The Brama Viharas and Iyengar Yoga:
A New Year’s Retreat
A Menla New Year’s Retreat
with
Sharon Salzberg, Carolyn Christie, and Robert Thurman
For more information and to register, go to Tibet House Event Page.
Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
for Scientists & Educators
Fri, January 08, 2010
IMS Professional Retreat
January 8 - 15, 2010
This meditation retreat is an opportunity to advance the study of the human mind, in the company of researchers, educators, therapists and others involved in the broad areas of the mind and social sciences.
Recent studies have demonstrated the positive influence that love and compassion can have on our lives and in our society. These qualities form a foundation for empathy and emotional intelligence to arise, allowing humanity – in all its diversity – to live and work together in greater harmony.
Participants will receive an in-depth training in metta (lovingkindness) meditation. Metta is the term for friendship or lovingkindness in Pali, an ancient Indian language. Conforming to the spirit of empirical science, it is simply a means of training our minds to become more keenly concentrated and aware while cultivating our innate capacity for an open and loving heart. Traditionally, it is taught along with other meditations that enrich compassion, joy and equanimity. Although drawn from the Buddhist meditative tradition, these practices do not in any way require an adherence to Buddhism or a rejection of personal faith.
IMS retreats are conducted primarily in silence, except for teaching periods and Q&A sessions. Toward the end of the course there will be time for discussions about current research projects in the mind and social sciences. These will be led by scientists and educators associated with the Mind & Life Institute.
Course fees cover accommodations and meals only. As is customary at IMS, the teachings are freely offered; teachers do not receive compensation or a percentage of course fees. Instead, participants are invited to support the teachers and IMS via a donation at the end of the retreat.
15 CEs available for psychologists and licensed mental health counselors.
Please document your professional affiliation when registering.
For more information:
Metta Retreat
Extending Wakefulness into Daily Life:
A Benefit Weekend
Fri, December 04, 2009
A Weekend Retreat at IMS
December 4 - 6, 2009
Everyday experiences are opportunities for wakefulness. This non-traditional weekend will engage contemporary and classical methods and perspectives that can deepen the integration of meditation practice into daily life. Several dimensions of awakening will be explored, from transforming emotional habits and raising ecological awareness to drawing inspiration from the meditative arts and from findings in contemplative neuroscience.
8 CEs available for psychologists and licensed mental health counselors.
This retreat is offered as a benefit to support IMS’s mission.
For more information:
Extending Wakefulness
Uncovering the First Foundation of Mindfulness
A Weekend Retreat at IMS with
Richard Shankman & Bob Stahl
January 29 – February 3, 2010
Richard Shankman has been meditating since 1970. He teaches nationally and is the author of The Experience of Samadhi. He is a co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and of Mindful Schools, bringing mindfulness training into low-income schools.
Bob Stahl, Ph.D., is a long-time insight meditator who lived in a Burmese Buddhist monastery in the forest tradition of Taungpulu Sayadaw for over eight years. He currently directs MBSR programs in five San Francisco Bay Area medical centers.
This Retreat is being offered at Insight Meditation Society in Barre MA
For More Info visit www.dharma.org/ims/retreat_detail
