Compassionate and heart-based mindfulness that helps us open our hearts and relate less reactively, more authentically, more generously, more kindly, and more consciously to ourselves and others.
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When:
Every other Friday night 5:00-5:30 |
Where:
Zoom Meeting ID: 811 1538 7376 Password: 54321 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbOEgF4sTm |
Mettā /ˈmɛtə/
noun.
1. (From Pali language) Means benevolence, loving-kindness, friendliness, amity, good will, and active interest in others
2. (in Theravada Buddhism) meditation focused on the development of unconditional love for all beings.
This class is for anyone looking to deepen the qualities of kindness, compassion, and love in their lives, starting with a regular Metta practice to calm their mind and open their heart. Metta-Date supports us in engaging in more authentic and intimate connection with ourselves in a community of like-minded individuals as we build our sense of goodwill, inner peace, open-heartedness, compassion, and kindness.
Why Metta?
Research has shown that the act of giving (even just sending goodwill) and intention of kindness activates our pleasure centers, increases feelings of well-being, increases happiness, Increases our resilience and ability to self-soothe in relationship, increases feelings of connection and motivation, reduces anxiety, improves immune system function, and decreases self-criticism. Class supports Metta (lovingkindness) practice as well as the cultivation of other related qualities such as self-compassion, equanimity, gratitude, affection, and joy.
Why Now?
COVID-19, natural disasters, political tension, racial tension, and social tension have an undoubtable impact on our feelings of fear and anxiety. Mindfulness helps us notice our emotions, while Metta practice in community allow us to address our fear, tend to our basic mammalian instincts and needs for caregiving, nurturing, and tending to our fear in the kind way that we would attend to that of a friend or loved one. Cultivating kindness through these practices helps us keep our hearts open to others, make wiser and more compassionate choices and actions in the face of stress, and feel more connected and less alone.
Join us and bring friends!
Class will be held online and is free of charge.
Instead of paying for this offering, in the spirit of Metta, goodwill, and giving, if you can afford it, please consider donating what you would pay for a class to an organization that is helping people at this time. A comprehensive list of organizations can be found here.
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