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
Laura Bridgman: (4) Further Reflections on Energy - Viriya
May 22, 2022 14:45 - 19 minutes - 9.01 MB(Gaia House) We use practice as a process of discovery, of learning in this moment, with no agenda starting with inner listening, meeting the not yet known.
Laura Bridgman: (3) Body Work
May 22, 2022 13:30 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MB(Gaia House) A combination of massage and tapping techniques to relax the body.
Zohar Lavie: Cultivating the Wholesome and Letting Go of the Unwholesome
May 22, 2022 09:24 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB(Gaia House) A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Ajahn Sucitto: (2) Walking Suggestions
May 22, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 2.89 MB(Gaia House) Our energy is normally inclined to the front of our bodies. Is there a wider approach?
Ajahn Sucitto: 22-05-22 (2) Walking Suggestions
May 22, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 2.89 MB(Gaia House) Some short suggestions for walking meditation
Ajahn Sucitto: (1) Discovering the Energy of Presence
May 22, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB(Gaia House) The retreat theme acknowledges we need allies in cultivating awareness, something outside our normal self structure but available, in spite of the personality. Aspiration/ faith are the first of these.
Ajahn Sucitto: 22-05-22 (1) Discovering the Energy of Presence
May 22, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Opening Identification
May 21, 2022 18:01 - 1 hour - 87.8 MB(Gaia House) Regarding the aggregates of existence (form; preferences; perceiving; mental activity; knowing) as areas we can open around. Shifting from identification and ownership to just happening activities for greater freedom and well-being.
Laura Bridgman: (4) Reflections on Energy / Viriya
May 21, 2022 14:45 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB(Gaia House) Understanding and engaging with energies we bring into a retreat can help us to be aware of and shed reactions to them. This transition is an important learning opportunity.
Ajahn Sucitto: (2) Reflections
May 21, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB(Gaia House) Words like “central axis” and “periphery” help create a template for awareness of all the senses in a field rather than seizing on points or a particular sensory experience. This is citta / mind/ heart, an awareness of a psychosomatic field.
Ajahn Sucitto: (1) Standing Meditation
May 21, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB(Gaia House) Becoming aware of the spinal axis and the space around it. This can be used in any position.
Ajahn Sucitto: 22-05-21 (1) Standing Meditation
May 21, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB(Gaia House)
Ajahn Sucitto: (2) The skilful use of precepts
May 20, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 7.69 MB(Gaia House) Refuges and precepts provide a field of conscience and concern that wards off carelessness, imbalance, distractedness and negativity – and helps in moving towards a true norm that won’t let us down.
Ajahn Sucitto: 22-05-20 (2) The skilful use of precepts
May 20, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 7.69 MB(Gaia House)
Ajahn Sucitto: (1) GM
May 20, 2022 09:00 - 19 minutes - 8.87 MB(Gaia House) Gathering ourselves into a field of collective awareness, we tune into a sense of shared belonging and support with other human beings.
Zohar Lavie: Faith and Confidence
May 08, 2022 09:16 - 1 hour - 80.1 MB(Gaia House) A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Zohar Lavie: At Ease in the World
May 01, 2022 09:13 - 1 hour - 74.4 MB(Gaia House) A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Nathan Glyde: A Boundless Passion
April 24, 2022 10:27 - 1 hour - 121 MB(Gaia House) A guided meditation sending mettā and compassion to phenomena (rather than beings). Then a reflection and discussion about what insights, wisdom, and well-being, we feel from this kind of practice. Plus, where further can this practice take us. For more, see my upcoming course at Gaia House: https://gaiahouse.co.uk/programme-2022/wisdom-of-compassion/
Jenny Wilks: Dharma Talk
April 18, 2022 18:30 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB(Gaia House) Summary of what we have covered: the four truths and the three characteristics. This recording also includes Laura Bridgman.
Helen Stephenson: Dharma Talk - Returning to the Source
April 17, 2022 19:30 - 47 minutes - 54.6 MB(Gaia House)
River Wolton: Reflections & Guided Meditation
April 17, 2022 09:30 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MB(Gaia House) Impermanence.
River Wolton: Dharma Talks - Joy as Sustenance for Compassion
April 16, 2022 19:30 - 36 minutes - 42.1 MB(Gaia House)
River Wolton: Reflections and Guided Meditation
April 16, 2022 09:30 - 41 minutes - 47.9 MB(Gaia House) The ground of metta.
