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Overview
Overview
This is a list of scripts and of recorded meditations that have been discovered or created by our Dharma Friends. The purpose of this list is to help us find meditations for our meetings.
There are 3 sections: Mindfulness, Intentions and Difficulties.
Reminder: RD Friends Act is an unofficial peer-built site. Everything thing on the page is offered in the spirit of sharing and generosity. In addition to affirming that we are not teachers, this page is also offered as a menu of options rather than suggested prescriptions. Enjoy!
The sources for the list below include Recovery Dharma, Insight Meditation Communities (IMC), Theravada and Academic (Secular).
Please send us a message at rdfriendsact@gmail.com: if you find any broken links, if any of the meditations below do not fit any of the criteria or If you know of any other resources that fit the criteria
Criteria
Criteria
For more detailed information about these criteria, see our guide
Buddhist Practice and Recovery Based Scope:
Foundations
Heart Practices
Coping with Difficulties
Trauma-Informed - Intentional and skillful around trauma informed practices
Generous - Freely offered, limited references to commercial offerings
Secular - Free from references to demons, buddhas, energy currents or the divine
Peer - Community-based speakers - connected to and integrated with their peers
Sound Quality - Sufficient sound level and quality, minimal static etc.
Time - 3 - 35 minutes
For a list of meditations that meet most, but not all, criteria see this list
1 Mindfulness
1 Mindfulness
Practices that help us cultivate kind and compassionate awareness of all our senses
BREATH
BREATH
Script - Breath and Body - RD
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - RD
3:34 - Gathering and Arriving in Presence - IMC Washington
5:21 - SOBER Breathing Space - U of Washington
6:03 - Breathing Space - University of Washington
8;01 - Awareness of Breath - IMC Washington
8:04 - Breath - IMS
10:41 - Breath Meditation Instruction - Common Ground MC
11:36 - Sitting Breath Meditation Male Voice - U Washington
12:31 - Breath Meditation - Female Voice - U Washington
13:38 - Breath - IMC Redwood City
14:38 - Breath - IMC Redwood City
14:49 - Noticing the Breath - IMS
15:06 - Mindfulness of Breath - RD
15:18 - Mindfulness of Breathing - Blue Mountain MC
15:57 - The Journey of Three Breaths - IMC Redwood City
16:00 -Finding the Breath - Harvard U
16:02 - Breath - IMC Redwood City
19;52 - Whole Body Breathing IMC Washington DC
20:10 - Mindfulness of Breathing UC San Diego
20:34 - Coming Home With the Breath - IMC Washington DC
20:45 - Mindfulness of Breathing - Insight LA
21:06 - Mindfulness of Breath, Settling - IMC Washington DC
23:41 - Mindfulness of Breath - IMC Washington DC
24:35 - Being The Breath - IMC Redwood City
26:12 - Mindfulness of Breath - University of Washington
BODY
BODY
Script - Breath and Body - Recovery Dharma
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - Recovery Dharma
8:30 - Touch Points - Harvard
9:41 - Walking Meditation - Harvard
9:44 - Soft Belly - IMS
10:32 - Posture Instruction - Spirit Rock MC
10:46 - Body-Wise - Satipanna IM Toronto
11:14 - Body Scan - IMC Redwood City
13:47 - Spacious Body Scan - IMC Redwood City
13:49 - Body Sitting, Breathing - Blue Mountain IMC
14:10 - Walking Meditation - U of Washington
14:49 - Introduction to meditation - Portland IMC
14:57 - Relaxing the Body, Stilling the Mind - Blue Mountain IMC
15:26 - Receptive Awareness of the Body - IMC Redwood City
17:14 - Relaxed and Awake - IMC Washington DC
18:25 - Mindfulness of Anchors - Bellingham IMC
19:13 - Embodied Presence - IMC Washington DC
20:00 - Awareness of Body Sensations - Recovery Dharma
