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SUMMARY:Cultivating Emotional Balance: Three Day Intensive with Dave Smith and Lani Potts
DESCRIPTION:3-Day Online Retreat \nFriday January 28\, 2022 – Sunday\, January 30\, 2022 \n9am-5pm PDT (9am-12pm and 2pm-5pm) \nPlease plan to attend all days\, no partial retreat available \nRetreat Fees: $300 \nScholarships available\, please email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com to request a scholarship. \nSpace is limited! Preregistration required\, Register now: https://bookwhen.com/diamondlightsac/e/ev-stv2-20220128000000 \nThe Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) 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 emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism\, the Cultivating Emotional Balance training gives participants new tools to use emotion as a path for transformation.  \nJoin an original format for learning and integrating the basic tools of Cultivating Emotional Balance. In this workshop\, participants develop attention\, restore motivation\, identify the root causes of enduring happiness\, explore anger and sadness\, investigate different pathways of empathy\, practice self-compassion\, and build connections through vulnerability and trust.  \nOur goal is to support the participants in acquiring tools for cultivating emotional balance in daily life. Your guides are CEB teachers\, Lani Potts and Dave Smith. Together\, they are a dynamic duo with experience teaching the fundamental concepts of CEB. \nDay 1:\n– Lay the groundwork for emotional awareness\n– Learn how to track emotions\n– Cultivate a basis of joy in meditation and stabilize attention in the body. \nDay 2:\n– Investigate the roots and strategies for working with the emotions of anger and sadness\n– Develop mindfulness\, introspection and compassion for your mental and emotional habits.  \nDay 3:\n– Explore your internal longing for contentment and flourishing\,\n– Reflect on on genuine well-being and a meaningful life\n– Meditations that establish the clarity of intention and commitment to you and others well-being. \nEach day focuses on learning and practice:\n9am-12pm PDT Emotion Awareness Workshop: \n– Includes powerpoint instruction\, small group breakouts\, activities\, and interactive discussion  \n2pm-5pm PDT Contemplative Practice and Meditation: \n– Includes guided practice and instruction on contemplative themes.\n– These sessions will be recorded\n**Can be watched the next morning for those in later time zones. \n As a Dharma practitioner and certified Cultivating Emotional Balance teacher\, Lani Potts also brings to CEB her training and experience as a yoga and meditation teacher along with a long-established Buddhist meditation practice. Lani is a recently retired educator with over 38 years of experience as an elementary teacher\, principal\, teacher and administrator coach\, and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. In her “retirement\,” Lani actively teaches CEB\, coaches CEB teachers and students\, and serves as the Cultivating Emotional Balance Program Director. She also teaches mindfulness and meditation as part of a UCSF study on mindfulness with cancer patients and lives in San Jose\, California. \n Dave Smith is an internationally recognized Buddhist Meditation teacher\, addiction treatment specialist\, CEB trained teacher\, and published author. He has extensive experience bringing meditative interventions into jails\, prisons\, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities. Dave teaches residential retreats and classes\, provides training and consulting in both secular and Buddhist contexts and works with students through his meditation mentoring program. He recently founded the Secular Dharma Foundation and lives in Paonia\, Colorado.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/cultivating-emotional-balance-three-day-intensive-with-dave-smith-and-lani-potts/
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SUMMARY:The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life with Jay Nair
DESCRIPTION:The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life with Jay Nair  \nTuesdays March 8\, 22\, and 29th 6:30pm-8:00pm \nThis class will be online (Jay will be teaching online from home).\nHow to attend:\nIn person: 2791 24th Street Room 14\, Sacramento CA 95818 (upstairs\, parking lot in back)\nBe sure to follow the Diamond Light COVID-Protocols.\nJoin live online with Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2247358115\n(Meeting ID: 224 735 8115) \nA Bodhisattva is a spiritual warrior who blends compassion and wisdom to reach ultimate peace for the benefit of themselves and others. Join Jay Nair to learn how to harmonize one’s life with Bodhisattva practices and wisdom.  \nCost: Suggested donation of $10-$20 per class to cover the cost of the class and support the teacher. No one turned away for lack of funds. You can give online: https://www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/ or through our business page on Venmo (@diamondlight) \nFor more info: http://www.diamondlightsac.org or email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com \nAbout the Teacher:\n \nHailing from a traditional South Indian Yogic family\, Jay Nair grew up by the banks of river Periyar\, has been practicing some type of yoga and socially engaged spirituality from early on in life and studying modern Mindfulness since 2010. He also received training in Tibetan and Vipassana practices\, and participated in many long term yoga meditation retreats. Jay Nair is trained in Indian Music and started performing solo concerts at the early age of ten. Since then Jay has been performing and recording Indian and world fusion music. IT Engineer by profession\, Jay is a blend of Science\, Art and Spirituality and believes Technology and Consciousness transforms each other.
URL:https://www.diamondlightsac.org/event/the-bodhisattvas-way-of-life-with-jay-nair-2/2022-02-01/
LOCATION:2791 24th Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95818\, United States
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