Events
June 21 Online Class: Sustainable Compassion, with special guest John Makransky
Lama John Makransky, Ph.D., leads an MHP Zoom session on sustainable compassion on the third Sunday of each month. Join us on June 21 at 10 a.m. PDT. Use the daily meditations/weekly meetings Zoom link.
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June 26 In Person: Effortless Mindfulness and Field of Care Meditation, with Radhule Weininger and Carla Tomson
Our new monthly Effortless Mindfulness and Field of Care meditation class will be held from Noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, June 26, at The Sacred Space, 2594 Lillie Avenue, in Summerland. Subsequent classes are scheduled for July 17, Aug. 21, and Sept. 18. Radhule and Carla, a graduate of MHP’s facilitator training course, will alternate as teachers. Donations gratefully accepted.
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June 27 Hybrid Retreat: Loving Kindness and Developing a Field of Care and Compassion, with special guest Donald Rothberg and Radhule Weininger
During this day-long retreat we will explore care, kindness, and compassion for ourselves and others. We’ll practice loving kindness (metta), Field of Care, and compassion for ourselves and our world. The retreat will include guided and silent meditations, short talks, and group discussion.
When: Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Note: This retreat was originally scheduled for June 20)
Where: Donald will join remotely. The class will be offered via Zoom. Contact us at mindfulheartprograms@gmail.com to inquire about limited seating to attend in person at Radhule’s home.
Enroll: Register for the class and receive Zoom instructions for remote attendance.
Donate: Suggested donation $70 to MHP in person or via our website. Dana contributions may be made directly to Donald.
About Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Rothberg is a leading teacher and writer on meditation, the intersection of psychology and spirituality, and socially engaged spiritual practice. He has taught and practiced Buddhist meditation since 1976. He is a member of the Teacher's Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World.
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June 28 In Person: Full Moon Meditation and Sound Bath, with Peter Moreno
Peter Moreno will host his monthly full moon meditation and sound bath with singing bowls at East Beach in Santa Barbara from 8-9 p.m. on Sunday, June 28. You can find him near the volleyball courts across the street from the condominiums on Cabrillo Boulevard. Look for flashing red lights and lanterns. Bring a chair, blanket, and jacket. Refreshments will be served. A $15 donation is requested. Please call Peter at 805-453-1813 by noon on the day of the meditation to let him know that you plan to attend. There is not a Zoom option for this outdoor event.
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July 18 hybrid: From Sustainable Compassion to Unbounded Awareness, with Radhule Weininger
This half-day retreat will be hosted by Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way, Santa Barbara, from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. Sustainable compassion meditation and practices from the Mahamudra tradition will be used to lead us from full-body concentration to subtle-body awareness to a non-dual ocean-and-wave experience. $35. Please mark your calendar. Registration information coming soon!
Newsletters
Heart Medicine in Difficult Times
In this online year-long drop-in series, Radhule will teach you psychological and spiritual skills that will guide you to address the root causes behind painful patterns and show how to address them with comprehensive practices. Working with painful patterns is especially necessary in these times, as many of our old painful patterns are getting triggered by current difficult circumstances in our world. Uncertainty and trauma bring up our own woundedness and fear. In order to be engaged in our world, we need to heal our painful patterns and connect to the wholeness that is already there.
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Awake Aware: Touching the Sky behind the clouds and bringing it back to Earth
New Series with Radhule Weininger, MD, PHD.
This Monday (over zoom), we will continue an exciting new series on awake awareness meditations and the pointing-out instructions. We are repeating this series on Monday nights at 7.15 pm (Yoga Soup, Studio 2, as well as zoom).
Location: Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way, Santa Barbara
Heart Aware: Mindful Body Breath and Awake Awareness Meditation Group
Time: Thursdays at 6:30pm (beginning December 1st, 2022)
Location: Saint Michael’s University Church, 6586 Picasso Rd, Isla Vista, CA
We will meet in person to practice meditation and self-compassion. Join us to cultivate a regular mindfulness practice and experience a sense of community and belonging on a weekly basis.
Heart Medicine in Difficult Times
with Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD
Sunday, August 28, 12:30-2pm
Last Sunday every month in 2022
In this online year-long drop-in series, Radhule will teach you psychological and spiritual skills that will guide you to address the root causes behind painful patterns and show how to address them with comprehensive practices. Working with painful patterns is especially necessary in these times, as many of our old painful patterns are getting triggered by current difficult circumstances in our world. Uncertainty and trauma bring up our own woundedness and fear. In order to be engaged in our world, we need to heal our painful patterns and connect to the wholeness that is already there.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC): 8 Week Course
With Hattie Bluestone, DPT and Anahita Navab Holden, PhD
Sundays: August 7th-October 2nd
(with the exception of Sunday 8/28)
10 AM-12 PM
La Mesa Park
Price: $400
For registration, please visit www.yogasoup.com
In difficult moments, what would it be like to offer yourself the same kindness, care, and support that you would naturally extend to a friend? Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically supported, 8-week program that teaches core principles and practices to cultivate the skill of self-compassion. MSC was developed by Kristin Neff, PhD, and Christopher Germer, PhD, leader in the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy. The program includes guided meditations, short talks, experiential exercises, group discussion, and take-home practices to integrate self-compassion into daily life. For more information please contact: info@anahitaholdenphd.com.
Deepening the Experience of the Sacred: Mindfully Embracing our World
During the morning of this day-long seminar, Radhule will teach you to deepen the practice of Ordinary and Non-dual Mindfulness, Introducing pointing out instructions, so you can learn to rest in awake awareness. Radhule will also introduce Self-compassion and Compassion-for-others (Tong Len) practices, which will include the care for ourselves and our world.
From 2 to 4 pm, Dave Richo will join us again, so we can together integrate our experience of the Sacred. We will also discuss how Kindness and Compassion can help us hold our personal suffering and how we can live with meaning and purpose in our troubled and breathtakingly beautiful world.
Maintaining our Balance in a Shaky World: Psychological and Spiritual Practices that Foster Inner Peace
In our present world of surprises, we may find it difficult to find a footing of safety and security in ourselves or in society. Violence and disease seem to be the new normal.
In an age of anxiety like this one it is perfectly understandable that we fear the future and perhaps lose trust in the political, psychological, and spiritual sources that were reliable before. Likewise, we may lose our trust in our own inner resources.
In this topsy-turvy world we still have one another. That is our source of hope. Our only challenge is to trust it when all the evidence has become shaky. We can learn to do that, always as beginners and always as enthusiasts.
In this workshop we will have time and space to explore what we fear or trust. We will experience practices of ordinary and non-dual mindfulness that take us to deep awareness.