In-Person and Online: True Love – Cultivating Compassion on Valentine’s Day
with Lavina Shamdasani
Friday, February 14th, 2025 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
The typical image of a “Buddhist” or a “meditator” is of someone who’s able to be perpetually kind and gentle toward their friends, family, romantic partners, and the world. The reality is that many of us who practice meditation really struggle to offer everyone the same exact flavor of kindness. Plus, we may find it especially difficult to extend compassion to ourselves.
This Valentine’s Day, join meditation teacher Lavina Shamdasani for an evening of deepening compassion. Special attention will be given to working with self-forgiveness, easing self-criticism, and nurturing an accepting attitude toward difficult thoughts and emotions. Additionally, Lavina will teach on how to remain open-hearted when we’re hurt by others.
Together, we’ll practice metta (loving-kindness) and mindfulness meditation to help ease self-hate, and learn how to live a life of balanced compassion.
In-Person Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Online Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
If you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.
CLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
Volunteering
All of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities, please fill out our inquiry form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Teacher(s)
Lavina Shamdasani
Lavina Shamdasani is a certified compassion teacher through the Compassion Institute and Stanford University. She has taught programs focused on mindfulness, compassion, joy, and gratitude and led book club discussions and meditations for over five years.
Lavina studied positive psychology coaching at the Wholebeing Institute and helps clients transform their lives and meet their personal and professional goals.