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Dana DePalma's Dharma Talks
Dana DePalma
Dana DePalma has practiced Insight Meditation since 1993 and is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council. Dana co-developed and leads innovative programs for the staff at Spirit Rock that combine practice, study and leadership training. She holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and enjoys sharing the Dharma as a spiritual mentor.
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2024-01-24 Introduction to Nine Bodies Insight Practice, Capacities 1-4 1:35:35
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2023-07-10 The Present Moment is a Temple 1:56:06
This guided meditation goes through the Arriving Sequence, including arriving in the present moment, becoming available to practice, and aligning with our deepest values. Having established ourselves thus, we deepen into the felt sense of presence and aliveness. Includes Mary Oliver’s poem, Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me. This talk follows the guided meditation from the same evening and continues the exploration of the Arriving Sequence and the felt sense of presence and aliveness. The Arriving Sequence includes arriving in the present moment, becoming available to practice, and aligning with our deepest values. Includes a short guided meditation to demonstrate the steps of the Arriving Sequence and turning toward aliveness and presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2023-03-18 Patience and Persistence (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:03
The paramis of patience and persistence play key roles in supporting our capacity to stay with the ups and downs of practice without succumbing to reactivity, judgement, or discouragement. This talk explores the active quality of persistence, the receptive quality of patience, and how they compliment each other in support of untangling the tangles of heart and mind in this gradual path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-16 Guided Meditation on Deepening, Quieting, and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:12
A guided meditation emphasizing deepening, quieting, grounding, letting ourselves be held by nature, and shifting to a deeper and wiser perspective in support of equanimity, a balanced heart-mind. It includes a poem by Mary Oliver, "Swimming, One Day in August."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-15 Deepening and Quieting 56:58
This guided meditation invites deepening and quieting, with lines of poetry from Mary Oliver.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-11 Grounding Meditation 45:04
Guided Meditation emphasizing grounding and then gently opening to thoughts, including a poem by Matty Weingast from "The First Free Women."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-05 Arriving Sequence and exploring the Third Foundation: Mind/Emotions 53:52
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-04 Curiosity about what is True 59:17
Dhammavicaya, often translated as "investigation of the dharma", is one of the 7 factors of awakening. This talks explores dhammavicaya as a naturally arising curiosity in relationship to what is true which does not necessarily have to be framed in words.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-03-02 Guided Metta Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:35
A Guided Metta Meditation emphasizing the integration of Metta and Insight Meditation, including utilizing Sylvia Boorstein's phrase, "May I meet this moment fully; May I meet it as a friend," and variations of the second phrase such as "May I meet it with _______ (kindness, compassion, gentleness, patience, curiosity, receptivity, etc.). Includes a poem by Matty Weingast from "The First Free Women."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2021-05-27 Feeling the Ouch with Dignity and Integrity 54:36
Contemplation Reflections → Sitting Meditation → Walking/Movement
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dancing with Life: The Twelve Insight Practices of the Four Noble Truths

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