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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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2023-07-14 Guided metta meditation: metta for self 40:39
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation
2023-07-14 Morning instructions: mindfulness of feeling tone 52:34
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with Akincano Marc Weber, Yuka Nakamura
Introduction to Vedana – the feeling tones - and a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation
2023-07-13 Calming the thinking mind 59:05
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Thoughts often carry the mind away from the present moment. This talk invites you to explore the nature of thoughts and offers five methods to still the distracted mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation
2023-07-12 Morning instructions 48:57
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Settling in and gathering the mind. Mindfulness of body and breathing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation
2020-01-15 Instructions of choiceless attention and awareness of awareness 53:53
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2020-01-14 Right Intention 55:54
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Our actions are often driven by unconscious or conflicting intentions. How can we align with wholesome intentions and cultivate wholesome mindstates?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2020-01-13 Guided Metta meditation for self and benefactor 43:30
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2020-01-12 Instructions on mindfulness of vedana 54:06
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2020-01-11 The Four Ennobling Truths 61:30
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The teaching on the four ennobling truths speaks to our lived experience. It addresses the existential fact of facing suffering, pain, stress, and conflict in our lives and offers a way to understand the causes and conditions that lead to suffering and to the end of suffering. The four ennobling truths can guide us in our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat
2020-01-10 Instructions on practicing with the hinderances. 44:35
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

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