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Mind Training Pod

by dave smith

All episodes on this podcast are dedicated to mind training. As part of the Dave Smith Dharma podcast, these are designed to give you quick access to high quality meditation practices rooted various Buddhist and secular systems of training the mind. Enjoy~

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Episodes

  1. Mindfulness and emotion 2

    Mindfulness of emotion, part two. Identifying emotion within the somatic body.

  2. Mindfulness & emotion 1

    Mindfulness and emotion. Understanding the presence or absence of emotional tone. If you are interested in deepening you practice with 1:1 guidance and support from an online community, please consider joining our mentoring program HERE.

  3. Kindness for other

    Developing kindness towards another.

  4. Self compassion

    Self compassion guided practice.

  5. Self appreciate / gratitude

    A practice of self appreciation / self gratitude

  6. Mindfulness of body: body scan

    A mindfulness of body practice. Using the systematic attention training of a body scan.

  7. Body/breath/kindness

    Developing kindness within body and breath awareness. A great intro practice.

  8. Mindfulness and mental states

    Mindfulness and the "state" of mind

  9. Mindfulness of mind & body

    This practice supports the development of attention refinement. Monitoring attention to see if it is connect to a somatic or cognitive object or experience.

  10. Concentration through body and breath

    Developing concentration through body/breath awareness

  11. Compassion & Gratitude blend

    Developing compassion and gratitude for feeling states

  12. Mindfulness of breathing 2

    Further extension of mindfulness of breathing. Using the breath as a circular motion.

  13. Ethical Mindfulness aka right mindfulness

    Samma sati, right mindfulness. The full range of practice.

  14. Kindness/self

    Intro to metta, kindness for self. A good place to start.

  15. Mindfulness of thinking

    Using a common "noting" strategy to develop mindfulness of "thinking".

  16. Mindfulness and cooperation

    Working with the mind instead of fighting with it.

  17. Mindfulness as a "state"

    Mindfulness as a mental "state"

  18. Mindfulness of Breathing

    Basic mindfulness of breathing practice. Good place to begin.

  19. Mindfulness of mental states

    Mindfulness of mental states. A third foundation of mindfulness practice.

  20. Mindfulness of the body: Nervous system regulation

    Mindfulness of the body. Emphasis on nervous system regulation.

  21. Compassion for other

    Developing compassion for the other

  22. Self Kindness

    A short and basic introduction to self kindness / metta for self.

  23. Mindfulness: breath, body, kindness

    This is the essential 101 practice. It is the core of metta vipassana

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All episodes on this podcast are dedicated to mind training. As part of the Dave Smith Dharma podcast, these are designed to give you quick access to high quality meditation practices rooted various Buddhist and secular systems of training the mind. Enjoy~

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dave smith

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All episodes on this podcast are dedicated to mind training. As part of the Dave Smith Dharma podcast, these are designed to give you quick access to high quality meditation practices rooted various Buddhist and secular systems of training the mind. Enjoy~

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