we change in unexpected ways because reality is not tidy, and life is not coherent.

This talk was given at the 2007 Meditating with the Body retreat held in Crestone, CO. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September, please visit our calendar of upcoming retreats.

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In this episode, Reggie discusses the earth as an elemental reality that defies conceptuality. He explores several of the earth’s different aspects – it is the source of all life, our original mother, and connects us to the potent wildness inherent in all being.

These excerpts are taken from talks given at the 2007 Meditating with the Body retreat and a public program held in Portland, Oregon in 2009. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September please visit the retreat calendar.

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In this episode, Reggie discusses the importance of spiritual pilgrimage in Vajrayana meditation. He says that visiting sacred sites in the world reflects the tantric tradition of outer pilgrimage, and journeying through the sacred landscapes of the body is an expression of inner pilgrimage.

This talk was given in 2009 at a retreat held in Portland, Oregon. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September please visit the retreat calendar.

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In this teaching, Reggie comments on the role of the body in daily meditation practice. He says that modern people often approach meditation as a means to get out of the body. But without an openness to pain, feelings, traumas and memories, there is no journey – we don’t grow.

This talk was given in 2009 at a retreat held in Portland, Oregon. To find out more about the next Meditating with the Body retreat that begins in September please visit our calendar of upcoming retreats.

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