Riet Aarsse
Riët has been guiding meditations (insight meditation/vipassana and heart qualities/metta), retreats and theory and practical courses since 2012. In 2012 she came into contact with Insight Dialogue (ID) and discovered the power of meditation-in-interaction.
Riët spent a lot of time in retreat in Asia and more recently in the West. The depth of Buddhist psychology in combination with Western insights and her own practice are the basis of her lessons. She likes to pass on what she has received from her teachers (including Sayadaw U Nandamala, ven Vivekananda, Carol Wilson, Gregory Kramer, Phyllis Hicks) to others, preferably with humor and clarity.
Riët worked as a research psychologist (Phd) and quality manager in youth care, mental health care and addiction care. As a mentor and coach, she guides people individually and in groups on their path. She is the initiator of Amsterdam Insight Meditation, teacher Insight Dialogue and affiliated with the collective retreat guides vipassana.nu. She teaches Buddhist psychology and early Buddhist texts at the Buddhist seminary at the VU.
Updates
Live Meditation scheduled for 08-11-2024: Calmness and restlessness
Live Meditation: Calmness and restlessness. Calmness (samadhi) is a state of being that we often strive for with meditation. Many forms of meditation have calmness as their goal. But calmness is only a 'means' in insight meditation. Calmness is necessary to gain deeper insight ...
Live Meditation scheduled for 29/10/2024: Longing for Calmness
Live Meditation: Longing for Calm. A subtle longing in our awareness is sometimes a 'longing for calm'. Does this longing bring calm? A calm and silent exploration. The Zoom participation link, other information and tips for participation can be found on the 30NOW Live ...
Live Meditation scheduled for 17/10/2024: Sitting with Desire
Live Meditation: Sitting with Desire. In our awareness, obvious desires can arise, but often also not so obvious, the more subtle forms of desire or craving. What does this feel like? How can we recognize this? A silent exploration. The Zoom ...
Live Meditation scheduled for 25/11/2024: Healing Consciousness: The Role of Metta and Mindfulness
Live Meditation: Healing Consciousness: The Role of Metta and Mindfulness. The role of 'adosa', a consciousness in which aversion or anger has no place, is extremely important to be with what is. In this meditation we will explore that ...
Live Meditation scheduled for 10-09-2024: Urgency
Live Meditation: Urgency. Why do you meditate? If we trust (saddha in pali) that meditating is good for something, there comes a time when we actually do it or try it out. In case of urgency (samvega in pali) ...
My offer
Speaking from Wisdom – Live Course
April 18 - May 16, 2023 A joint deepening of wise speaking and attentive listening through meditation-in-interaction (Insight Dialogue) From ...
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Check out my upcoming “offline meetings”
You can view my upcoming offline retreats, meditation days and courses on the 'On Location' page ...
#14 Connected to Myanmar
The guest is Riët Aarsse. Riët is affiliated with Amsterdam Inzichtmeditatie and teaches Insight Dialogue. Joost talks to...
