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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
2024-02-06 Wholeness and the Four Noble Truths 48:45
Discussions of returning to wholeness, and opening to wisdom and love. New interpretation of the Four Noble Truths
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-04 Mindfulness of the Breath and Mindfulness of Sounds 54:12
Introduction to satipatthana with a guided meditation on sounds and breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-03 Introduction to the Brahma Viharas 43:36
Short teaching and overview of the divine abodes, followed by a guided receiving care practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2024-02-03 Mindfulness of Eating 14:02
Short teaching on the practice of mindful eating, including quote from Sonya Renée Taylor (author of The Body is Not an Apology).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2023-08-23 The parami of generosity 36:12
Thoughts and reflections on the paramis, Dana parami in particular
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice
2023-08-21 Metta For A Friend 43:34
Guidance on using metta phrases, and the cultivation of friendliness for a good friend, prentices, (including pets, trees, and nature)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice
2023-08-20 On Bumpy Roads and Muddy Trails: reflections on tranquility 48:06
Stories and dhamma on the awakening factor of Passaddhi (calm, peace, tranquility)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice
2023-03-14 Practicing in daily life 51:05
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom
2023-03-12 Reminders about working with difficulty and mindfulness of thinking 45:45
Morning reflection on dukkha, and how to be skillful with thoughts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom
2023-03-10 Right attitude 47:44
How we re-wild our hearts with balanced observation – not rejecting, or pushing our practice. So much is possible, when we allow ourselves to be just as we are.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom

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