Cultivating the Heart 8-Week Course - Online

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ABOUT: The Brahmaviharas, or divine abodes, are states of the heart that facilitate a sense of well-being, connection, and joy – both internally and in our environment. These states, which include loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, can be cultivated directly. Through intention, attention, meditation, reasoning, and embodied and imaginal practice, our capacity to cultivate these states grows. We will explore bringing kindness to ourselves, to those we find mildly or moderately challenging, and to all beings. We will look at the challenge of authentic compassion and practice with staying present when we encounter suffering. We will explore our capacity for forgiveness and gratitude and how to move through grief effectively. We will also explore the power of equanimity as a way to keep our opening hearts balanced and discerning. Finally, we will touch in on the Spiritual Heart, the heart of loving awareness, and how we can experience it for ourselves and others.

DATES/TIMES: Mondays, January 26 through March 16, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Eastern Time

VENUE: Online via Zoom
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TUITION: $300. Price includes eight 2-hour live experiential sessions and eight guided meditations designed to cultivate the heart. Some scholarship is available; Contact Stan to apply.

TEACHER: Stan Eisenstein has been guiding mindfulness, meditation, self-inquiry, loving-kindness and other meditation practices since 2012. He is a teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, with founder Tara Brach. Stan is a an instructor for various courses: Mindfulness-Basted Stress Reduction; Inviting Chronic Pain and Illness to Tea; Self-Inquiry. He is also a mentor for the international Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, and run by Sounds True. You can explore Stan's bio and recordings of Stan's teachings at his website: staneisenstein.com
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REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION

QUESTIONS: Contact Stan

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS:

I have taken several of Stan’s classes and each time i find i deepen meditation practice and presence. Very grateful for the learnings. - Madelyn

I so appreciate Stan's teaching style. He articulates the concepts so clearly. His classes and courses are well structured for learning. It is clear that he “knows” his subject and provides personal testimony to make the subject matter live. His respect for individual differences, his patience and nonjudgmental attitude provides a safe “holding environment” in which we can freely learn and interact. - Diane