Lezione 1
Acknowledgement
In our first session we will learn skills of ‘acknowledgement’. Many of us have to put on the mask that “I’m ok, I’m handling this, it’s not a problem, I’m fine.” In fact, we often are not fine! Acknowledging the truth of how we really are can actually feel liberating! By noticing and naming what we are going through can actually down-regulate the emotional intensity by bringing some horizontal integration between our right and left hemispheres. We will also talk about the importance of titration and end with a simple compassion practice.
Lezione 2
Somatic Awareness
We live our lives through our body and our body’s story is really important. In the midst of stress and challenges many of us disconnect from our bodies, ignoring important signals and adding more physiological load by eating poorly, not sleeping enough and not moving in an endless loop of dys-regulation. In today’s lesson we will turn our kind and curious attention to notice how our specific challenge or stress is impacting our bodies and learn skills to be with our sensations with openness.
Lezione 3
Tending And Resourcing
We typically take better care of our family, friends and co-workers than we do of ourselves. Tending and resourcing ourselves is especially important when we are going through difficult times. We will work with the inquiry question “What would be most helpful right now?” and do a practice on embodying our resources.
Lezione 4
Belonging
Everyone on our beautiful planet suffers. The Buddha recognized this human experience thousands of years ago. Yet, when we are struggling, we often feel isolated and alone. And worse yet, we abandon ourselves by ignoring our body cues, not listening to our emotions and getting distracted by social media and external drama. Today’s class will focus on a “just like me” practice and a “coming back home to ourselves” practice.
Lezione 5
Impermanence And Compassion
The nature of life is impermanence. Everything is changing all the time. The weather is different, changing by the hour. Our bodies change, pain changes in its intensity over time. Emotions come and go and certainly thoughts arise and fall away. The difficult time you are going through right now won’t always be the same. In our last class we will explore the experience of impermanence and end with a compassion practice for ourselves and others.