The 7 Steps to Compassionate Living
A 7-day introduction to living a more compassionate life.
Led by Maria Paula Jimenez.
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Maria Paula Jimenez
María Paula is the Head of Training of Global Compassion Coalition, Leader of the Spanish-speaking community, and Director of the Compassion Corps initiative.
She is a Senior Instructor and Teacher Trainer of Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™), developed at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. She also serves as the Content Leader and Supervisor for the CCT™ Teacher Training offered through the Compassion Institute. Simultaneously she is an Instructor and Teacher Trainer for the Mindfulness Based Emotional Balance program and an Instructor for the Mindful Self-Compassion program.
What you’ll learn
Day 1 Understanding compassion
Understand what compassion is and why it is crucial for personal well-being and for creating a more compassionate world.
Day 2 The power of intention
Explore Intention and Mindfulness: Understand and apply the concepts of intention and mindfulness to enhance compassion in daily life.
Day 3 Discovering self-compassion
Focus on deepening your understanding and practice of self-compassion, including recognizing and addressing your own needs with kindness and care and developing the ability to be kind, supportive, and understanding towards oneself, particularly in moments of difficulty.
Day 4 Living with purpose
Understand how self-compassion and mindfulness help align actions with core values, leading to a more fulfilling life.
Day 5 We are in this journey together – shared common humanity
Understand the importance of extending compassion beyond immediate social circles to include a wider range of people, acknowledging our fundamental interconnectedness and the shared human experience of seeking happiness and freedom from suffering.
Day 6 Compassion as an antidote to suffering
Provide practical tools and techniques for managing suffering, both for oneself and for others, by cultivating compassion as an antidote to suffering. Specifically we focus on Active compassion and the tool of labeling emotions, identifying physical sensations and offering the practice of Softening, Soothing and Allowing.
Day 7 Compassion in everyday life
Recap the key concepts from the training and explore how to implement them into everyday life to build a more compassionate and intentional way of living.