Emotions are messengers from our heart telling us how much something or someone matters to us. For instance, sadness arises when we lose something or someone we love. Anger arises when our boundaries are crossed. Gratitude arises when we feel seen and heard.
When we fully receive the messages contained in our emotions, their work is complete and they can depart. At times these messengers can feel so overwhelming and challenging that we avoid them or drown them out as a way to care for ourselves. The emotions we avoid linger in our bodies and impact our capacity for aliveness and joy.
In this daylong, we will use Mindfulness and Compassionate Communication practices to increase our felt awareness and vocabulary of our emotions, notice when we are overwhelmed, find ways to resource ourselves and practice listening to our emotions in a non-judgmental way. To support our learning in this group format, we will practice with low intensity experiences in this class. This class is not a substitute for therapy.
We will also explore how we can use this quality of receptive, listening awareness to support each other. As Zen teacher John Tarrant says, “attention is the most basic form of love. Through it, we bless and are blessed.”
No prior experience is necessary. All are welcome. The day will be a combination of teaching and experiential exercises to integrate theory with our felt experience.
10 am – 4:30 with a lunch break from 12 noon to 1:30 pm.
At Diamond Light Meditation Center
2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs)
Sacramento CA 95818
parking lot in back, ADA accessible
Cost: $20-$60, no one turned away for lack of funds
To register: email diamondlight.sac@gmail.com
pay at the door, or to pay online: http://www.diamondlightsac.org/donate/
scholarships available! email for more info
About the instructor: Sunil Joseph has been a student of Compassionate Communication and Mindfulness since the early 2000s. Sunil attended BayNVC’s Leadership program in 2008 where he learned to share Compassionate Communication with others. Sunil is currently enrolled in Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program. Sunil is passionate about creating a safe, non-judgmental space where our humanity can be held with compassion.