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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
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2024-10-11 Body Scan for Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 33:24
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Guided Meditation for settling, arriving, becoming available for the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Fall Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-01-02 Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:50
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Teaching and practice on awareness of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2024-01-01 Mudita: Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:09
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Poem and guided meditation on gratitude and mudita for others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-31 The Beauty of the Dhamma 49:45
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Stories about recollecting the Triple Gem, especially the wonders and beauties of the Dhamma. Reflections on truth, authenticity, compassion, and inner beauty for the New Year.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-30 Guided Meditation: Working with Hindrances, Emotions, and Other Difficulties (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:02
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Teaching and guided practice on working skillfully with challenging states of mind and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-29 Radiating Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:47
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Background and introduction to the classic method of pervading all quarters with a heart imbued with loving-kindness, followed by a guided meditation radiating metta in front, to the sides, in back, above, below and all around. Abundant, exalted, immeasurable.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-28 Receiving Care (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:24
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Short introduction to metta practice followed by a guided Receiving Care meditation, working with a Caring Figure.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat
2023-12-21 Mindfulness of Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:46
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Teachings on working with strong emotions and moods, including a guided RAIN meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-12-20 Reaching for a Pillow in the Darkness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:04
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Reflections on Embracing the Dark and Inviting the Light. Stories of fear, delusion, clear understanding and the not knowing that leads to release, freedom and love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light
2023-12-19 Receiving Care (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:10
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Short introduction to metta with phrases, followed by a guided meditation on receiving care from a caring figure. Includes sending it back to them and offering to the beloved community at the end.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

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