20:24 - Mindful Movement
21:00 - Breath Body and Awareness - IMC Waashington DC
22:10 - Movement, Sensing, Anchoring and Spacious Awareness - IMC Washington DC
24:12 - Mindfulness of Body Sensations - IMC Washington DC
24:16 - Mindfulness Meditation - IMC Washington DC
24:00 - Deeply Rested and Vibrantly Alert - IMC Washington DC
25:02 - Stretch, Slo-Mo Scan, Sit, Surrender - IMC Washington DC
30:59 - Mindful Movement - U of Washington
31:25 - Body Scan - U of Washington
SOUND
SOUND
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - RD
5:32 - Hearing - IMS
7:32 - Simply Listening - Harvard
9:59 - Mindfulness of Sound - U of Washington
19:35 - Awareness of Sound - RD
21:38 - The Silence that is Listening - IMC Washington
21:55 - Mindfulness of Sounds, Breath, Body - John Waterman
33:52 - Mindfulness of Sound - U of Washington
FEELING TONE
FEELING TONE
Script - Feeling Tone - Recovery Dharma
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - Recovery Dharma
8:33 - Urge Surfing - U of Washington
12:57 - The Path with Kamma - Common Ground IMC
Thoughts
Thoughts
Script - Mind - Recovery Dharma
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - Recovery Dharma
16:53 - Noticing the Affect of Thinking - IMC Redwood City
17:12 - Being Mindful of Thinking - IMS - Forest Refuge
19:41 - Process of Mind - Recovery Dharma
EMOTIONS
EMOTIONS
Script - Sitting with Difficult Emotions - Recovery Dharma
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - Recovery Dharma
7:00 - Transforming Difficult Emotions - Insight Meditation Society
8:33 - Urge Surfing - U of Washington
13:21 - Labeling Emotions - Harvard U
13:45 - Mindfulness of Emotion - Common Ground IMC
15:48 - How to Deal with Afflictive Emotions - Insight Meditation Society
15:50 - Emotions and Bodily Sensations - IMC Redwood City
15:51 - Feeling Tone - IMC Washington DC
16:13 - Meditation to Reduce Craving - Recovery Dharma
18:00 - Noting Emotions - UC Berkeley
18:35 - Investigating Pain and Emotions - Insight Meditation Society
18:24 - Standing - Opening to the Feeling - IMC Redwood City
19:31 - Difficult Emotions - Recovery Dharma
19:50 - Awareness of Feeling Tone - Recovery Dharma
Impermanent, Spacious, Impersonal
Impermanent, Spacious, Impersonal
Script - Impermanence - Recovery Dharma
Script - Basic Meditation, with Options - Recovery Dharma
2:18 - Spacious Awareness - Insight Meditation Society
4;01 Mind Like and Ocean - Insight Meditation Society
4:32 - Open to Timelessness - Insight Meditation Society
7:00 - Relax into Presence - IMC Washington DC
13:56 - Opening and Calming - IMC Washington DC
14:46 - Body, Breathing, Choiceless Awareness - Blue Mountain IMC
16:10 - Settling and Arriving - Spirit Rock IMC
17:14 - Relaxed Awake - IMC Washington DC
18:08 - Sea of Awareness - IMC Washington DC
18:36 - Awareness, Aliveness and Space - IMC Washington DC
19:04 - Inner Space - IMC Washington DC
19:45 - Awareness and Flow - IMC Washington DC
20:09 - Relax, Anchor and Open - IMC Washington DC
24:00 - Intimate Presence - IMC Washington DC
15:16 - Mindfulness - U of Washington
2 Intentions
2 Intentions
Practices that help us cultivate kind and compassionate awareness of our deepest and wisest intentions
LOVING KINDNESS
LOVING KINDNESS
Script - Metta / Loving Kindness - Recovery Dharma
8:23 - Metta - New York IMC
10:26 - Loving Kindness - IMC Redwood City
11:16 - Loving Kindness for the Body - IMC Redwood City
12:10 - Loving Kindness - IM Society
13:01 - Loving Kindness - Common Ground IMC
13:15 - Metta - Bellingham IMC
13:40 - Loving Kindness - Stanford U
14:04 - Offering Loving Kindness to Oneself - Harvard
14:11 - Mindfulness - Spirit Rock IMC
17:10 - Loving Kindness - U of Washington
17:25 - Loving Kindness - U of Washington
18:11 - Loving Kindness - New York IMC
