Spend a weekend exploring and interacting with others using the skillful art of Compassionate exchange in a stand-alone introductory course to Karuna Training and the foundations of Contemplative Psychology.
During this weekend program, participants will be introduced to contemplative methods presented in Karuna Training, an extended 21-month Certificate program in Contemplative Psychology.
Karuna Training is a program rooted in Tibetan Buddhism that integrates ancient teaching and methodologies to invoke the Five Buddha Family Mandala. As one practices with this mandala, the elemental energies and blessings can be experienced and understood in a non-dualistic way and reveal to us the ordinary magic of the Mandla in the present moment. Through the Five Buddha Families, we can explore the elemental world around us and the inner elemental world of emotions and habits of mind. This way, we make friends with the invisible forces’ outer, inner, and secret nature.
Please join us to explore how confusion can be transformed into wisdom through contemplative methods and practices of Contemplative Psychology.
To attend this weekend's Karuna Training program and the entire Certification program, you do not need to be a Buddhist or a Therapist. This program is open to all. We will spend the weekend exploring the strength inherent in our vulnerability.
Participants will learn:
- How to be more present in an embodied way with ourselves and others in the face of challenge.
- Build the capacity to tap into your emotional intelligence in relationship to the elements in resourcing oneself.
- An elemental introduction to the Mandala of the Five Buddha Families.
- A brief introduction to Contemplative Psychology as presented in Karuna Training.
What to Expect:
- Short guided meditation periods, walking meditation, and a short meditation interview.
- This is an introduction to the view of Contemplative Psychology: Intrinsic Health, Compassionate Exchange, and the Five Buddha Family Mandala.
- Short investigations into the Five Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Space as presented in Contemplative Psychology.
- Learning the practice of mixing our bodies, speech, and mind experientially with space.
