The Eight Worldly Winds

Thursdays September 10-October 1

6:30-8pm ET

Zoom

The teaching of the Eight Worldly Winds goes by a few different names — sometimes the Eight Worldly Conditions, or Eight Worldly Concerns. It invites us to examine four pairs of opposite conditions that are constantly at play in our lives: gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain. Sometimes these winds move through as a mild breeze; sometimes as a full storm. Either way, they're always shifting. And while we know intellectually that impermanence is the nature of life, we tend to get swept up in its reversals, both as they happen, and as we brace for them. Our happiness seems to rise and fall with these winds. But if we can open to the reality of change, we may find that our suffering isn't actually caused by the winds themselves, but by how tightly we hold on as they blow.

In this four-week course, we'll explore how to meet the constant arising and passing of life's conditions with more ease. Rather than being pulled along by every gust, we can discover the liveliness at the center of life's dramas, and the equanimity available to us no matter which way the wind is blowing.

All levels of experience welcome.

All classes will be recorded for asynchronous participation.

Cost- $140 Please scroll down for registration and payment options.

No one turned away for lack of funds, please reach out if you need financial assistance.