Bramaviharas: Purification of the Heart, 1-week Retreat-in-a-Box–Multi-media Program

Bramaviharas:  Purification of the Heart, 1-week Retreat-in-a-Box–Multi-media Program

This “Retreat-in-a-Box” includes recordings of a 1-week retreat that Tina  taught on the Bramaviharas/ Heart-based Meditation Practices. In this retreat, Tina teaches the “Heart Practices” category of meditation. The Bramaviharas are the “divine abodes of the heart,” found in both Theravadan and Tibetan Buddhism. These include: metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (empathetic joy), and upekkha (equanimity). She also includes the...

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Luminous Mind–Samatha and Dzogchen 2-week Retreat

Luminous Mind–Samatha and Dzogchen 2-week Retreat

This “Retreat in a Box” includes everything you need for your own retreat and is available in four different packages. The Luminous Mind retreat is set in the larger context of awakening. The first few days include the overall “view” of enlightenment, and the basis of Bodhicitta (a wish for awakening for oneself and all beings) in the heart for a full practice and larger intention for practice. The next several days of the retreat focus on the...

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Dimensions of Non-Duality

Dimensions of Non-Duality

In this 41-minute talk, Tina shares her experience and understanding of the “Dimensions of Non-duality” as found in the “Immaterial Realms” of Buddhism as compared with the “Boundless Dimensions” of the Diamond Approach. This talk was given to a group of spiritual teachers from all traditions. Tina’s unique background, that includes deep spiritual practice and experiences in several traditions, gives her a very rare perspective on how one...

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Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World–Dharma Talk and Daylong Videos/Audios, and Weekend Retreat Audios

Samatha Meditation to Develop Concentration and Serenity for a Chaotic World–Dharma Talk and Daylong Videos/Audios, and Weekend Retreat Audios

This “Retreat-in-a-Box” includes three shorter offerings on the Samatha Meditation Practice. You can use these to do your own at-home daylong or weekend retreat, following along with the audience as the event progresses. The Dharma Talk and Daylong were recorded at an event by Stillpoint PDX in Portland, Oregon, and the Weekend Retreat was recorded at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Click here for a free 4-minute video of...

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Vipassana / Open Monitoring Meditation Daylong Retreat–Videos and Audios

Vipassana / Open Monitoring Meditation Daylong Retreat–Videos and Audios

In this daylong retreat, Tina gives an overview of the “Open Monitoring” category of meditation, in particular the Vipassana practice as it is taught in Theravadan and Tibetan Buddhism. Vipassana is also known as Insight Meditation, and utilizes our capacity to investigate, to more deeply understand phenomena so that we can develop equanimity in being with things as they are. Investigating our experience can also potentially lead to perceiving...

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What is Awakening? 1-week Retreat-in-a-Box

What is Awakening? 1-week Retreat-in-a-Box

This “Retreat in a Box” includes everything you need for your own retreat, or to listen to for educational purposes, and is available in three different packages. In this 10-part program, Tina explores with us the question: “What is awakening?” Awakening is the inspiration for many on the spiritual journey, but we may be unclear about what it is, how it happens, and what we can commonly encounter. An overview of how awakening is understood...

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Individual Mentoring Program–Year-Long

Individual Mentoring Program–Year-Long

This year-long mentoring program includes all of the multi-media materials you need for the program (audios and videos), plus one-on-one mentoring sessions with Tina. The Individual Mentoring Program is for people who have a deep interest and commitment to their own unfoldment as they experience it in their worldly lives. It is a version of the year-long Group Mentoring Program, which Tina offered three times previously, and is now customized...

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