Online: Becoming Your Love – A Half-Day Retreat on the Buddhist Heart Practices
with Amanda Gilbert
Saturday, May 14th, 2022 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
If you have ever wondered what it means to develop “heart” in your meditation practice or the capacity to be more kind-hearted towards yourself or others, this daylong will be a perfect next step for you and your meditation practice.
During ‘Becoming Your Love’, meditation teacher and author, Amanda Gilbert will be sharing the timeless teachings of the Brahma-Viharas – Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy and Equanimity – also known as ‘The Four Sublime States’ or ‘Divine Abodes.’
These teachings are a training for the heart to reside in its original state of loving awareness and open-heartedness. Each Brahma-Vihara holds its own unique flavor of love and meditative quality to incorporate into your meditation practice and daily life.
In this half-day retreat you will explore the Brahma-Viharas in formal meditation practice, dharma teachings, and personal reflection. There will be periods of walking meditation and time for group discussion at the end of the retreat.
This course is open to all and no prior meditation experience is necessary.
Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Amanda Gilbert
Amanda Gilbert is a meditation teacher, speaker, lecturer of mindfulness at the University of Southern California, and the author of Kindness Now: A 28-Day Guide to Living with Authenticity, Intention and Compassion. Before dedicating herself to teaching full-time, Amanda was Center Director for The Aging Metabolism and Emotions Center at the University of California San Francisco, conducting clinical research and publishing investigations on the biological and psychological effects of mindfulness and meditation. Her formal meditation training has been with UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, in Primordial Sound Meditation with Deepak Chopra and within the Insight Meditation tradition at InsightLA. Amanda’s teachings span from coast to coast in the US as well as online. She has led meditation for top companies and startups like NBC, Paramount Pictures, The W Hotels, Merrill Lynch, Macy’s and YouTube.