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Arinna WeismanHow to Take Refuge in the Beautiful Qualities (09-25-22)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Reclaiming our Path of Freedom Through Love, with Arinna Weisman, Noliwe Alexander, Jozen Tamori Gibson and Ian Challis
Arinna gives a dharma talk on how to take refuge in the beautiful qualities of mind and to name the tree of ignorance and its branches as invitations for recognition and abandonment.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/73040/
2025-06-2326 min
Rebel BuddhistWe Are the Dreams of Our AncestorsThis week, we dive into a truth that we often forget: We are the dreams of our ancestors. Join us as we explore the ways we can honor our ancestors in the lives we live today and how we can move forward in healing their wounds AND ours, not just for our own good, but for the good of our communities. Knowing this helps us get through anything, and this is the type of resilience many of us need right now.You will learn:// How I was inspired by my Black dharma teacher, Noliwe Alexander...
2025-05-0214 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBody / Breath Meditation by Noliwe AlexanderNoliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years.This is a meditation from a POC Retreat at Spirit Rock 2020You can reach her at Deep Time Liberation and Peace at Any Pace
2023-02-2133 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersPracticing to Touch Our Edges with Noliwe AlexanderNoliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, meditation teacher of various retreats and sitting groups, day-longs and class series programs. She dedicates much her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BiPOC, LGBTQIA+, At Risk and Elder communities. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock's CDL4 program, EBMC's Commit 2 Dharma program in 2010 and is a graduate of Spirit Rock Teacher Training from 2017-2020. Noliwe is the co-founder of Peace At Any Pace, Inc. a non-profit organization that offers a Journey...
2023-02-0755 min
Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Where Does It Hurt? Evening Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2022-12-1452 min
Mission Dharma: Ayya Anandabodhi's most recent Dharma talksAyya Anandabodhi, Carol Cano, Jozen Tamori Gibson, Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio, Noliwe Alexander: Settling Into Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Opening instruction for "Earth, Awareness and Being" retreat.
2022-12-111h 13Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksAyya Anandabodhi, Carol Cano, Jozen Tamori Gibson, Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio, Noliwe Alexander: Settling Into Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Opening instruction for "Earth, Awareness and Being" retreat.
2022-12-111h 13
Buddhist GeeksMagic and the Four Immeasurables, with Vince F HornIn most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables.This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic!Episode Links:🔗 Hea...
2022-07-0647 min
Buddhist GeeksMagic and the Four Immeasurables, with Vince F HornIn most modern contexts the topic of magic is taboo, because it isn’t Rational. Here, Vince Fakhoury Horn makes the claim that magic can also be understood and practiced in a Transrational way. He does this by unpacking several perspectives on magic, and then links those with the Buddhist teachings on the open heart: The Four Immeasurables.This episode was recorded during a recent Buddhist Geeks Retreat on Heart Magic. Join us from August 3–10, 2022 at the Garrison Institute in NY for a week-long retreat on the same topic!Episode Links:🔗 Hea...
2022-07-0649 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Monday Night Dharma Talk - Power of Love(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2022-02-1443 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Letting Go into Forgiveness with Joy and Gratitude(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) As we let go of our closed hearts, we open to the essence of Forgiveness practice through seeing what lies on the other side of forgiveness: joy, gratitude, self-compassion and knowing the true nature of our minds.
2021-12-1542 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Guided Meditation, Cultivating a Compassion Heart(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Brahma Vihara ~ Guided Meditation, Cultivating a Compassion Heart
2021-12-1448 min
Brown Rice Hour with Konda MasonEp. 13 - Noliwe AlexanderIn this episode of the Brown Rice Hour, Konda Mason speaks with Noliwe Alexander about her work with two non-profit organizations, Peace At Any Pace and Deep Time Liberation.Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner and meditation teacher. She dedicates her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BiPOC, LGBTQIA+, At Risk and Elder communities. Noliwe is the founder of Peace At Any Pace, a non-profit organization that offers healing opportunities through culturally specific journeys. She is...
2021-08-201h 03Buddhist GeeksFalling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe AlexanderTeaching by Noliwe Alexander, given during a Mindfulness Retreat Online.This Open Source Dharma content is offered using a Creative Commons by attribution 4.0 license.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-07-0528 min
Buddhist GeeksFalling in Love With What Is, with Noliwe AlexanderTeaching by Noliwe Alexander, given during a Mindfulness Retreat Online.This Open Source Dharma content is offered using a Creative Commons by attribution 4.0 license.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Get full access to Buddhist Geeks at www.buddhistgeeks.org/subscribe
2021-07-0530 min
The Circled SquareRima Vesely-Flad, Learning about Black Buddhist Dharma Teachers and Healing JusticeDescription
Rima Vesely-Flad teaches at Warren Wilson College exploring the intersections of Buddhism, race, and gender. Her teaching is deeply entwined with her current research on Buddhist teachers of African descent in the United states, particularly in the Vipassana tradition.
Buddhism as it was adopted in North America has reflected the racism and discriminatory ideologies of this society. Rima researches how Black Buddhist teachers are doing things differently—and how Buddhist institutions in North America and contemporary Buddhist teachings are changing as a result. As more Black teachers are coming into positions of power in th...
