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Matthew Hepburn's Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Matthew Hepburn
Matthew Hepburn caught fire with the Dharma through retreat practice in his early twenties. He began offering vipassana instruction in 2012 at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, where he is continually inspired by the deep Dharma of daily living. He is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.
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2026-10-18
A Handful of Mistakes from My Practice
2020-03-04
A Wise Approach To Pain and Discomfort
2021-11-08
Anicca: Practical Impermanence for Retreat Yogis
2026-10-04
Balanced Energy
2020-03-06
Calm, Steadiness, and Balance Of Mind
2026-08-20
Closing Day Talk
2026-10-11
Compassion
2026-10-25
Equanimity
2023-07-29
Five hindrances: navigating difficult terrain.
2025-07-30
Grace When Seeing Self-Created-Suffering
2022-08-23
Guide metta: loving kindness for self, friend, and enemy
2026-08-02
Guided Compassion
2026-08-01
Guided Instructions: Enjoyment and Agility Amidst Discomfort
2025-08-22
Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Moods, Emotions, Mindstates
2025-08-19
Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of the Body
2024-08-18
Guided Instructions: Feeling tone (Vedana)
2025-07-28
Guided Instructions: Giving & Receiving Metta
2024-08-17
Guided instructions: loving-kindness (Metta) for self
2025-08-21
Guided Instructions: Metta for easy beings and benefactors
2023-07-31
Guided instructions: metta for self and neutral person
2025-07-27
Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
2025-08-01
Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
2023-07-30
Guided instructions: mindfulness of thoughts and thinking
2025-07-31
Guided Instructions: Non-clinging Through Mindfulness of Vedana
2022-08-21
Guided instructions: second foundation of mindfulness
2023-08-23
Guided meditation, instructions: including everything in simplicity
2023-08-22
Guided meditation: metta for difficult beings
2022-08-19
How to guide your own practice
2026-08-04
Infusing Awareness With Care
2026-01-17
Introducing Mindfulness of the Body
2023-08-19
Metta (loving-kindness) guided instructions for self
2023-08-18
Mindfulness and investigation, as factors of enlightenment.
2022-08-22
Mindfulness is the heart of awakening
2026-01-18
Mindfulness of the Heart
2023-08-21
Samadhi (concentration) is a factor of awakening.
2026-07-31
Simplicity and Agency Through Cultivating Awareness
2021-11-02
The 5 Hindrances and the Myth of the Bad Meditator
2025-08-20
The Buddha & His Attendant Meghiya
2025-08-23
The Buddha and His Attendant Meghiya (Anicca)
2024-08-19
Truthfulness and resolve – Parami
2020-03-05
When You Are Struggling And You Need A Friend.
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Select one of Matthew Hepburn's 13 retreats
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2020-03-03
The Seven Factors of Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat
2021-10-29
Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat
2022-08-18
Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-07-26
Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds
2023-08-17
Your Life Is Your Practice
2024-08-15
Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat
2025-07-26
Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds – 25YA
2025-08-18
Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL
2026-01-16
Peace, Presence, and the Practice of Seeing Clearly - 26WMLK
2026-07-30
Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds – 26YA
2026-08-17
IMS Retreat with Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg & Matthew Hepburn - 26FF
2026-09-29
Two-Month Retreat – 262MO
2026-09-29
Two-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 26PT1
