Cognitively-Based Compassion Training 8-Week Series

8 Thursdays beginning February 11 and ending April 1. All 8 classes begin at 6:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm

Want to learn a method that can help melt barriers to connecting deeper to yourself and others?

Week 1 --- February 11 Research/Neuroscience of Compassion Training: Developing Attentional Stability

Week 2 --- February 18 Awareness of the Mind

Weeks 3-5 --- February 25, March 4 & 11 Self Compassion

Week 6 --- March 18 Cultivating Impartiality

Week 7 --- March 25 Appreciation / Affection for Others

Week 8 --- April 1 Empathy & Engaged Compassion

Professionals welcome - CEUs available

CBCT® is a secular ethics training developed at Emory University by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD with input from multiple disciplines and taught in medical & educational institutions­—anyone can learn this practice.

CBCT® has interfaced eastern meditation with neuroscience and psychology. It first couples self-nurturance with focused attention meditations, and then adds progressive contemplative exercises that help one gain insight/awareness of how one’s attitudes and behaviors either support or hinder a compassionate response toward life's ups and downs. Research shows multiple biomarker and social benefits including increased personal resilience, improved satisfaction, plus a greater capacity for tenderness toward self and others.

Taught by Lisa DuPont. M.S (Gyalten Chime) who is a psychologist and Buddhist monastic. She has studied and practiced Buddhism & psychology for over 25 years and is a Certified CBCT Instructor, Emory University

Note: Regular attendance and daily home practice are required; this is NOT a drop-in class.