Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion

Topic:  Calm – mindfulness – meditation – tools – stress reduction - stress reduction
Event Dates:  May 23, 2023 - June 13, 2023
Event Date:  TBD
Start Time: 5:30 pm
End Time: 7:30 pm
Location:   Virtual

Additional Information

Anxiety and depression can seem relentless, whether we tend toward these states of heart and mind, or are facing major challenges in our life. And of course these lowered and agitated moods states can be profoundly exacerbated by multiple crises in our local, national and international communities. This 4-week online class brings together meditation, mindfulness and contemporary psychological practices in a gentle, safe space to provide support and practical tools to transform your experience of these difficult emotions and states of mind. Please join us on Monday evenings, with an optional weekly practice session on Wednesdays to discuss and share experience with helpful and common sense tools and practices. Dates are:
• Class: Tuesdays, May 23 – June 13, 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
• Practice session: Thursdays, May 25 – June 8, 5:30 PM-6:30 PM PT

Teaching team: Lisa Hoffman, trained in the Soto Zen tradition at San Francisco Zen Center; Paul Irving, Buddhist teacher trained in the Vipassana tradition at Spirit Rock