Yuka Nakamura's Dharma Talks
     at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 
    
              
              
 
            
    
        Yuka Nakamura  
         
         
     
     
 
    
        
                            
      Yuka Nakamura has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1993 in the Theravada, Dzogchen and Zen traditions, and has been trained as a teacher by Fred von Allmen. Living in Switzerland, she teaches meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
        
    
      
 
    
        
            
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        2025-04-02
            Awake mind, wise mind. 
    
        2025-04-08
            Bodhicitta - For the welfare of all 
    
        2023-07-13
            Calming the thinking mind 
    
        2023-07-19
            Closing Words 
    
        2018-07-18
            Compassion 
    
        2023-07-18
            Dana Talk 
    
        2024-06-05
            Embodied presence 
    
        2024-06-06
            Emptiness – an introduction 
    
        2024-07-23
            Equanimity 
    
        2023-07-17
            Evening Q&A 
    
        2024-06-11
            Goodbye talk, transition, taking the practice home - treading the path 
    
        2025-04-07
            Guided Meditation: Equanimity 
    
        2024-07-18
            Guided Meditation: Metta, Friendliness 
    
        2018-07-19
            Guided Metta Meditation 
    
        2024-06-07
            Guided metta meditation 
    
        2020-01-13
            Guided Metta meditation for self and benefactor 
    
        2023-07-14
            Guided metta meditation: metta for self 
    
        2023-07-16
            Impermanence 
    
        2020-01-15
            Instructions of choiceless attention and awareness of awareness 
    
        2020-01-12
            Instructions on mindfulness of vedana 
    
        2020-01-10
            Instructions on practicing with the hinderances. 
    
        2025-04-04
            Introduction and guided meditation on compassion 
    
        2018-07-13
            Learning to trust 
    
        2016-11-12
            Mindfulness - The Light On Our Path 
    
        2024-06-10
            Morning Instruction - mindfulness of mind states 
    
        2024-07-24
            Morning instruction – awareness of awareness and equanimity 
    
        2023-07-12
            Morning instructions 
    
        2024-07-20
            Morning Instructions - Hindrances in Awareness Practice 
    
        2018-07-20
            Morning Instructions - Mindfulness of mind 
    
        2024-06-07
            Morning Instructions – hindrances 
    
        2025-04-01
            Morning Instructions: First Day 
    
        2025-04-03
            Morning instructions: Mindful awareness and meeting physical pain in meditation. 
    
        2023-07-14
            Morning instructions: mindfulness of feeling tone 
    
        2025-04-06
            Morning instructions: Mindfulness of mind states 
    
        2023-07-17
            Morning Reflections - Mindfulness of Dhamma, Hindrances 
    
        2024-06-09
            Mudita - opening to joy. 
    
        2025-04-06
            Questions from the basket (three teachers take turns). 
    
        2018-07-21
            Re-imagining our world 
    
        2020-01-14
            Right Intention 
    
        2025-04-05
            Saddhā - Trust 
    
        2016-11-19
            Shaping our world through perception 
    
        2020-01-11
            The Four Ennobling Truths 
    
        2024-07-19
            Working with the Hindrances in Awareness Practice 
    
 
         
     
    
        
            
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        2016-10-22
            Three-Month Part 2 
    
        2018-07-07
            Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced St… 
    
        2018-07-15
            Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Exp… 
    
        2020-01-09
            Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat 
    
        2023-07-11
            Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation 
    
        2024-06-04
            Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Exp… 
    
        2024-07-16
            The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students 
    
        2025-03-31
            Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Exp…