GlobalYogi

Title of Teaching: Buddhist Practice When It Really Matters

Description:

llness and caring for those who are ill, while one of the most challenging experiences of a lifetime, can also provide the opportunity for profound spiritual insight and a deep opening of the heart. During this class, we will meet together to explore illness and caretaking within a Buddhist context. How can illness and caretaking be a path to our own awakening? How can we maintain emotional well-being during times of great stress? How can we utilize visualization and meditation to enhance physical and psychological well-being?

We will engage in the practices the Buddha laid out for healing the heart, including the cultivation of equanimity, lovingkindness, compassion and joy. We will do visualization practices designed to promote physical and psychological healing. We will move gently, chant, and spend time sharing our stories in a caring and supportive environment.

Comments:

Schedule The program will begin with a daylong on Sunday Sep 2, 10 am - 3 pm, which is open to everyone wishing to explore this work. A ten-class series will follow, meeting on Wednesday afternoons from 1 - 3:30 pm, September 12 - November 14. The final class on November 14 will be from 1 - 6 pm.

We hope you can participate in the entire class series in order to build an atmosphere of trust and continuity and deepening of practice. Feel free to miss classes if you need to, but know that your enrollment reflects a commitment to the group to attend as many of the ten classes as you are able.