Christina Feldman's Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Christina Feldman
What I teach is a reflection of the constantly changing nature of my own practice. When I give a talk it is not a set agenda, but something that I've been reflecting about. The talks tend to be in rhythm with my own practice.
At the moment, I'm reflecting on the interplay of the personal and the non-personal, on aloneness and intimacy, on emptiness and embodiment. This process of reflection is a slow one. I hold a question in the background of my consciousness and then prepare to be surprised, to see what actually arises.
I enjoy the dharma a great deal. I try to convey that meditation practice is not a pathway of endlessly overcoming obstacles, but also a path of tremendous joy. It brings a great deal of profound truth to people's ability to find happiness. I have great faith in the Dharma, and a bottomless faith in people's capacity to be wise.
The ancient traditions of Buddhism are as relevant today as they were 2,500 years ago because people's capacity for getting themselves into trouble, for confusion, alienation and separation is not so different from Buddha's time. Vipassana, then and now, offers people an opportunity to transform themselves, and in so doing, transform the world around them.
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2015-03-22
Opening Talk
2019-04-01
"A Bend In The Road"
1994-04-10
A Woman's Journey
1997-03-25
Acceptance
1994-04-10
Acceptance And Change
1994-08-07
Acceptance Of Transformation
1989-07-22
Affirmation of Life Found in the Dharma Teachings
2013-03-17
Afternoon Session
2013-03-18
Afternoon Session - Formal cultivation of Metta as a practice
1988-07-31
Aloneness
2009-03-25
Aloneness and Interconnectedness
2010-03-24
An Intentional Life
2010-07-23
Annatta/Sunyatta
1983-04-16
Appreciation
1983-08-16
Appreciation
1983-08-12
Approaches To Meditation
1991-07-25
Attentiveness, Insight, And Emptiness
1995-04-05
Authenticity And Intimacy
2010-03-27
Autobiography In Five Short Chapters
1985-07-28
Avoidance
1994-07-26
Awakening And Personal Mythology
2010-07-21
Befriending The Mind - Liberating The Mind
1994-07-30
Being Free Within Our Stories
2013-03-20
Brahma Viharas
1997-03-28
Caring For The World With Narayan
2019-04-06
Closing
2009-07-26
Closing Talk
1989-07-29
Closing Talk
1995-04-08
Closing Talk
2018-03-23
Closing Talk
1996-03-30
Closing Talk And Metta Meditation
2005-03-20
Closing Talk with Metta Chanting
2006-03-26
Closing Talk with Narayan Liebenson-Grady
1997-03-28
Coming Home
1993-08-07
Commitment to Parenting
1983-08-03
Communion
1992-07-25
Compassion
1983-08-09
Compassion And Emptiness
2008-07-17
Compassion: The Heart Of Awakening Compassion Is Unconditional And Rests Upon A…
1987-08-08
Connection With The Moment
2010-03-20
Contentment
1983-01-01
Control
1984-08-26
Creativity In Relationship
1985-07-30
Daily Life Of Spirituality
2013-03-09
Dana/Sila - Exploring the first two paramis
1986-07-26
Deepening In Meditation
1988-07-03
Deepening In The Meditation
1981-01-01
Development Of Samadhi
1984-08-13
Development of Serenity
2011-07-12
Dimensions Of Desire
2011-12-12
Dimensions Of Desire
1996-04-25
Dimensions Of Insight
2014-07-10
dimensions Of Self
1993-08-06
Discovering Spaciousness
1984-08-07
Discovering Wholeness
1987-01-01
Do I Work It Out Or Do I Let It Go?
1989-07-27
Do We Work It Out, Or Let It Go?
