True North Insight: dharma talks and meditation instruction

Pascal Auclair: Visiting the national parks of the heart/mind

Jean Esther: Closing talk

(True North Insight) This talk points to both the fruit of equanimity as well as its cultivation in meeting the challenges of being human

Jean Esther: The power of equanimity in relating to our worldly life

Jean Esther: Guided compassion practice - with self and other

(True North Insight) Identifying pleasant/unpleasant/neutral vedanā and their relationship to the five hindrances.

Jean Esther: Morning Instructions: Identifying feeling tones as doorways of release

(True North Insight) Identifying the five hindrances as the object of our meditation can loosen the grip of self identification with these often unpleasant mental states.

Jean Esther: The five hindrances: doorways to waking up

Jean Esther: Guided loving kindness practice for self and/or benefactor

(True North Insight) First day of retreat - brief eating meditation instructions

Jean Esther: Eating Meditation

Pascal Auclair: Be ever mindful Mogharaja

Pascal Auclair: Is consciousness mine?

Pascal Auclair: Qualities we develop for life and for liberation

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

True North Insight (TNI) is a charitable organization offering a full schedule of Buddhist insight (vipassana) meditation retreats and courses in English and French. Insight meditation practices were taught for more than 2600 years as part of a path to liberation of mind and heart from suffering. They are dedicated to cultivating awareness, kindness and compassion, bringing more mindfulness and calm into our daily life. This simple and profound awareness practice is at the heart of many spiritual paths.