Saturday June 21 | 10:00 am - 4:30 pm | Our emotions can lead us to our greatest joys and most painful sorrows. In their most creative capacity, they are guides pointing us towards our deepest needs and what is most meaningful in our lives. At their most destructive, they have us in their grip and we can become lost in anger, sadness, fear, or overwhelm. This suffering is something we have all felt, but we can create more space, choice, and ease in the face of it.

The Cultivating Emotional Balance training was sparked during a meeting between behavioral scientists, a neuroscientist, a monk, a philosopher, and the Dalai Lama in 2000, as a new approach to understanding our emotional lives. Combining contemporary scientific research with contemplative practices drawn from Buddhism, the Cultivating Emotional Balance training gives participants new tools for working with emotion.

In this daylong workshop you will be introduced to some of the key components of this training, including:
-Understanding how emotions work, and how they can work for and not against us;
-Recognizing and working with emotional triggers;
-Investigating the nature of happiness;
-Managing difficult emotions such as anger;
-Increasing compassion for the self and others;
-Cultivating genuine happiness and mental balance.

This training will include lectures, meditations, and experiential learning in small and large groups.

All are welcome. This class is open to all levels of meditation experience.