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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Devon Hase
devon hase loves long retreats. Cumulatively, she’s spent four years in silent practice in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the center of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers around the world. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach centers relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. She continues to spend a good part of the time in wilderness retreat in Oregon, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. For more, visit devonandnicohase.com
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2025-05-28 Sampajanna: The Wisdom That Knows What To Do (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:33
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Reflections on awareness + wisdom and how to bring the practice home.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-27 Techniques for Accessing Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:28
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Summary of ways to recognize awareness and guidance on resting practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-23 Turn, Recognize, Rest (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:17
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Teachings on using vitakka and vicara to connect with and recognize the nature of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-22 Whole-Hearted Response: What Remains In Emptiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:04
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Teachings on emptiness and the love that is waiting for us as we learn to let go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-05-19 An Appropriate Response: Teachings for Our Times 1:46:41
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks
2025-05-18 Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:48
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with Devon Hase, Susie Harrington
Teachings and guided practice on mindfulness of the breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2025-02-24 How Emptiness Reveals Love 60:21
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Reflections on emptiness as taught by the Buddha (Bahiya, Rohitassa, Rahula). And how this reveals a deep and abiding compassionate kind of love for ourselves, all beings, and the world. Invitation to the Devas paritta chant with Dawn Scott at the beginning.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-17 Short Satipatthana Reflection 57:27
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Teachings on all Four Foundations of the Satipatthana Sutta leading into a silent sit.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-16 Piti and Passaddhi 55:50
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Teachings on Liberative Dependent Co-Arising, with a focus on Piti leading into Passaddhi. References to Joseph Goldstein, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Disney's Sword in the Stone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-12 Mindfulness of Strong Emotions 58:57
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Instructions and guided practice on meditating with strong emotions - light RAIN with somatic experiencing using orienting, titrating, and pendulating.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

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