Gaia House: dharma talks and meditation instruction
629 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Gaia House is a meditation retreat centre offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. We warmly welcome people of every age, ethnicity, cultural heritage and religious background, socio-economic group, sexual orientation and gender identity, and we are actively working to investigate and remove barriers to inclusion. Join us in to explore the teachings of the Buddha, guided by experienced Dharma teachers from all over the world.
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Episodes
Nathan Glyde: Appreciation and Enjoyment
February 28, 2021 10:52 - 53 minutes - 61.4 MB(Gaia House) Guided meditation and talk at Gaia House's online Dharma hall session on "What, when I do it, will lead to my long-term well-being and happiness?".
Nathan Glyde: "I Can Wait" - Surfing the Urge of Distraction and Dukkha
February 21, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB(Gaia House) A guided meditation and talk (at least somewhat) inspired by Matt Mullenweg's bio: I can think, I can wait, I can fast and Nir Eyal's book Indistractible we explore the "don't scratch the itch" meditation and dependent origination teachings for freedom and well-being.
Nathan Glyde: Magically Making Time
February 07, 2021 18:07 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB(Gaia House) Guided meditation and talk from the Online Dharma Hall
Zohar Lavie: Guided practice and Talk about Ethics
February 07, 2021 18:03 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: A Boundless Path of Insight
February 04, 2021 16:35 - 48 minutes - 55.7 MB(Gaia House) Saṅkhāra points out that in every moment of life there is a phenomena in attention and atmosphere of attention that is shaping it. This happens on a retreat and in the whole of our life. Is our meditation practice of deep listening and skilful cultivation only useful on the ‘cushion’ or is it a tool for awakening in very moment of life?
Zohar Lavie: Day 4 - Instructions: Dukkha and Opening Way of Looking
February 04, 2021 10:40 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to Easy Relationship, then More Neutral, Challenging, or Oneself, then our into the World
February 03, 2021 20:22 - 44 minutes - 51.4 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Mettā as a Liberating Way of Looking
February 03, 2021 17:56 - 46 minutes - 53.7 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Day 3 - Instructions: Anicca and Vedanā Way of Looking
February 03, 2021 12:13 - 58 minutes - 67.5 MB(Gaia House) Noticing change, and the attribution of hedonic categories to appearances, to open the possibility of possibilities: to ease, to let go, and to relax, opening up, and awaken.
Zohar Lavie: Mettā to an Easy Relationship, towards One Self, to a More Neutral Relationship and Out to All Beings.
February 02, 2021 20:26 - 43 minutes - 49.5 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Anicca and Vedanā
February 02, 2021 17:59 - 46 minutes - 53.6 MB(Gaia House) Exploring wisdom ways of looking to bring insight into our practice, where paying attention is the key. Seeing the inconstancy in all things opens the possibility for greater sensitivity. Seeing the rating of all things by the enjoyment or distress they might offer as just an opinion, rather than fact, opens the possibility of more ease and delight.
Zohar Lavie: Day 2 - Instructions: Expanding and Brightening Attention
February 02, 2021 11:16 - 59 minutes - 68.5 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to Easy Relationship (with introduction)
February 01, 2021 20:22 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Day 1 - Instructions: Relax into Presence with Breath and Sound
February 01, 2021 12:18 - 58 minutes - 66.8 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Opening Calming and Soothing with Breath and Body
January 31, 2021 20:30 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Opening, Calming, and Soothing with Breath and Body
January 31, 2021 20:30 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Relaxed, Open, Awake - Opening to the Retreat
January 31, 2021 19:04 - 44 minutes - 50.9 MB(Gaia House) Understanding that the saṅkhāra (conditioned and conditioning, fabricated and fabricating) quality of experience is an invitation to engage with the way life is appearing in skilful ways for awakening.
Zohar Lavie: Equipoise in Challenging Times
January 16, 2021 18:58 - 1 hour - 94.7 MB(Gaia House) Guided meditation and Dharma Talk
Nathan Glyde: Beyond the Present Moment
January 09, 2021 19:11 - 1 hour - 73.5 MB(Gaia House) Being present is an essential component of the Dharma path. It feels good to bring body, heart, mind, attention, consciousness, all together in the present moment. But being present is not the goal of the Dharma. (Guided meditation and Dharma reflection from Gaia House's Online Dharma Hall)
Nathan Glyde: Appropriate Attention
January 07, 2021 10:39 - 1 hour - 77.3 MB(Gaia House) A guided meditation and reflection on yoniso manasikāra and being skilful in questioning experience.
