Jean Esther's Dharma Talks
at True North Insight
Jean Esther
Jean Esther, MSW has been practicing meditation since 1975 and teaching in the dharma since the early 90’s. She is one of the Guiding Teachers at True North Insight in Canada and teaches locally in the Northeastern US. Trained in Jungian transpersonal psychology and Somatic Experiencing she has been a practicing psychotherapist in Western MA since 1981 with a specialization in the healing of trauma. Her passion is attuning to and supporting the liberating intersection of body, mind and heart and helping others of all ages do the same.
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2024-10-05
Can We ‘Escape’ Suffering?
2024-05-05
Closing talk
2019-04-12
Communal walking instructions
2022-02-12
Compassion: An Organic Response to Wise Understanding
2024-10-07
Difficulty as a Doorway: Exploring the Five Hindrances
2024-05-03
Eating Meditation
2018-08-10
Entering the Door of Vulnerability
2025-10-23
Establishing a Relationship with the Impermanence of Thought
2019-04-13
Guided compassion practice
2024-05-04
Guided compassion practice - with self and other
2025-10-22
Guided Compassion Practice for Other and Self
2021-02-27
Guided Compassion/Lovingkindness Meditation
2025-10-23
Guided Equanimity Practice
2024-05-03
Guided loving kindness practice for self and/or benefactor
2019-04-12
Guided meditation
2018-08-11
Guided Meditation: Appreciative Joy
2025-10-21
Guided Metta Meditation for Neutral Person
2024-10-06
Guided Metta Practice for Easy Person/Benefactor, Self, and Neutral Person
2024-10-08
Introduction to Equanimity as a Brahma Vihara followed by a guided practice
2025-10-20
Loving Kindness Practice for Benefactor and Self
2019-04-13
Morning instructions
2022-02-12
Morning Instructions: Rooting in Embodiment:
2024-10-05
Morning Instructions: ‘Establishing Body Awareness as a Base for Mindfulness Pr…
2024-05-04
Morning Instructions: Identifying feeling tones as doorways of release
2022-02-13
Morning Instructions: Meeting our Emotions with Wisdom
2025-10-20
Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
2025-10-22
Morning Instructions: Recognizing a path to peace through mindfulness of Feelin…
2024-10-07
Practicing with the sixth sense door of ‘Thinking’ as a means of release from b…
2024-10-08
Q and R’s with Jean Esther & nakawe cuebas
2018-08-11
Q&A Second Instructions
2017-06-10
Relating to Ourselves and Others with Love and Wisdom
2018-08-11
Second Morning Instructions
2019-04-13
Suffering is Relational
2024-05-03
The five hindrances: doorways to waking up
2024-05-04
The power of equanimity in relating to our worldly life
2025-10-23
The Reliable Compass of the EightfoldPath in Living Our Lives Path
2025-10-22
Unpacking Perceptual Distortions of Permanency
2025-10-21
Waking Up through the Five Hindrances
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Select one of Jean Esther's 9 retreats
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1900-01-01
TNI Regular Talks
2017-06-08
The Dharma of Relationships
2018-08-09
Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha
2019-04-11
Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha
2021-02-26
Navigating Uncertain Times with a Dharma Heart
2022-02-11
Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart
2024-05-02
Opening to Our Lives with the Heart of the Dharma
2024-10-04
The Resilience of Love and Wisdom in Meeting Our Lives
2025-10-19
The Resilience Of Love & Wisdom In Meeting Our Lives
