Online, Hosted by DGCEC, Eastern Time
Friday, December 8 and Saturday, December 9, 2023
Equanimity can be described as balance: a spacious stillness that allows us to accept things as they are. The power of this balance is that it allows us to avoid both apathy and indifference on the one hand, and acute reactivity on the other. And though the quality of compassion may be frequently denigrated in popular culture as simplistic and weak, compassion has an inherent power to transform our worldview from one of fear and isolation to one rooted in clarity, courage and kindness.
These can be most helpful when we are facing challenging times in our lives, especially the challenges that we are deeply invested in. Often though, such moments in life also tend to be the ones where equanimity and compassion feel most out of reach. Sharon Salzberg offers practical and empowering tools to cultivate these qualities when it is most needed. Learn how to cultivate greater clarity, balance and kindness through different mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation techniques. When true compassion and equanimity are present, they are the ground out of which resilience is strengthened so that sustained transformation can occur.
Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators. We will practice meditation together, have discussions, Q and A sessions and talks.
Three Sessions, Eastern Time
Friday, Dec 8, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Saturday, Dec 9, 10am - 12:30pm
Saturday, Dec 9, 2:30 - 4:30pm
Cost on a Sliding Scale - please pay what you are able: $35, $60, $85 or Sponsor: $170. Register at DrepungGomangUSA.org or 502-614-5616.
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture nearly 50 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. This year Sharon released Real Life and Finding Your Way. Sharon’s podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed six million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. www.sharonsalzberg.com.