2020-12-141h 05
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley: Phillip Moffitt's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander, Phillip Moffitt: The Art and Practice of Forgiveness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The art of forgiveness begins with connecting to the heart. The practice involves learning skills such as metta, mindful acknowledgement, and compassion. Practicing these skills enables you to free yourself from painful identification with past events.
This is a day to bring remorse or grief about past actions and move beyond feelings of guilt and shame. Likewise, if someone has wronged you, you will be guided toward holding them in accountability without closing your heart. Additionally, forgiveness practice will move you toward clarity and acceptance for the ways you have let yourself down.
Practicing forgiveness allows...
2020-12-134h 23Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Phillip Moffitt's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander, Phillip Moffitt: The Art and Practice of Forgiveness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The art of forgiveness begins with connecting to the heart. The practice involves learning skills such as metta, mindful acknowledgement, and compassion. Practicing these skills enables you to free yourself from painful identification with past events.
This is a day to bring remorse or grief about past actions and move beyond feelings of guilt and shame. Likewise, if someone has wronged you, you will be guided toward holding them in accountability without closing your heart. Additionally, forgiveness practice will move you toward clarity and acceptance for the ways you have let yourself down.
Practicing forgiveness allows...
2020-12-134h 23Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander, Phillip Moffitt: The Art and Practice of Forgiveness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The art of forgiveness begins with connecting to the heart. The practice involves learning skills such as metta, mindful acknowledgement, and compassion. Practicing these skills enables you to free yourself from painful identification with past events.
This is a day to bring remorse or grief about past actions and move beyond feelings of guilt and shame. Likewise, if someone has wronged you, you will be guided toward holding them in accountability without closing your heart. Additionally, forgiveness practice will move you toward clarity and acceptance for the ways you have let yourself down.
Practicing forgiveness allows...
2020-12-134h 23Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Guided Metta & Chanting(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-11-0745 minArinna WeismanGuided Metta (11-06-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Evening guided metta, offered by Arinna.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63232
2020-11-0640 minArinna WeismanMorning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Lifting up Our Relationship to the Experience (11-05-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Morning instruction followed by guided meditation, offered by Arinna.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63229
2020-11-0540 minArinna WeismanMorning Sit (11-05-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Guided morning meditation offered by Arinna.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63223
2020-11-0546 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Sit with Instructions(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-11-0442 minArinna WeismanThe Truth of the Teachings (11-04-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Describing part of my personal journey in discovering the truth of the teachings of the Dhamma
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63226
2020-11-0447 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Dharma Talk(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-11-0446 minArinna WeismanGuided Meditation (11-03-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Guided meditation, calling in presence and kindness.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63219
2020-11-0321 minArinna WeismanRetreat Opening (11-03-20)Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT
Retreat opening with the teachers offering the refuges and precepts.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63217
2020-11-031h 05Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Morning Meditation(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-07-0559 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Where does it Hurt?(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dharma Talk
2020-07-0358 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Karuna(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
2020-07-0159 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Body / Breath(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Sit with Instructions
2020-06-3033 min
Spirit RockNoliwe Alexander - The Bridge of Sangha, Taking the Sacred Home With You (Retreat at Spirit Rock)Noliwe Alexander - The Bridge of Sangha, Taking the Sacred Home With You (Retreat at Spirit Rock) by Spirit Rock
2020-03-1930 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Compassion: The Courage to Turn Towards Suffering - While Turning Towards Wisdom and Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-03-0756 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Day 3 Brahma Vihara Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2020-03-0345 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Joy | Guided Heart Meditation(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC)
2019-12-3140 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Thoughts, Vedana | Guided Instruction(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC)
2019-12-3040 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Self-Compassion | Dharma Talk(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC)
2019-12-2956 minSpirit Rock Meditation Center: Noliwe Alexander's most recent Dharma talksNoliwe Alexander: Day 2 Morning Instructions and Sitting: The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness- Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock)(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2019-07-0331 min
Spirit RockBeloved Community by Noliwe AlexanderBeloved Community by Noliwe Alexander by Spirit Rock
2018-02-0905 min
Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Amana Brembry Johnson's most recent Dharma talksAmana Brembry Johnson: Ancestor Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) -Amana Brembry Johnson, Noliwe Alexander , Devin Berry, Konda Mason, Larry Yang(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
2017-12-0933 minArinna WeismanMagnificent Consent (part 1 of 3) with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander (10-10-15)Spirit Rock Meditation Center
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/30852
2015-10-1015 minArinna WeismanMagnificent Consent (part 3 of 3) with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander (10-10-15)Spirit Rock Meditation Center
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/30855
2015-10-1021 minArinna WeismanMagnificent Consent (part 2 of 3) with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander (10-10-15)Spirit Rock Meditation Center
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/30853
2015-10-1016 min
Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Arinna Weisman's most recent Dharma talksArinna Weisman: Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander.
Part Three of Three.(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
2015-10-1021 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Arinna Weisman's most recent Dharma talksArinna Weisman: Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander
Part Two of Three(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
2015-10-1016 minDharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Arinna Weisman's most recent Dharma talksArinna Weisman: Magnificent Consent with Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig and Noliwe Alexander.
Part One of Three(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery.
2015-10-1015 min