The Equanimity Based Compassionate Action [EBCA] programme is the first course to focus solely on the latest scientific construct of equanimity. The course consists of sessions to help people cope better with their emotional regulation and extend the parameters of compassion. Through guided meditations, group dialogue and individually tailored instruction, you will learn the essential principles of equanimity extending beyond mindfulness to build your own personal toolkit to access wide ranging benefits such as emotional balance, conflict resolution, deepening empathy, compassion and overall wellbeing.

Retreat contents:

• A thorough background of the science of mindfulness/equanimity/differentiation. Meditation techniques involving the breath and body [mindfulness] as a tool for stabilising the mind ready for deeper enquiry.

• Barriers to equanimity. Understanding what’s in your way of a deeper sense of congruence. Adaptive equanimity meditation [friends, enemies, strangers].

• Analysing the 7-step method to cultivating an equanimous mindset. Applying case studies and scenarios. Dangers of apathy/dissociation and fine tuning the required balance towards healthy emotional regulation and resilience.

• Understanding the significance of self-compassion in cultivating compassion for others. Adaptive tonglen self-compassion meditation.

• Recognising the tools necessary for compassionate activism and wider applications of social mindfulness. Fostering connection and social cohesion using equanimity as the foremost foundation.

Dr Joey developed and validated one of world’s first psychometric scales that solely focuses on the construct of equanimity – The Equanimity Barriers Scale [EBS] in 2018. His research (spanning 6 years) includes operational definitions of inner and outer equanimity relevant for clinical psychology, theoretical models of judgement and the validation of the EBS. He has recently published a book entitled ‘Why Mindfulness is not Enough: Unlocking Compassion with Equanimity’, which is an overview of his research and includes case studies and guided meditations in order to bring equanimity down from the mystical and into the lap of the practical.

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Thank you and may you be happy.