1983-08-06
Duality And Conflict
2014-01-14
Dukkha
2012-07-20
Effort and Effortlessness
2014-03-17
Embodiment
2015-07-12
Embodiment
2003-02-26
Embodiment Of Freedom
1989-04-02
Empowerment
2013-03-11
Energy/Patience
2012-03-29
Equanimity
2013-03-20
Equanimity and Q&A
2005-03-16
Equanmity
2018-07-11
Fabrication: Non-Fabrication
1984-08-21
Factors of Awakening
1996-07-27
Faith and Fear
1996-03-25
Faith And Fear
1993-04-12
Faith, Motivation And Vision
1986-07-31
Farewell To Fairy Tales
1986-08-09
Finding Space
1993-07-26
Four Noble Truths: Buddhist And Western
1993-07-29
Freedom
1996-07-22
Freedom In Personal And Life Stories
1996-07-20
Freedom Within The Forms Of Practice
1990-07-21
From Separation To Sacred
2008-02-02
Gladdening The Heart
2006-07-10
Gladdening The Heart
2006-03-20
Gladdening the Mind
2010-07-25
Going Home
1987-08-02
Grace
1987-08-02
Grace
1988-08-06
Guided Body Meditation
1991-04-11
Guided Meditation
1992-07-18
Happiness
1995-07-22
Happiness And Mindfulness
1995-04-06
Healing
1989-04-06
Healing And Letting Go
2006-07-13
Healing Ill Will
2008-02-07
Heart Of Kindness
2019-07-10
Homelessness and Homecoming
1986-07-27
Ideals And Actualities
2018-03-21
Identity and Non-Self
1992-04-22
Images of Perfection
1992-07-20
Impermanence
1993-04-14
In Search For Self And No Self
1996-03-28
Inner Authority
1985-08-11
Inner Healing
1983-07-30
Inner Vision
1988-08-08
Innocence
1995-07-24
Insight
1992-07-23
Insight
1989-08-01
Inspiration And Contentment
1988-08-06
Inspiration, Contentment, And Compassion
2013-03-17
Instructions
2013-03-19
Instructions
2013-03-21
Instructions
1987-08-03
Integrating Spirit
2007-07-18
Intimacy, Acceptance And Release
2007-03-15
Intimacy, Acceptance, Release
1986-07-26
Introducing Vipassana Meditation
1994-07-27
Introducing Vipassana Practice Album
1983-07-31
Introductory Talk
2019-07-06
Introductory Talk
2009-07-25
Journey of Awakening
2012-03-27
Joy
2012-07-16
Joy
2015-01-27
Knowing/Shaping and Liberating The Mind
1992-04-19
Learning
1983-04-27
Letting Go
1990-07-26
Letting Go
1984-08-19
Letting Go
2008-07-14
Liberation From The Inner Critic
1992-08-01
Living a Dedicated Family Life
2015-03-26
Living In The Light Of What we Know
1992-08-03
Living Our Truths
1988-07-22
Love And Discipline
2014-03-15
Love Of solitude
2004-07-20
Loving-Kindness
2011-07-15
Mana Papanca
1988-08-05
Marriage Of Spirituality In The World
1981-01-01
Meditation
1989-04-04
Meditation & Insight
1984-08-16
Meditation Overview: Breath & Body
1989-07-24
Meditation Without Neurosis
1991-07-23
Meeting With Mara
2012-03-25
Metta
2014-01-13
Metta - Introduction and Instructions
1990-03-23
Metta And Woman's Circle
2019-04-04
Mindfulness Of The Contemplation Of Mind
1991-03-01
Models
2014-03-21
Morning Closing
2014-07-11
Morning Instruction
2008-02-04
Morning Instructions
2008-02-03
Morning Instructions
2008-02-07
Morning Instructions
2008-02-05
Morning Instructions
2010-03-21
Morning Instructions
2010-03-23
Morning Instructions
2010-03-25
Morning Instructions
2011-12-13
Morning Instructions
2012-07-15
Morning Instructions
2012-07-21
Morning Instructions
2013-03-10
Morning Instructions
2013-03-14
Morning Instructions
2013-07-16
Morning Instructions
2013-07-19
Morning Instructions
2014-01-12
Morning Instructions
2014-01-17
Morning Instructions
2014-03-16
Morning Instructions
2014-03-20
Morning Instructions
2014-07-06
Morning Instructions
2014-07-08
Morning Instructions
2014-07-08
Morning Instructions
2015-01-25
Morning Instructions
2015-01-26
Morning Instructions
2015-01-28
Morning Instructions
2015-03-24
Morning Instructions
2015-03-26
Morning Instructions
2017-07-01
Morning Instructions
2018-03-17
Morning Instructions
2018-03-21
Morning Instructions
2018-07-13
Morning Instructions
2018-07-14
Morning Instructions
2013-03-12
Morning Instructions - Chitta - mind/heart
2011-12-15
Morning Instructions - Last Day
2015-03-28
Morning Instructions - last full day
2014-03-18
Morning Instructions - Mind Heart
2018-07-10
Morning Instructions - recap
2014-01-15
Morning Instructions - Third Foundation Of Mindfulness
1995-04-01
Morning Instructions # 1
1996-03-27
Morning Instructions W/Narayan Through 3-29-96
2012-07-18
Morning Meditation
2011-12-11
Morning Reflection
2019-03-31
Morning Reflection - First Morning
1993-07-25
New Beginnings
2007-07-20
Nibhana
2015-01-30
Non Self
2011-12-14
Non Self / Emptiness
1984-08-04
