The Dukkha of vulnerability

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  • Nov 07

    Sunday Nov 7, 2027 - Sunday Dec 5, 2027

     (Start time Sun 16:30 GMT - End time Sun 18:00 GMT)
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    Christina Feldman
    The price includes a fee for the teacher, no additional dana will be requested.
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    Session information
    Sessions
    Session 1
    Sun 07 Nov 16:30 GMT - Sun 07 Nov 18:00 GMT
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    Session 2
    Sun 21 Nov 16:30 GMT - Sun 21 Nov 18:00 GMT
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    Session 3
    Sun 28 Nov 16:30 GMT - Sun 28 Nov 18:00 GMT
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    Session 4
    Sun 05 Dec 16:30 GMT - Sun 05 Dec 18:00 GMT
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Description

Price Options:

Basic rate: £115

Standard rate: £135

Supporter rate: £155

Theme: 

Every human life will hold its time of struggle, loss, pain and uncertainty. None of us is exempt, and none of us gets to choose when it arrives.
So how do we meet those times without despairing or being overwhelmed? How do we stay grounded, kind and wise when life is at its most uncertain?

This question sits at the heart of the Buddha's teaching. Not offering a way to avoid pain, but a way to meet it: with steadiness, compassion and clear understanding. This programme brings some of those teachings into view, in a form you can actually use.

What you will leave with

  • A different way of meeting difficulty. Practical teachings for facing struggle without collapsing into despair or shutting down.
  • A practice of compassion. A kinder, wise relationship with your own vulnerability. 
  • Understanding of dukkha. An insight into how the Buddha's teachings point to freedom within difficulty, not only beyond it.
  • Shared humanity and community. The relief of exploring these questions alongside others, and discovering you are not the only one.

Praise for Christina:

"I would attend this mentoring group every week!" 
— Previous mentoring student with Christina 

"This has been a very thought-provoking and enriching course which has helped me along my dharma path.

Both the teacher and students meshed well together to bring forth further insights and understandings." 
— Previous mentoring student with Christina 

"Christina's concise, practice-related overview of the different spiritual powers, followed by sharing with peers in the breakout rooms was very useful, particularly so when she gave us a couple of points to reflect on.

Hear more from our teachers:

Christina Feldman is a published author of books on Buddhism including:
Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology with co-author William Kuyken
Boundless Heart: The Buddha’s Path of Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity
Meditation 
And many more.

She regularly contributes to meditation and Buddhist magazines and journals. You can read some of her articles here and here. 
You can also read more about her life and practice here on our website.

Event Details

Schedule: 

4 Sunday afternoons from 4.30 to 6 pm GMT time, on 7, 21, 28 November and 5 December. Realtime attendance is encouraged.

Recordings:

Recordings will be shared after each session.

Suitability:

This course is suitable for people of all levels of meditation and Buddhist learning experience

 Cost:

  • The price includes a fee for the teachers, no additional dana will be requested. 
  • If you are unable to afford the our standard course rate, please contact us here. We will make sure that no one is turned away because of lack of funds

Teachers:

CHRISTINA FELDMAN is a co-founder of Gaia House and a guiding teacher at Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachussetts. The author of a number of books, she has been teaching insight meditation retreats internationally since 1976. She is one of the teaching faculty of the CPP programme, dedicated to the study and application of the early teachings of the Buddha and is engaged in teaching the Buddhist psychological foundations of mindfulness to those training to teach mindfulness-based applications in England, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her most recent book Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology, written with Willem Kuyken, was published in the summer of 2019.