Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice
Bart van Melik
Fridays, January 8th – January 29th, 2021 | 9:00am – 10:30am ET
The Buddha taught us to live in harmony with the way things are and to awaken to the truth of suffering and how to end it. This might sound like a lofty goal – especially in the midst of a global pandemic.
However it can be very supportive to practice the most basic instructions the Buddha gave: to fully know of what it’s like to be human in every moment.
Step by step during this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions. This course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
Beginners and experienced practitioners are welcome.
Registration:
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Registration Fees include Teacher Support
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If you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org.
Teacher(s)
Bart van Melik
Bart van Melik is the Community Meditation Center Guiding Teacher. Trained by Joseph Goldstein, Carol Wilson, and Gregory Kramer, he has taught meditation worldwide since 2009. Co-author of Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos, Bart has been bringing the practice to diverse communities like juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters and NYC public schools. He is passionate about supporting people to discover how they can find new ways to relate to life’s stresses. Bart graduated from the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training. Bart is originally from Holland.