Zohar Lavie: New Year Reflections and Practice
January 03, 2021 10:43 - 53 minutes - 74.2 MB(Gaia House) About the power of intention
Kirsten Kratz: Guided Meditation - Becoming Like a Tree
January 01, 2021 11:30 - 48 minutes - 27.9 MB(Gaia House)
Kirsten Kratz: Teachings and Guided Meditation - Tuning into Metta (Loving Kindness)
December 30, 2020 19:30 - 53 minutes - 30.7 MB(Gaia House)
Jaya Rudgard: Guided Meditation - The Five Elements
December 30, 2020 14:30 - 58 minutes - 33.4 MB(Gaia House)
Kirsten Kratz: Teachings and Guided Meditation - Being Welcomed
December 29, 2020 19:30 - 48 minutes - 27.5 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Exploring Trustworthy Well-being and Happiness
December 26, 2020 18:38 - 1 hour - 85.8 MB(Gaia House) Guided meditation and talk
Nathan Glyde: Dissolving the Boundary between Retreat and Daily Life
December 17, 2020 12:39 - 39 minutes - 45.8 MB(Gaia House) Transition talk for the closing of the retreat. Questioning what is the Dharma teaching (for) us, what is our goal, our path, our understanding of ethics, sangha…and expressing the idea of an ever-expanding Dharma.
Nathan Glyde: Blurring the Boundary of Retreat and An Ever Expanding Dharma
December 17, 2020 12:39 - 39 minutes - 45.8 MB(Gaia House) Questioning what is the Dharma teaching (for) us, what is our goal, our path, our understanding of ethics, sangha…
Nathan Glyde: Guided Mettā to All Phenomena
December 16, 2020 20:27 - 43 minutes - 50.3 MB(Gaia House) Expanding our mettā practice to offer kindness and care to anything at all that appears in consciousness.
Nathan Glyde: Day 3 Instructions - Anattā
December 16, 2020 11:42 - 1 hour - 71 MB(Gaia House) Bringing a not self view as a way to open more mettā and well being into life here and now
Zohar Lavie: Guided Mettā to Sounds and Sensations
December 15, 2020 20:34 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MB(Gaia House) Bringing the relational field of mettā to sense contact rather than specific beings.
Nathan Glyde: Anattā and Mettā
December 15, 2020 19:36 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MB(Gaia House) The not-self strategy (anattā) is indicated, invited, and supported by kindness (mettā).
Zohar Lavie: Day 4 Instructions - Dukkha Insightful Way of Relating
December 15, 2020 12:22 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB(Gaia House) Opening and relaxing contraction as a way of expressing an understanding of tanha roots in the dukkha field
Nathan Glyde: Guided Mettā to Challenging Relationship
December 14, 2020 20:22 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MB(Gaia House) Gently wishing well for those we have a more difficult relationship with
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to Challenging Relationship
December 14, 2020 20:22 - 43 minutes - 16.6 MB(Gaia House) Gently wishing well for those we have a more difficult relationship with
Zohar Lavie: A Wise Relationship to Dukkha
December 14, 2020 17:38 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Day 3 Instructions - Vedanā Insightful Way of Relating
December 14, 2020 11:26 - 1 hour - 27.9 MB(Gaia House) Easing reactivity by bringing attention to the hedonic classification of experience.
Zohar Lavie: Metta to Being from an Easy Relationship, Self, Being from a More Neutral Relationship And All Beings
December 13, 2020 22:00 - 45 minutes - 30.3 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Guided Mettā to Neutral Relationship
December 13, 2020 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB(Gaia House) Spreading mettā to a being from an easy relationship, to self, being from a more neutral relationship and outward to all beings
Nathan Glyde: Untangle the Entangled
December 13, 2020 20:10 - 48 minutes - 22 MB(Gaia House) Exploring meeting the hindrances in skilful ways. Firstly seeing them as wonderful opportunities for growth and development of heart. Secondly not taking them personally, not fully believing what they say (shape) about the world. And thirdly finding skilful means through mettā, insight, and samādhi practices to find well-being in the midst of the entanglement of dukkha.
Zohar Lavie: Day 2 Instructions - Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
December 13, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to an Easy Relationship, Self, and World
December 12, 2020 20:30 - 44 minutes - 17.1 MB(Gaia House) Guided well-wishing and kindness practice as part of the heart training of mettā practice. Particularly emphasising getting to know the particular qualities we are radiating in this intentional practice.
Nathan Glyde: Guided Mettā to Easy Relationship
December 12, 2020 20:30 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MB(Gaia House) Guided well-wishing and kindness practice as part of the heart training of mettā practice. Particularly emphasising getting to know the particular qualities we are radiating in this intentional practice. Includes sending mettā to oneself, and to all beings in the world.
Zohar Lavie: Possibilties of Mettā and Insight
December 12, 2020 19:07 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Day 1 Instructions - Breath, Body, Sounds within a Bright Full Awareness
December 12, 2020 12:13 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB(Gaia House)