an 8-week course
*Due to the Shelter in Place laws resulting from COVID-19, all sessions are being held online via Zoom
CCT for Teacher Summer 2021, June 15 - August 3, Tuesdays, 6:00-7:45pm
To register, please press the button below. At this time, this course is offered on a donations basis. However, should you be in a financial position to endow for future participants, please do what is right for you.
When faced with difficulty and stress, we can meet life with steadiness and respond from a place of courage and resilience. Compassion unfolds in response to distress, pain or suffering. It begins with the recognition of suffering, which gives rise to feelings of concern and empathy. This, in turn, motivates the willingness to take action to relieve that suffering. At different times, and in different situations, different parts of this process (awareness, feelings, empathy, action) may be most available and/or most skillful.
Throughout the course, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue by learning to:
Improve your personal relationships
Support health, happiness, and well-being
Reduce stress, depression, and anxiety
Make a positive difference in the world
Weekly 2 hour class including lecture, discussion and in-class exercises
Daily meditation practices
Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions
Step 1: Settling the mind
Step 2: Compassion and kindness for a loved one
Step 3: Self-directed compassion and kindness
Step 4: Common humanity
Step 5: Cultivating compassion for others
Step 6: Active compassion
Week 1
Steady and calm the mind
Week 2
Loving-kindness & compassion for a loved one
Week 3
Compassion for oneself
Week 4
Loving-kindness for oneself
Week 5
Common humanity & developing appreciation for others
Week 6
Compassion for others
Week 7
Active compassion practice
Week 8
Integrated daily compassion cultivation practice
Due to Shelter In Place laws resulting from COVID-19, all sessions are being held online via Zoom.
