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Merra Young
Merra Young is a psychotherapist, community dharma leader, and founder of Rivers’ Way Meditation Center. She’s also on faculty at the U of M , Center for Spirituality and Healing and at the University of St. Thomas /St-Catherine, Graduate School of Social Work . Merra has over 30 years of experience in the integration of meditation and psychotherapy, and is co-founder of the Midwest Meditation and Psychotherapy Institute.
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2018-02-18
A Receptive Heart; Paradoxes on the Path - Meditation
2018-02-18
A Receptive Heart; Paradoxes on the Path - Talk
2018-12-19
Being a Light unto Yourself - Talk
2015-11-08
Being with Difficulty and the Blockers
2024-05-29
Being with Grief: Catching the Thread of All Sorrows - Meditation
2024-05-29
Being with Grief: Catching the Thread of All Sorrows - Talk
2016-04-03
Cultivating a Courageous Heart
2010-07-07
Equanimity, Love and Awakening: The Milk of the Dharma
2009-12-02
Explorations of Patience: Antidote to the Kleshas
2013-08-07
Fantasy Dharma
2009-06-10
Finding Freedom Here and Now with the Third Noble Truth
2010-05-12
Flower Fresh / Mountain Solid: Gateways to the Third Noble Truth
2011-06-23
Guided Meditations of the Divine Abodes - Lovingkindness (Metta), Compassion (K…
2013-02-17
Intention
2013-02-17
Intention
2011-06-08
Letting Go
2009-03-03
Letting Go with the 2nd Noble Truth
2012-04-29
Liberation and the Guardians of the Heart
2016-08-14
Living with Courage and Compassion - Talk
2010-02-14
Love and Contentment: A Buddhist Valentine
2019-07-24
Mara - Meditation
2019-07-24
Mara - Talk
2019-08-11
Moral Suffering and the Dharma - Meditation
2019-08-11
Moral Suffering and the Dharma - Talk
2025-11-30
Nurturing the Sparks of Loving Awareness & Patience - Meditation
2025-11-30
Nurturing the Sparks of Loving Awareness & Patience - Talk
2013-01-06
On Love:Dharma Talk
2012-09-02
Path of Awareness and the Five Recollections
2018-06-03
Patience-Letting the Mind Settle - Meditation
2018-06-03
Patience-Letting the Mind Settle - Talk
2010-11-14
Reflections on Gratitude - Living With An Open Heart and Life's Uncertainty
2015-09-13
Reflections on Impermanence
2017-05-10
Refreshing Our Practice
2012-05-06
Sangha: Companions of the Way
2013-05-19
Self-Care, Compassion and Selflessness - Meditation
2013-05-19
Self-Care, Compassion and Selflessness - Talk
2018-08-26
Staying Buoyant in the Seas of Samsara - Meditation
2018-08-26
Staying Buoyant in the Seas of Samsara - Talk
2022-06-06
Taking Refuge and Protection in the Dharma
2019-04-28
Tasting the Bitter with the Sweet: Dukkha and Sukha in Everyday Life - Meditati…
2019-04-28
Tasting the Bitter with the Sweet: Dukkha and Sukha in Everyday Life - Talk
2016-03-27
Tending the Tender Heart
2007-12-02
The Awakening Factor of Tranquility
2017-08-27
The Dharma of Connection: Practical Pathways for Transforming the Heart
2011-11-13
The Doors of Perception
2015-04-05
The Fish in the Sea is not Thirsty
2009-07-12
The Fourth Noble Truth - The Eight Fold Path of True Happiness and Awakening
2013-01-06
The Grace of Beginnings: Releasing Expectations With Heartfulness and Acceptance
2011-01-05
The Intimacy of Beginner's Mind
2011-03-09
The Mother Of All Buddhas: Form, Emptiness and Compassion
2015-04-05
The Path of Least Resistance
2016-03-13
The Wisdom Mind : Melting Delusion and Finding Bedrock
2014-08-10
Velveeta Free Mind
2014-02-16
What You Can't Let Go Of
2024-09-01
Within the Messiness, the Lotus Blossoms - Meditation
2024-09-01
Within the Messiness, the Lotus Blossoms - Talk
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2000-01-01
Weekly Dharma Series
2024-10-17
Fall Residential Retreat
