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Nikki Mirghafori's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)

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Nikki is of Persian heritage, and was introduced to contemplative practices and yoga in the early 1980's, to meditation in 1991, and to Theravada Buddhism in 2003. She has studied with various Western and Eastern teachers, with a keen interest in intensive silent retreats. She studied jhanas and detailed analytical vipassana with the renowned meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw who instructed her to teach. She is also a Spirit Rock authorized retreat teacher, a Stanford trained compassion cultivation instructor, and a UCLA certified mindfulness facilitator. She teaches Buddhist meditati...

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Episodes

John Martin, Kodo Conlin, Nikki Mirghafori: Three Dharmettes: The 5 Daily Reflections, Supports for Maranasati, and Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 01.11.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Releasing into peace and intention setting through deathbed visualization. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 01.11.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: If this were my last breath, what would I want the state of my mind-heart to be? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 29.10.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Did you ever forget that you were alive and suddenly you remembered? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 28.10.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mindfulness of Death practice supports us facing fear of death, living with intention and aligned with our values, avoiding common regrets at the end of life.

Nikki Mirghafori: Coming H.O.M.E. to Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 04.09.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk is structured around the acronym H.O.M.E. which stands for: Honoring our true nature, Opening to embodied awareness, Mindfully letting go, and Engaging with wholesome habits, all of which guide us to come home to ourselves in a way that benefits both our own lives and those of others.

Andrea Castillo, Diana Clark, Nikki Mirghafori, Tanya Wiser: Opening Night - Coming Home to Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 02.09.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Coming Home to Ourselves is about orienting towards our experience and then meeting our experience with an warm heart. To be "at home," means to be here, at ease, in the present moment. Often we're "not at home" because we are experiencing difficulties and feel like we have to go outside of ourselves to figure it out or perhaps we have patterns of avoiding or distra...

Nikki Mirghafori: In the Footsteps of the Buddha 04.03.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: The Dharma of Martin Luther King Jr. 14.01.2024

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: 5th day guided instructions: using R.A.F.T. for working with emotions 03.01.2024

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: The path of insight is through the veil of the hindrances 31.12.2023

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Second morning Instructions: gentle awareness of the body. 31.12.2023

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A guided invitation to relax, and receive the sensations of the body, brushing with awareness from the hands, up to the face and down to the feet. And then opening the aparture of awareness further.

Kim Allen, Nikki Mirghafori: Closing Ceremony (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 16.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: The Path of Happiness, Leading to Peace in Ourselves and the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Guided Meditation: Metta for Self and Dear Being (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions with R.A.F.T. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Growing in Wisdom Through the Five Veils (aka Hinderances) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 13.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Guided Meditation: Recollecting Our Goodness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of the Breath in the Body 12.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Practicing Peace: Making Our Minds & Hearts Safe for Ourselves and Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 11.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Guided Meditation: Equanimity and the Feeling Tone (Vedana) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 01.12.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: What is Equanimity Anyway? And Is It Worth Cultivating? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 30.11.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Bonnie Duran, Nikki Mirghafori, Sylvia Boorstein: Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Body and the Breath 28.11.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Living the Middle Way of Self and Not-Self 21.08.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Meeting the Unexpected 20.08.2023

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Nikki Mirghafori: Morning Reflections #24: Keeping it Simple 28.07.2023

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A guided meditation distilling the simplicity of this practice provided by relinquishment.

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