18:41 - Loving Kindness - IMC Washington DC
18:41 - Reverse Benefactor - Portland IMC
18:56 - Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention - IMC Washington DC
20:00 - Loving Kindness - UC Berkeley
20:28 - Metta for Self - Portland IMC
20:42 - Metta All Categories - Portland IMC
21:16 - Metta - Recovery Dharma
21:42 - Metta to Enemies IMC Portland
22:40 - Loving Kindness for a Loved One - IMC Washington DC
23:05 - Coming into Presence and Wishing Well To All - IMC Washington DC
COMPASSION
COMPASSION
Script - Compassion Recovery Dharma
5:00 - Self Compassion Break - UC Berkeley
11:04 - Compassion - Spirit Rock IMC
14:15 - Connecting with the Suffering of Others - Harvard U
14:33 - Compassionate Being - Harvard U
13:32 - Self Compassion - Blue Mountain IMC
18:52 - Compassion - Spirit Rock IMC
19:51 - Compassion - Recovery Dharma
20:00 - Self Compassion - UC Berkeley
APPRECIATIVE JOY GRATITUDE
APPRECIATIVE JOY GRATITUDE
Script - Appreciative Joy - Recovery Dharma
3:13 - Being True to Yourself - IMS
5:03 - Open in Gratitude - IMC Redwood City
7:29 - Gratitude - IMS
15:23 - Body and Heart-Mind - Blue Mountain IMC
19:44 - Appreciative Joy - Recovery Dharma
20:00 -Mudita - Sympathetic Joy - Wildheart Meditation Center
EQUANIMITY
EQUANIMITY
Script - Equanimity - Recovery Dharma
5:25 - Equanimity - IMS
10:37 - Equanimity - Gaia House
10:52 - Equanimity - Mountain - Harvard U
18:10 - Equanimity - Recovery Dharma
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Script - Forgiveness - Recovery Dharma
8:15 - Forgiveness - U of Washington
11:41 - Forgiveness - IMS
15:02 - Forgiveness - IMC Redwood City
19:02 - Forgiveness - Recovery Dharma
LETTING GO, RENUNCIATION
LETTING GO, RENUNCIATION
Script - Sitting with Difficult Emotions - Recovery Dharma
Script - Renunciation - Michael, RD PDX Member
7:49- Letting Go - IMS
16:57 - Letting Go - Letting Be - IMC Washington DC
17:15 - Focus, Flow, Let Go - IMC Washington DC
18:02 - Equanimity of Being Here - White Heron Sangha
18:14 - Letting Go into Living Presence - IMC Washington DC
20:22 - Letting Go - IMC Washington DC
20:49 - Resting in the Sea of Presence - IMC Washington DC
21:50 - Letting Go of Doing - IMC Washington DC
3 Difficulties
3 Difficulties
Practices that help us cultivate kind and compassionate awareness of our strengths and resilience
Script - Sitting with Difficult Emotions - Recovery Dharma
5:16 - Saying Yes to What Arises - Bandar Utama Buddhist Society
7:03 - Anchor at the Bottom of a Stormy Sea - Harvard U
7:05 - Grief - IMS
7:32 - Meditations on Trust - IMS
7:49 - Letting Go - Spirit Rock IMC
9:05 - Stopping the War Within - IMS
10:31 - Working with Obstacles - Common Ground IMC
11:2- Wisdom in the Midst of Difficulties - IMS
14:4 - Bigger Perspective - Dharma Zephyr IMC
13:08 - What is Needed? - IMS - Forest Refuge
13:28 - This has Come to be - IMC Redwood City
14:28 - Investigating Unskillful Speech - Blue Mountain IMC - Jill Shepherd
14:45 - Resting Into Here - Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
14:40 -RAIN Blame - IMC Washington DC
15:00 How Are You Right Now? - IMC Redwood City
15:00 - Soften, Soothe, Allow - UC Berkeley
16:07 - Welcoming What Is Here - Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
16:10 - Befriending Inner Life - IMC Washington DC
16:11 - Four Noble Truths in Immediate Experience - Blue Mountain IMC
19:07 - Bringing Ease to Pain - Spirit Rock IMC
20:00 - The Practice of RAIN - IMC Washington DC
20:07 - The Practice of RAIN - IMC Washington DC
20:34 - Everything Belongs - IMC Washington DC
21:00 - Affectionate Breathing - UC Berkeley
21:22 - Anxiety - IMS
22:48 - Pain Release - Breathing - Portland IMC
23:10 - Pain Release - One Seat - Portland IMC
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