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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Big Bear Retreat Center
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Belonging & Thriving
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| LGBTQIA+ Retreat. Please join us for a place of refuge, with a focus on belonging, self-compassion and mindfulness. We will cultivate our capacity to be our own good friends. We’ll experience meditation, music, movement, silence, community discussions and more. |
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2025-12-02 (6 days)
Big Bear Retreat Center
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2025-12-03
Morning Instructions
29:22
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Fresh Lev White
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In the session Lev offers various ways of practicing presence for our largely new retreatants and a refresher for senior practitioners
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2025-12-03
It's Not Our Fault
24:25
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Fresh Lev White
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"It's Not Our Fault" is a talk Lev created specifically for the QTPOC community inspired my Tara Brach's "It's Not My Fault" talk that explains that we are doing our best in our reactions to the world we live in.
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2025-12-04
Self-Compassion
47:00
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Eve Decker
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Description of the components of self-compassion including Buddhist teachings, neuroscience, the 3 components of self-compassion, soothing touch and the self-compassion break
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2025-12-05
The Heart Practice of Joy
39:33
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Eve Decker
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Talk begins by bringing in the concept of "backdraft" - how distress can seem temporarily worse when we apply self-compassion. Majority of talk is about the necessity of joy for resilience, and the practices of glimmers, knowing what you love & gratitude
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2025-12-05
Compassion for Others: Just Like Me
38:41
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Fresh Lev White
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Offering compassion for others can be a self kindness practice, particularly when the farm is mere of an annoyance. When it comes from self-compassion it can strengthen connection while in other cases it can support firm boundaries without resentment or ill will.
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