Online: Knowing Our Bodies – A Buddhist Approach
with Bob Stahl
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 | 7:00-9:00pm ET
These days, we hear a lot about “being in the body.” But as a Buddhist, what might this really mean?
If we don’t learn to stay present in our body without clinging to our experience, we risk reinforcing attachment to our physical self, which can leave us feeling frustrated and stuck in our meditation practice.
In this two-hour online event, teacher Bob Stahl will guide us through a unique Buddhist practice known as the Contemplation of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation. Together, we’ll work on understanding the true nature of the body, reflect on its impermanence, and discuss how to think about our body as made up of four primary elements: solidity, liquidity motion, and temperature.
This practice is recommended for those seeking new ways to relate to their bodies.
Anyone who is curious about this special meditation practice is welcome to attend.
Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Bob Stahl
Bob Stahl, Ph.D., is a long-time insight meditator, who lived in a Burmese Buddhist monastery in the Forest tradition of Ven. Taungpulu Sayadaw for over eight years. He founded and directs Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs in three medical centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bob is a professor of the practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health at Brown University, and is a senior teacher at the Brown Mindfulness Center. He formerly served as a senior teacher at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Bob is the co-guiding teacher at Insight Santa Cruz.