Metta Meditation
Discovering (Self) Compassion
with Kimberly Brown
When practicing loving-kindness, it’s best to start wherever you are, close to yourself. In that way it’s realistic.
Lama Yeshe
Though compassion is often confused with putting others’ welfare above our own, real wisdom understands that genuine self-concern is a necessary foundation for kindness and compassion toward all beings. In this meditation, we’ll look at the difference between self-compassion and self-indulgence, transform emotional barriers and resistance, and practice responding to self-judgment and criticism with understanding and patience.
This program is open to everyone and beginners are welcome. No experience with meditation is necessary.
New Year Intention Setting Ceremony
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 7:30-9pm
Join Kim at Shantideva Center in-person and online, for a special evening to uncover your truest motivations, clarify and set an intention of the heart, and learn to support it through 2025 and beyond with self-compassion and wisdom.
Instead of trying to use self-criticism and force to achieve goals, you’ll learn to support your deepest wishes with encouragement and love. You’ll be led in meditation to ground and clarify your mind and contemplate your aspirations, and Kim will guide a powerful visualization to deeply root your intention in your body and heart. We’ll close the ceremony by offering blessings and sharing our merit with all beings everywhere.
Everyone is welcome at this auspicious event. No experience with meditation or Buddhism is necessary, your good heart is all you need.
Important Note
January 9 will be an in-person and online event. Please review our latest Covid-19 policy if you are attending in person. For online, the events will be administered using Zoom*.
The other classes will be online-only events that are administered using Zoom.
After registering, the system automatically sends a confirmation and/or a receipt email that contains the Zoom meeting link and/or other instructions. If you don’t immediately receive the system email(s) or you have any other questions, please contact us at registration@shantidevanyc.org.
*Zoom is an interactive video-conferencing tool that allows participants to see one another and ask questions. You will need a computer, a tablet or a smartphone with the Zoom application to attend. If you are using Zoom for the first time, please login earlier to allow any necessary installations on your device.
Registration / Schedule
Suggested: $20
Other offering options: free to $30
The suggested amount helps support teacher offerings and expenses, direct costs and rent. Shantideva member benefits will apply automatically if you have a membership in MindBody.
Time zone: US Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5)
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About the Facilitators
Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and author. She leads classes, workshops, and retreats focused on the power of self-compassion, love, and kindness to transform ourselves and the world, and is the author of three books; the most recent is Happy Relationships: 25 Buddhist Practices to Transform Your Connections with Your Partner, Family, and Friends. Kimberly has been a Buddhist student for many years and is grateful to her mentors, Sharon Salzberg and Ven. Robina Courtin, and so many other amazing teachers and sanghas. You can learn more about Kim at her website, www.meditationwithheart.com.
Manaslu Gurung is from Nepal, where she first learned to meditate at Kopan Monastery in 2015. Since then, she has completed a year-long Mindfulness Meditation Teacher training at the Interdependence Project (2018) and she has been actively teaching and organizing community events for Mindful Astoria, a local meditation group in Astoria, Queens. Manaslu is also a Kripalu Yoga Certified Teacher and likes to incorporate mindful movements in her meditation teachings. Manaslu is grateful to all her dharma teachers and fellow meditators for our practice and our efforts to create a loving, caring, and supportive community.