Non-Dualistic Approach
1984-08-05
Nurturing Connectedness
1985-08-07
On Power
1986-07-27
Open Heartedness
1989-08-01
Open Heartedness
1994-08-01
Opening Family Talk And 2 Stories Of Sharing
2008-07-11
Opening Talk
2009-03-27
Opening Talk
2010-03-26
Opening Talk
2011-07-08
Opening Talk
2012-07-14
Opening Talk
2013-03-08
Opening Talk
2013-03-16
Opening Talk
2014-01-10
Opening Talk
2014-03-14
Opening Talk
2015-01-24
Opening Talk
2015-07-11
Opening talk
2016-07-10
Opening Talk
2018-03-16
Opening Talk
2018-07-07
Opening Talk
2019-03-30
Opening Talk
1995-04-01
Opening Talk And Guided Meditation
1994-04-10
Opening Talk and Meditation Instructions
2013-07-13
Opening Talk Of An Eight Day Retreat
1989-07-21
Opening Talk With Anna Douglas
1997-07-18
Opening Talk With Guy Armstrong And Yanai
2008-03-01
Opening Talk with Narayan and Maddy
2006-03-18
Opening Talk with Narayan Liebenson-Grady
2007-03-09
Opening Talk Woman's Retreat
2017-03-26
Opening Talk Woman's Retreat
2005-03-13
Opening Talk, Women's Retreat
1984-08-24
Opening Talk: Family Retreat
2006-07-09
Opening Vipassana Retreat with Rodney Smith and Fred Von Allmen
2010-07-18
Opening Welcome Talk
2019-04-04
Painting Our World
2009-07-22
Papanca
1994-08-08
Parenting As Practice
1993-07-28
Path Of Compassion
1990-03-18
Peaks And Valleys In Meditation
1994-04-13
Personal Mythology and Revelation
1994-04-13
Personal Mythology And Revelation
1994-04-13
Personal Mythology And Revelation - part 1
1994-04-14
Personal Mythology And Revelation - part 2
2008-03-02
Precious Human Life
2008-07-12
Preciousness Of Human Life
2013-03-17
Q&A
2013-03-18
Q&A
2013-03-19
Q&A
2014-07-09
Q&A
2012-07-18
Questions and Answers
2013-07-17
Questions and Answers
2019-04-02
Reflection on the Satipatthana
2002-04-11
Reflections On Emptiness
2011-12-10
Refuge
1997-07-19
Refuge In Calmness
2004-07-22
Renunciation
2013-03-13
Renunciation
2014-07-05
Retreat Opening
1991-03-02
Reverence
1995-04-03
Sacred Hunger
1995-04-02
Sacred Space - Sacred Moment
1983-04-24
Search For Experience
1990-03-21
Seeking The Sacred
1992-04-20
Shadows and Light
1995-07-29
Short Talk On Equanimity W/ Instructions On Intention
1995-07-25
Short Talk On Insight/Calmness Guided Meditation
1995-07-27
Short Talk On Intention W/Sitting & Walking Reminders
1995-07-30
Significance Of Ideals
1992-07-21
Silence
2019-07-07
Small Acts Of Courage
2009-03-21
Spaciousness
2009-07-19
Spaciousness
1989-01-01
Spaciousness
1993-04-15
Spirit Of Freedom
1993-07-31
Spirit of Freedom
1991-04-11
Spiritual Vision
1988-07-28
Spiritual Warrior - part I
1988-07-29
Spiritual Warrior - part II
1985-08-03
Spirituality & Meditation
1985-07-27
Spirituality In Relationship
2017-07-14
Standing At The Crossroads
1996-03-24
Staying In Touch
2004-07-24
Stillness
2014-03-19
Sukkha - the path of happiness leading to the deepest peace
1994-08-05
Symbols Of Our Life
1990-03-17
Taming Our Demons
1995-07-28
The "I" Story In Meditation
2006-05-05
The Anatomy Of A Self
2010-03-22
The Anatomy Of Aversion
2018-03-18
The Art Of Losing Gracefully
2003-02-24
The Body
1997-07-22
The Cause Of Suffering, End Of Suffering
2014-01-11
The Dialog Between wise Effort and wise Mindfulness
2006-03-24
The End Of Becoming
2008-09-03
The Engaged Mystic
1988-08-07
The Form And Depth Of Practice
2010-07-19
The Four Great Contentments
2015-03-23
The Ground On Which We Stand
2009-09-01
The Healing Power of Mindfulness
1997-07-26
The Journey Of Homecoming
1994-04-11
The Journey Of The Warrior
2014-07-06
The Joy Of solitude
2002-03-10
The Kindness And Challenge Of Mindfulness
1992-04-23
The Language of Silence
2009-03-28
The Liberated Heart
2007-03-13
The Long Journey To A Bow
1995-07-26
The Magic Of The Mind
1990-03-19
The Nature Of Our Beliefs
2006-07-15
The Ox Herding Pictures
1988-03-03
The Practice
2009-03-23
The Practice and Fruition of Renunciation
2018-07-08
The Practice Of Happiness
2009-09-02
The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Three - Morning
2009-09-01
The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Evening
2009-09-01
The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Mid Morning
2009-08-31
The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Morning
2009-08-30
The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Sati or Mindfulness
2008-02-05
The Taste Of Freedom
1990-07-27
The Vision
1996-03-27
The World Of Feeling
