Details:
Date: 3rd – 5th February
Retreat Leader: Joey Weber
Requirements: Everyone is welcome
Cost: Generosity Model – Donation only (via the donation form at the bottom of the page; no set amount)
Format: Onsite & Online. Please note you will still need to book a place if attending online.
Start Time: Friday 3rd February at 7 pm. Please arrive at Land of Joy by 5pm, supper will be served at 6pm.
Accommodation: Land of Joy wishes for everyone who visits the centre to feel welcome, accepted, safe and secure. Our accommodation options are very limited, with mostly single sex shared accommodation and only one single room (which is sometimes needed by volunteers). This means single accommodation can only be offered to those who need it the most, but still won’t always be available. Please read the relevant sections of the booking form carefully.
About the Retreat
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.
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