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Daily Meditation Recordings, with Martin Aylward – Week of Dec 19 – 23, 2022

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Martin Aylward

We’re fortunate that Martin Aylward has generously offered to lead our daily meditation sessions for Europe and the UK. To find out more about Martin, and to view his other contributions to Sangha Live, click here. Recordings will be posted by the end of the day of the live session.

The worldly winds: Pleasure and Pain; Gain and Loss

December 19, 2022

Cultivating Steadiness and Softness

December 20, 2022

Meeting Life through the Boundless Zones of the Body

December 21, 2022

Don't take yourself so personally

December 22, 2022

Meditating together - Generating a Good Heart

December 23, 2022

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