Please join Matthew Daniell and Effie Stavrulaki for NSIMC’s holiday lovingkindness and compassion offering.
The Dalai Lama said, “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.” Yet, in our hearts we often do not feel love or compassion for ourselves or others, and we bear the painful consequences. In this workshop, we will explore time-tested Buddhist practices that tap the power of intention through offering phrases of lovingkindness (or metta) and compassion (or karuna) to ourselves and others. When cultivated, lovingkindness and compassion practices helps us to heal our own hearts by loving ourselves more deeply. It can also help us touch those in our lives and the world with a deeper sense of love and connection. Touching love for ourselves and others can be especially helpful during the holiday season, with all of its inherent stresses. All are welcome.
Matthew Daniell is the guiding teacher of NSIMC. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation since the 1980s, including over a decade in Asia, where he practiced intensively in Japan, India, Burma, Thailand. Read more on Matthew’s teacher page.
Effie Stavrulaki is a meditation teacher with NSIMC as well as a management professor at Bentley University. Read more on Effie’s teacher page.
Fee: Saturday programs now have a three-tiered pricing structure to accommodate people of various means:
Supported: $35
Base: $45
Benefactor: $55
Please pay at the highest level that is comfortable for you – paying at a higher level helps us support those who need to pay at a lower level. NSIMC members should feel free to pay at the lowest level; become a member here. If you would rather pay at the door, send an email to northshoreimc@gmail.com to register.