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Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi first encountered the Buddha’s teachings in her early teens, igniting a deep interest in the Buddha’s Path of Awakening. She lived and trained as a monastic in the Forest Tradition at Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries in England from 1992 until 2009, when she moved to the US to help open more opportunities for women to live the monastic life. She took full Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. Her practice and teaching are guided by early Buddhist scriptures, living in community, and through nature’s pure and immediate Dhamma. Ayya is founder of Parayana Vihara, a monastic community in Port Townsend, WA.
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2019-08-31
"Liberating the Mind"
2019-04-08
A Beautiful Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-05-28
A Greater Perspective (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-12-09
Apparent Here and Now
2016-05-10
Applying the Practice
2016-07-16
Arriving into Body and Breath
2022-05-12
Asubha - The Unbeautiful (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2026-05-20
Awakening Factors and the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-08-22
Bhikkhuni Chanting
2014-10-04
Breathing Dharma, Breathing Life
2014-05-14
Buddha's Birthday
2021-05-07
Buddhanusati - Recollection of the Buddha
2018-05-05
Building the Raft - Day 1 - (Reflection Talk/Walking Instruction) - "Attuning t…
2018-09-22
Creativity with the Brahma Viharas - Finding a way to access the heart qualitie…
2023-04-09
Cultivating and Letting Go
2012-07-08
Cultivating Inner Strength
2022-09-18
Dhamma, the Supreme Medicine
2016-05-12
Ecology of the Heart
2023-04-08
Embracing Change - Embracing Truth
2014-05-12
Four Brahma Viharas
2011-05-23
Four Noble Truths
2015-11-28
Gratitude for this Body - a guided standing meditation
2023-05-26
Guided Body Sweeping: Vedanā
2014-08-31
Guided Meditation on Arriving
2014-05-14
Guided Meditation on Recognizing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment
2021-05-04
Guided Meditation on Skin, Flesh and Bones
2016-05-11
Guided Meditation on the Four Brahma Vihara
2011-09-25
Guided Metta Meditation
2015-08-21
Guided Standing Meditation Part 01
2015-08-21
Guided Standing Meditation Part 02
2021-05-05
If You Were to Die Tonight...
2019-05-06
Inclining Towards the Ocean (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-05-14
Interconnectedness and Our Responsibilities to the World
2023-05-26
Just Be Here (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-11-28
Living with Gratitude
2018-11-25
Losing Fear of Formations - Talk 1 of 2
2017-05-27
Love and Emptiness
2014-04-20
Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration
2015-06-20
Lovingkindness: the Path of Peace
2016-07-16
Meeting With the Challenges of our Time
2015-09-24
Mindful of Feeling
2014-05-12
Mindfulness and Clarity and Confusion.
2015-08-21
Mindfulness of Body and Feelings
2015-08-22
Mindfulness of Mind
2012-06-10
Morning Puja
2023-04-09
Opening into the Breath
2024-05-10
Opening Up Our Potential (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-05-06
Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2026-05-19
Practicing with the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-08-31
Q&A
2014-10-04
Q&A
2015-11-28
Q&A with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta
2014-05-13
Questions & Answers
2013-08-11
Questions and Answers - This Precious Moment
2022-05-10
Radiant Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-05-06
Radiating Metta for the Entire World
2022-12-12
Radiating Metta Practice
2019-09-01
Reclaiming Your Power through the Four Brahma Viharas
2021-05-07
Recollection of the Buddha's Wisdom and Love
2021-05-04
Reflecting on the Nature of the Body (asubha)
2016-05-10
Refuge in Awareness
2012-07-23
Renunciation
2014-04-20
Right Action on Climate
2024-05-08
Samadhi - Unification of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-12-11
Settling Into Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-04-08
Settling into Metta
2022-09-18
Settling into the Body & Breath
2011-07-11
Sharing Breath Mindfully
2024-05-06
Standing in Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2013-10-13
Stillness in this Turning World
2016-05-14
Stroking the Dog
2019-05-07
Taking Your Seat (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-08-31
The Alchemy of Turning Towards What's Difficult
2014-05-11
The Five Hindrances & Clear Mind
2022-12-13
The Four Divine Abidings (Retreat At Spirit Rock)
2012-06-06
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
2019-04-11
The Four Stages of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-12-14
The Heart's Wisdom
2010-10-04
The Teacher Who Never Leaves You
2010-10-04
The Teacher Who Never Leaves You
2013-08-11
This Precious Moment
2024-05-07
Turning Back to the Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-09-01
Unconditional Love
2023-05-25
Understanding the Hindrances to Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-05-11
Untangling the Knot of Self
2013-06-01
Whole Body Breathing
2015-06-20
with Ayya Santacitta
Q&A with Metta
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Select one of Ayya Anandabodhi's 19 retreats
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2011-05-23
Marriage of Being and Doing, Nuns' Monastic Retreat
2012-06-05
Into the Depths - Monastic Retreat
2013-06-01
Nature as Teacher
2014-04-20
Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration
2014-05-10
Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law
2015-08-20
Monastic Retreat
2015-09-21
The Power of Presence: Retreat for Women
2016-05-09
Taking Refuge In What Is True
2016-07-13
July Metta Retreat
2019-04-06
Mindfulness of Breathing
2019-05-05
Seven Treasures
2021-05-03
The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Trul…
2022-05-07
Seeing the Path Clearly
2022-12-10
Earth, Awareness, and Being
2023-04-08
Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go
2023-05-24
Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet - A Retreat with Buddhist Nuns (252R23) - On L…
2024-05-05
With the World on Fire, Embody the Eightfold Path
2026-05-18
Silence Behind the Noise: A Monastic Retreat
