Cultivating Happiness with Mindfulness
Tuesday evenings
August 22 - September 26, 2023
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Led by Diana Klein, Meditation Teacher & Life Coach
Every day, it seems there are more and more reasons to feel disheartened and hopeless. These thoughts and feelings can become so loud and pervasive, they overwhelm us. And, while life’s obstacles are real and challenging, there is so much more to being alive!
Join us to explore the sweet qualities of life and to practice mindfulness tools that help to deepen joy and reduce suffering. Each 90-minute class will include a short talk, multiple guided meditation practices, sharing, and a question-and-answer period. Each week we will focus on a different topic:
August 22: Befriending Yourself & the World – “I want to feel good about myself and other people.” – In this class, we will discuss and practice what teacher Sharon Salzberg calls “The Revolutionary Art of Happiness”.
August 29: Self-Compassion – “Others deserve compassion, but not me.” – In this class, we will explore how to practice self-compassion, its vital importance to personal and collective change, and the obstacles that make it hard.
September 5: Skillfully Caring for Others – “I want to help, but I’m too overwhelmed by the pain in the world.” – In this class, we will discuss the pitfalls of empathy, the wisdom of compassion, and practice caring for others in a non-depleting way.
September 12: Strengthening Joy – “I want to be happy for myself and others.” – In this class, we will examine what gets in the way of being joyful and practice engaging with sympathetic joy.
September 19: Fostering Untouchable Peace – “I want to feel a sense of ease no matter what’s going on in my life.” – In this class, we will investigate the barriers to equanimity and plant the seeds for recurring inner peace.
September 26: Bearing Witness to Our Goodness – “I want to feel worthy.” – In this class, we will explore opening to the truth of our innate worth, wholeness, and goodness.
Register for all the classes or just the ones that are most significant to you.
Though stemming from Vipassana Buddhism, this class is non-religious, and draws from various wisdom traditions. No prior knowledge of mindfulness meditation is required. The classes are open to women of all levels of experience.
Suggested cost: $20 per weekly class (pay-as-able option available)
August 22 - September 26, 2023
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Led by Diana Klein, Meditation Teacher & Life Coach
Every day, it seems there are more and more reasons to feel disheartened and hopeless. These thoughts and feelings can become so loud and pervasive, they overwhelm us. And, while life’s obstacles are real and challenging, there is so much more to being alive!
Join us to explore the sweet qualities of life and to practice mindfulness tools that help to deepen joy and reduce suffering. Each 90-minute class will include a short talk, multiple guided meditation practices, sharing, and a question-and-answer period. Each week we will focus on a different topic:
August 22: Befriending Yourself & the World – “I want to feel good about myself and other people.” – In this class, we will discuss and practice what teacher Sharon Salzberg calls “The Revolutionary Art of Happiness”.
August 29: Self-Compassion – “Others deserve compassion, but not me.” – In this class, we will explore how to practice self-compassion, its vital importance to personal and collective change, and the obstacles that make it hard.
September 5: Skillfully Caring for Others – “I want to help, but I’m too overwhelmed by the pain in the world.” – In this class, we will discuss the pitfalls of empathy, the wisdom of compassion, and practice caring for others in a non-depleting way.
September 12: Strengthening Joy – “I want to be happy for myself and others.” – In this class, we will examine what gets in the way of being joyful and practice engaging with sympathetic joy.
September 19: Fostering Untouchable Peace – “I want to feel a sense of ease no matter what’s going on in my life.” – In this class, we will investigate the barriers to equanimity and plant the seeds for recurring inner peace.
September 26: Bearing Witness to Our Goodness – “I want to feel worthy.” – In this class, we will explore opening to the truth of our innate worth, wholeness, and goodness.
Register for all the classes or just the ones that are most significant to you.
Though stemming from Vipassana Buddhism, this class is non-religious, and draws from various wisdom traditions. No prior knowledge of mindfulness meditation is required. The classes are open to women of all levels of experience.
Suggested cost: $20 per weekly class (pay-as-able option available)
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Diana Klein
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Diana Klein holds a B.A. in psychology from Marist College. She earned certification as a mindfulness meditation teacher through MMTCP, led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield and as a coach through Martha Beck's ICF-accredited Wayfinder Life Coach Training Program.
Diana has studied spiritual practices and psychology for over 20 years. During the last decade, mindfulness has played an invaluable role in her life, not only in expanding everyday joy, but also in responding skillfully to multiple life-changing illnesses, including CFS, endometriosis, skin and ovarian cancers, and depression. She teaches mindfulness in the hopes of sharing this understanding and freedom. She began coaching because she loves working 1:1 with people who need a safe space to explore their thoughts and feelings, freeing them to make their best and truest contributions to the world! For more information, feel free to email her at [email protected] , or go to her website www.dianaklein.com. |
Women's Center for Healing & Transformation
(985) 892-8111
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71667 Leveson Street
Abita Springs, LA 70420
(985) 892-8111
[email protected]
71667 Leveson Street
Abita Springs, LA 70420