1990-08-03
The Yogi And The Householder
1989-08-01
Time And Transformation
2011-07-09
Tracing The Path - Based On An Autobiography In Five Short Chapters
1990-08-05
Transcendence And Transformation
2013-07-18
Unbinding the Heart
2008-03-04
Unpacking The Judgmental Mind
1985-08-06
Untying The Knots
1989-04-05
Visibility & Invisibility
2013-07-14
What Is Mindfulness?
1993-04-11
Wholeheartedness And Transformation
2007-07-15
Wisdom Of Boredom
2007-03-07
Wisdom Of Disappointment
2005-07-10
Wisdom Of Impermanence
2005-07-10
Wise Concentration
1990-07-23
Wise Effort
2008-09-05
Wise Intention
1997-03-23
Wise Intention
2010-03-19
Woman's Retreat - Opening Talk
2008-03-06
Woman's Sacred Poetry
1984-08-03
Women's Spirituality
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Select one of Christina Feldman's 65 retreats
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1990-03-16
7 Day Women in Meditation with C Feldman
1990-07-20
9 Day Retreat with Christina Feldman
1990-07-20
Weekend Retreat with Christina Feldman
1990-08-02
Family Retreat with C Feldman
1991-04-06
7 Day Women In Meditation with C Feldman
1991-07-19
9 Day Retreat with Christina Feldman
1992-04-18
7 Day Women in Meditation with C Feldman
1992-07-17
9 Day Retreat with Christina Feldman
1992-07-30
Family Retreat with C Feldman
1993-04-10
7 Day Women in Meditation with C Feldman
1993-07-23
9 Day Retreat with Christina Feldman
1993-08-05
Family Retreat with C. Feldman
1994-04-09
7 Day Women in Meditation with C Feldman
1994-07-22
9 Day Retreat with Christina Feldman
1994-08-04
Family Retreat with C Feldman
1995-04-01
7 Day Women's Retreat
1995-07-21
9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1996-03-23
7 Day Women's Retreat
1996-04-20
8 Day Vipassana Retreat
1996-07-19
9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1997-03-22
Women's Retreat (7 days)
1997-07-18
Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
1998-02-01
IMS Audio Files
2002-03-09
Women's Retreat
2003-02-21
Women's Retreat
2004-07-17
Vipassana Retreat
2005-03-13
Women's Retreat
2005-07-09
Vipassana Retreat
2006-03-18
Womens Retreat
2006-07-09
Vipassana Retreat
2007-03-09
Women In Meditation
2007-07-13
Path of Liberation
2008-02-01
Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals
2008-03-01
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2008-07-11
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2008-09-02
The Engaged Mystic: Meditation for Life
2009-03-20
25th Anniversary of the Women’s Retreat
2009-03-27
A Taste of Freedom: Insight Meditation Weekend
2009-07-18
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2009-08-29
The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Stud…
2010-03-19
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2010-03-26
The Power of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Weekend
2010-07-18
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2011-07-08
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2011-12-09
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-03-24
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-07-14
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-03-08
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-03-16
The Brahma Viharas: Study and Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Studen…
2013-07-13
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2014-01-10
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modaliti…
2014-01-17
Living a Mindful and Compassionate Life: Insight and Metta Weekend
2014-03-14
Women in Meditation: 30th Anniversary Retreat
2014-07-05
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-01-24
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modaliti…
2015-03-22
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-07-11
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2016-07-10
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2017-03-26
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2017-06-30
Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Exp…
2017-07-08
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-03-16
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-07-07
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced St…
2019-03-30
Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat
2019-07-06
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced St…
