Online: Basic Goodness
with Amma Thanasanti
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
The Buddha said that basic goodness is our birthright, who we essentially are. Yet for many, even after years of meditation, this can be elusive. This day-long retreat will review how our early childhood attachment formation contributes to our ability to feel our own innate goodness. It will describe the Idealized Parent Protocol formulated by Dan Brown and David Elliot. We will begin to practice attachment wounding repair using insight meditation, a type of loving-kindness meditation using visualization and collaborative co-regulation.
Program Format:
There will be introductions, talk, guided meditation, break out rooms and large group discussions. Interspersed will be mindful movement either inside or in nature.
Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Amma Thanasanti
Amma Thanasanti has been meditating for 45 years. She was a Theravada Buddhist Nun for 26 years including 20 years in the Ajahn Chah Forest Tradition. Since 1996, Amma has been teaching families since 1989 and intensive 10 day-meditation retreats.
Decades of living in monastic communities showed her several ways that ending suffering required more than what was available from Insight meditation practices and ethical guidelines. She returned to civilian life in 2017.
She loves to dance, considers herself a “Dharma Coyote” rather than a Buddhist; makes friends easily with trees, dogs, cats, rocks and water; and loves to cook and make herbal potions. Amma is passionate about trauma-informed meditation and the Integrated Meditation Program to give meditators tools to cultivate safety, joy, and the power of genuine connection with others.