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Shelly Graf's Dharma Talks
Shelly Graf
Shelly Graf is Common Ground's Associate Director and is currently being trained by Insight Meditation Society as part of their four-year Teacher Training. They are a staff dharma teacher, like Mark Nunberg, the Guiding Teacher. Shelly provides direct support to the guiding teacher with developing and clarifying the center’s vision, policies, and priorities. Currently they teach the Wednesday night Weekly Practice Group, Daylong and Half-Day Retreats, and co-lead Living the Practice Workshops.
2023-03-01 Wholehearted Effort without Attachment 57:31
To keep returning to presence is a brave and noble response of the heart. Let’s explore the role of wise effort in the heart’s persistent movement towards what is beautiful and beneficial.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2023-02-25 Faith: reaching for what is beneficial 47:49
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Return to Wholeness: Opening to Wisdom & Love
2023-02-16 Tranquility and Insight Retreat: Wise Effort- Aligning Wisdom and Presence 40:33
Retreat talk: Wise Effort_Aligning Wisdom and Presence
Common Ground Meditation Center
2023-01-16 Evening talk at the MLK retreat 47:51
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wholehearted and Noble Participation: An Insight Meditation Retreat Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2023-01-16 Morning Instructions at the MLK retreat 68:50
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wholehearted and Noble Participation: An Insight Meditation Retreat Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2022-10-05 Wise Intention: A trustworthy guide 51:50
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2022-10-03 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances 28:18
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances
2022-10-03 Relating Wisely With the Hindrances 31:43
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances
2022-08-02 Guided Meditation: Choiceless awareness 64:54
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds
2022-07-31 Wise effort: just keep going 43:05
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

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