Online: Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening
with Elaine Retholtz
Mondays, April 25th – June 20th, 2022 | 9:30am – 11:30am ET
Please note that this course will not meet on May 9th or on May 30th, 2022
In our culture, there can be a tendency to dwell on the negative – what we need to be rid of.
But there is an integral relationship between abandoning what is known in Buddhism as the Five Hindrances (desire, ill will, restlessness and worry, lethargy, and doubt) and cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy or rapture, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity).
In this online course, we will investigate and practice the cultivation of these Seven Factors of Awakening to help free us from all forms of clinging and suffering and incline our minds toward liberation.
As always, each class will include practice, instruction, talks, and group dialogue and inquiry. There will also be ongoing practice assignments each week.
Registration:
Please register at the highest level that your generosity offers.
Explanations of levels follow below.
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Registration Fees include Teacher Support
New York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration.
*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base.
**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program. Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join.
***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.
If you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy, membership discount, email confirmation, etc.), please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs, please email registration@nyimc.org.
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.
Please note: course classes will not be recorded.
If you have any questions, please contact registration@nyimc.org.
Teacher(s)
Elaine Retholtz
Elaine Retholtz has been studying and practicing the Dharma since 1988. In addition to teaching Dharma at New York Insight, she is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher and has a deep interest in helping students integrate mindfulness practice into daily life. Elaine is committed to deepening her own understanding of issues of diversity and the way racial conditioning in the United States affects all of us — both as individuals and in relationship to the institutions we are a part of, including New York Insight. She’s been involved in New York Insight’s diversity efforts for many years, serving on the diversity committee, and working with others to create spaces – for diverse groups of practitioners as well as for white practitioners meeting separately – to explore these issues within a Dharma frame.