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Mental Formations

Mental Formations

Mental Formations explores the thoughts, emotions, and perceptions that shape our mental landscape, encouraging awareness and calmness in recognizing and managing these internal experiences.

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Spiritual Surgery And Liberation

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Sixteen Contemplations on Mindfulness of Breathing

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Buddha Breathing

Brian Hyman

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Vipassana

Adam Mizner

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Sutra Of Mindfulness

Evan Gurley

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An Embodied Truth

Ajahn Sucitto

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The Dharma Of Alzheimer's & Dementia

Amita Schmidt

4.6guided•17 min

Awakening The Breath

Silas Day

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The 3 Characteristics

Adam Mizner

4.5guided•15 min

Breathing For Stress And Anxiety Relief

Alonzo Davis

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The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching - Episode 9

Sarah Sati

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The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching - Episode 3

Sarah Sati

4.7talks•12 min

Causes Of Stress

Lisa Goddard

4.7talks•15 min

Tension In The Mind

Lisa Goddard

4.6talks•17 min

5 Khandas (Aggregates Of Existence) - English & German

MC Brigitte Schrottenbacher

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The Five Aggregates Of Clinging

Lisa Goddard

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Sutta On Advice To Rahula -- A Reading

Sheldon Clark

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True Nature In Meditation - Episode 7

Ayla Michelle Demir

4.7talks•13 min

The Five Aggregates Of Clinging

Lisa Goddard

4.9guided•15 min

Finding Calm Amid The Chaos

Patricia Cockerill and Jo Mooy

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Discovering Impermanence

Cheri Watchmaker

guided•16 min

Ground, Enter Your Sound Gate

Emily

4.7talks•12 min

Causes Of Stress

Lisa Goddard

4.5guided•15 min

Breathing For Stress And Anxiety Relief

Alonzo Davis

4.3guided•56 min

The Sixteen Exercises Of Mindful Breathing

Bridgeen Rea-Kaya

4.9talks•11 min

Mindfulness Of Breathing - Letting Go

Lisa Goddard

4.8talks•40 min

The Dharma Of Alzheimer's & Dementia

Amita Schmidt

4.7talks•15 min

Tension In The Mind

Lisa Goddard

4.9talks•52 min

The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching - Episode 9

Sarah Sati

4.8talks•11 min

The Mind

Lisa Goddard

4.9talks•74 min

The Heart Of The Buddha's Teaching - Episode 3

Sarah Sati

4.9talks•33 min

Autism & Buddhism Together

Joe DaRocha

4.8guided•36 min

Sutra Of Mindfulness

Evan Gurley

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Sutta On Advice To Rahula -- A Reading

Sheldon Clark

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Buddha Breathing

Brian Hyman

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Adam Mizner

The BioMedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation

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Sarah Sati

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Mental Formations explores the thoughts, emotions, and perceptions that shape our mental landscape, encouraging awareness and calmness in recognizing and managing these internal experiences.

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