We know that for compassion to be truly transformative it has to be lived everyday. But this is often the hardest part – tuning in your daily thoughts and actions so they emobody compassion.
This new, free, and concise course, which will be introduced to you by Maria Paula along with renowned teachers Chris Germer, Margaret Cullen and Frank Ostaseski, will allow to take the wisdom of compassion and live it every day of your life. The course will include too exclusive bonus content by Rick Hanson, renowned author and creator of the Global Compassion Coalition.
Every step of our course will be delivered straight to the inboxes of all those who sign up for this event before a very special closing event with Buddhist teacher Frank Ostaseski on 18th September on how to be a compassionate caregiver.
We are delighted to offer this course for free because we want as many people as possible to be able to access the benefits of compassion. If in signing up to take part you do feel moved to make a donation, however, this will be warmly appreciated and will go towards supporting our Compassion Corps initiative which is bringing compassion training into under-served communities.
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.
About the speakers
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. Her teaching experience includes being a faculty member in the Acompañamiento Contemplativo a la Muerte (Being with Dying) program, where she has had the honor of working alongside esteemed colleagues such as Silvia Fernández, Frank Ostaseski, and Roshi Joan Halifax.
Christopher Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also a pioneer in the integration of mindfulness and self-compassion into psychotherapy, and he co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program (with Kristin Neff) that has been taught to over 250,000 people worldwide.
Margaret Cullen is a licensed psychotherapist and a pioneer in bringing contemplative practices into mainstream settings. She was one of the first ten people to be certified as an MBSR instructor and has taught around the world. She has led research studies on the impact of contemplative programs for a wide variety of populations across the US and co-developed the Compassion Cultivation Training with Thupten Jinpa at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Mindfulness-Based Attention Training for military spouses with Amishi Jha at University of Miami. She is the founder of Compassion Corps, a program which brings compassion programs to underserved populations around the world. She also developed Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance and co-authored a book about it with Gonzalo Brito Pons. She is a Senior Teacher and Curriculum Developer for Humanize, which is a contemplative-based dyad program founded by German neuroscientist Tania Singer. Margaret is a Mind and Life Fellow, on the advisory board of the Global Compassion Coalition and has been a meditation practitioner for over 40 years.
Frank Ostaseski (Ko-i Jido) is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher, visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, leading corporations like Google and Apple, and he teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe. He has accompanied over 1,000 people through the dying process and trained thousands of healthcare clinicians and family caregivers around the world. His groundbreaking work has been featured on the Bill Moyers PBS series On Our Own Terms, highlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and honored by H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Frank was empowered as a Dharma Holder (Hoshi) by Upaya’s Abbot Roshi Joan Halifax. For more on Frank and his programs and projects: www.mettainstitute.org