Helen Stephenson: Dharma Talk - You Place in Existence
April 15, 2022 19:30 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MB(Gaia House)
River Wolton: Instructions & Guided Meditation
April 15, 2022 09:30 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MB(Gaia House) The five hindrances as coverings.
River Wolton: Dharma Talk - Kindfulness of Body
April 14, 2022 19:30 - 41 minutes - 47.8 MB(Gaia House)
River Wolton: Instructions & Guided Meditation
April 14, 2022 16:30 - 45 minutes - 62 MB(Gaia House) Grounding, breathing & soothing.
Jenny Wilks: Week 5 - Dharma Talk
April 11, 2022 19:30 - 30 minutes - 17.7 MB(Gaia House) The eight-fold path.
Laura Bridgman: Week 5 - Guided Meditation
April 11, 2022 17:30 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB(Gaia House) Intention, effort & stabilising.
Zohar Lavie: The Sister Selā Discourse
April 10, 2022 11:10 - 1 hour - 108 MB(Gaia House) This session starts with a guided meditation (30 mins). Followed by a reflection on the Sister Sela sutta. The latter part is a questions and response session. For privacy, the questions have not been recorded, but it should still make sense.
Jaya Rudgard: Dharma Talk : Passivity and Activity
April 09, 2022 09:30 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB(Gaia House) What are we doing on retreat, and why? Reflections on how times of retreat are relevant to the whole of our life.
Kirsten Kratz: Instructions & Guided Meditation : Rooted in 'Middleness'
April 08, 2022 09:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB(Gaia House) As we quieten the noise of aversion and grasping, some stillness and calm can arise in the spacious welcoming of our experience. We can start to feel a freeing of the heart from our often limiting agendas and sense that heart-mind can stay open, connected and engaged, even when we struggle or are not in control.
Laura Bridgman: Week 4 - Dharma Talk
April 04, 2022 19:30 - 30 minutes - 17.4 MB(Gaia House) Not-self, emptiness & dependent arising.
Jenny Wilks: Week 4 - Guided Meditation
April 04, 2022 18:30 - 27 minutes - 15.6 MB(Gaia House) The four elements.
Nathan Glyde: Bodhisattva Perspective
April 03, 2022 10:58 - 1 hour - 118 MB(Gaia House) How does our concept of for whom we're practising shape our practice? Including our energy and enthusiasm, what we might do in the practice, and more…
Martine Batchelor: Dharma Talk
March 30, 2022 18:30 - 47 minutes - 38.1 MB(Gaia House) The Ten Ox Herding Pictures
Tony O'Connor: Dharma Talk
March 29, 2022 18:30 - 46 minutes - 53 MB(Gaia House) An Appropriate Response
Martine Batchelor: Morning Instructions
March 28, 2022 09:30 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB(Gaia House) What is This ?
Martine Batchelor: Dharma Talk
March 27, 2022 18:30 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB(Gaia House) Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Questioning
Laura Bridgman: Week 3 - Guided Meditation
March 21, 2022 20:30 - 23 minutes - 16 MB(Gaia House) Contemplating pleasant / unpleasant, and noticing change.
Jenny Wilks: Week 3 - Dharma Talk
March 21, 2022 18:30 - 25 minutes - 14.5 MB(Gaia House) Impermanence and dependent arising.
Laura Bridgman: Closing Session Pt 2
March 21, 2022 14:30 - 29 minutes - 16.7 MB(Gaia House) Integrating Dharma practice into our life. (This recording also includes Alan Lewis)
Alan Lewis: Closing Session - Pt 1
March 21, 2022 09:30 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MB(Gaia House) Teachings - awareness says ‘yes’ to everything. Silent Meditation.
Alan Lewis: Guided Early Morning Meditation
March 21, 2022 07:30 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MB(Gaia House) Allowing all experiences to pass through us.
Alan Lewis: Afternoon Pt 2 - Guided Metta Meditation
March 20, 2022 16:30 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MB(Gaia House) Labelling experiences as significant and insignificant. Paying attention to what seems insignificant, finding nourishment in unlikely places.
Laura Bridgman: Afternoon Pt 1 - The Qualities of Awareness Itself
March 20, 2022 14:30 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB(Gaia House) Noticing what we already know about our learnt experience, and how our willingness to go beyond that can allow for that experience to go deeper and reveal more of itself.