07/28/2018 “Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin” with Lori Wong

Daylong Retreat with Lori Wong; Seven audio files:

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In this daylong, we will explore blind spots: how to know what we don’t know, see what we don’t see — in the framework of suffering and compassion. We’ll look at personal and collective identity and privilege and their role in how we show up. The day will include meditation, experiential and interactive exercises, and reflection.

Poems/Readings/Quotes referenced:

  • Humility as Nothing to Defend — Jeff Foster
  • Heart Calling: a wake-up call for the real you — Courtney Carver
  • Turning to One Another — Margaret Wheatley
  • Somewhere someone needs help — Carrie Newcomer
  • “Shame is a loaded word for Westerners. Like most things, it can be seen in a positive or negative light. Negative shame is accompanied by guilt and self-denigration. It is pointless and doesn’t help us even slightly. Positive shame, on the other hand, is recognizing when we’ve harmed ourselves or anyone else and feeling sorry for having done so. It allows us to grow wiser from our mistakes. Eventually it dawns on us that we can regret causing harm without becoming weighed down by negative shame. Just seeing the hurt and heartbreak clearly motivates us to move on. By acknowledging what we did, cleanly and compassionately, we go forward.” — Pema Chödron
  • “I know it isn’t cruelty or shame that characterises the human race. It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are.  Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.” — Gregory David Roberts

Videos Played:

Why Our Bias is Costing Us – Anurag Gupta

Brené Brown on Blame

Forgiveness (https://gratituderevealed.com/portfolio/forgiveness/)

Home by Warsan Shire (read by the poet)

How to Care Deeply Without Burning Out – Sharon Salzberg (https://www.mindful.org/care-deeply-without-burning-out/)

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MBSR Course One-Day Retreat

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This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction retreat is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat. For course registration details, click here.

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MBSR (Session 8 of 8)

This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details, click here.

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MBSR (Session 7 of 8)

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MBSR (Session 6 of 8)

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MBSR (Session 5 of 8)

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MBSR (Session 4 of 8)

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MBSR (Session 3 of 8)

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MBSR (Session 2 of 8)

This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details, click here.

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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – 8 Week Course

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

8 Session Course: Wednesdays Sep 12 – Oct 31, 9:30 am to noon
All Day Retreat: Saturday, Oct 20, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
For details about the free Introductory session on September 5, click here.

MBSR is the most widely researched and utilized mindfulness program in the world. This intensive eight-week training was developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979. MBSR combines mindfulness meditation, yoga, and body-awareness practices with group processing and psychoeducation about stress physiology. Students learn how to mobilize their inner resources to alleviate suffering associated with chronic pain and illness, as well as conditions such as anxiety, depression, headaches, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems and the stresses of everyday life.

Instructor: Matt Russell, PhD, is a UMass Med School Center for Mindfulness qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and has been a member of the SIM community since 2010. Matt is a graduate of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies’ Chaplaincy Training Program in Redwood City. He has completed trainings with Mindful
Schools and taught mindfulness to teenagers.

Registration Details

Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.
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Use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page to pay the registration fee now. Tickets will be available on Friday July 27, 2018 when the course online registration opens. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one.

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