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Devon Hase's Dharma Talks at Big Bear Retreat Center
Devon Hase
devon hase has practiced intensively in the insight and vajrayana traditions since discovering meditation in 2000. After a decade of bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms, she entered several years of silent, solitary retreat in the mountains of Oregon. She now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Forest Refuge, and serves as co-guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. Devon supports practitioners in both long and short retreats, as well as through personal mentoring, with an emphasis on relational practice and connection to the natural world. Along with her life partner, nico, she co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the forthcoming This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Learn more at devonandnicohase.com.
2025-04-29 Wisdom 31:54
Dharma talk on the cultivation of Wisdom
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-29 Metta for All Beings 28:08
Guided practice on metta for all beings
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-28 Caring Figure Meditation 43:20
Teaching and guided meditation on receiving care, using caring moment, caring figure, and circle of benefactors.
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-28 Cittanupassana (Mindfulness of Thoughts) 38:23
Teaching and guided meditation on using thoughts as our object of mindfulness.
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-27 The Magic of Mindfulness 43:17
Sutta stories about the blessings of mindfulness, including protection, remembering, embodiment, wisdom, and restfulness.
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-26 Metta for the Body 35:43
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-26 Mindfulness of the Body with Vedana 38:50
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness
2025-04-25 Reflections on Confidence 54:36
Big Bear Retreat Center Simplicity and Stillness

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