Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan Halifax, two renowned teachers who for decades have been helping those facing illness, grief, and loss are facilitating three 90-minute webinars. The sessions will include a short meditation, talks by Frank and Roshi and opportunities for participants to ask questions or share their experience. You are invited to participate!
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Dear Friends,
Metta Institute and the Upaya Zen Center are partnering to co-sponsor a series of three 90-minute webinars.
TITLE: Bearing Witness in Troubling Times.
FACILITATORS:
These Zoom sessions will be facilitated by Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan Halifax, two renowned teachers who for decades have been helping those facing illness, grief, and loss. 
CONTENT:
The sessions will include a short meditation, talks by Frank and Roshi, small groups, and opportunities for participants to ask questions or share their experience.
DATES:
This series of online conversations will be held on three consecutive Mondays 4/27, 5/4, and 5/11 from 11:00am MDT (10 am PDT). Join us for one or all three programs.
Monday, April 27
Finding Balance in Uncertain Times – With constant reminders to keep our distance, sanitize kitchen counters and scrub potentially dangerous virus from our hands, we can easily become habituated to wariness and hyper-alertness which in turn lead to physical and emotional exhaustion. In this webinar, we will explore pragmatic practices to help us regulate our inner alert alarms and restore the stability, calmness and clarity needed for wise discernment and compassionate action.
Monday, May 4
Opening and Cultivating the Human Heart in the Midst of Difficult Conditions – In this webinar, we will explore the need to ground ourselves, open, and cultivate our human heart. The webinar will introduce practices to cultivate and strengthen four essential human qualities of love needed to face life’s hardships, and to care profoundly without becoming overwhelmed.
Monday, May 11
Wise Hope, No Matter What – In this webinar, we will explore how hope is a basic human need and can be an optimizing force that includes buoyancy, resourcefulness, courage, and imagination. To be helpful hope requires both a clear intention and a simultaneous letting go.
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Spanish Translation – Traducción Española
The Nirakara Institute will provide simultaneous translation from English to Spanish. To access the translation Spanish speakers should register directly with Nirakara
Para acceder a esa traducción del inglés al español regístrese directamente con Nirakara
Donations:
We are offering this free series for donation only. A generous donation will make an enormous difference in the ability of these educational institutions to offer such an important learning and practice opportunities.
Click the link below for more information, to register and donate. Upaya Zen Center is kindly managing all of the administrative tasks including registrations and distributing donations.
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With deep appreciation,
Metta Institute – www.mettainstitute.org