Cognitively Based Compassion Training 8-Week Series Starts April 14, 2020

The Course: 8 Week Commitment * to class & daily 10-15 min./day practice

8-Week Course Schedule*

week 1 April 14 Research / Neuroscience of Compassion Training:

Developing Attentional Stability

week 2 April 21 Awareness of the Mind

week 3-5 April 28 Self Compassion

May 5, 12 Self Compassion

week 6 May 19 Cultivating Impartiality

week 7 May 26 Appreciation / Affection for Others

week 8 June 2 Empathy & Engaged Compassion

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®, with roots in buddhism, 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.