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  • The Simple Trick to Reaching Acceptance: Condensed Workshop

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    We hear a lot about "acceptance" and "letting things go." We hear a lot less about HOW to actually do it effectively, and our efforts often leave us feeling like we're banging our heads against a wall. Instead of freeing us, trying to let go ironically becomes yet another thing we have to carry. In […]

  • Revealing Inner Peace

    The Watertown Center for Healing Arts 17 Spring Street, Watertown, MA, United States

    Register here: Revealing Inner Peace   Are you your own drill sergeant in an army of one? Do you feel endless pressure to be "good enough?" Are you ready to start letting that go?   We often gravitate toward self-loathing rather than self-compassion. For example: Do you berate yourself for relatively minor things, or long […]

  • Shattering Attachment

    Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St, Watertown, MA, United States

    A prominent mindfulness teacher once wrote that if he had to distill the Buddha's entire teaching down to one sentence, it would be "attach to nothing as me or mine." Years ago, a shift in perspective about attachment altered my focus and dramatically increased my progress with this critical element of practice. In this session, […]

  • Pitfall! (Mindfulness and Insight Meditation Traps)

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    Like any path worth walking, our spiritual journeys are fraught with traps. New practitioners often encounter confusion from common paradoxes, and experienced meditators discover new (and increasingly sneaky!) tarpits as practice deepens. In this session, we'll examine a few of these fun little hurdles and how to skillfully navigate them. As usual, we'll open with […]

  • Mindfulness 101: “Am I Doing This Right?”

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    In this updated version of our very first Meetup event, we'll get back to basics about what we're doing -- and not doing -- as part of a mindfulness meditation practice. This session will be a great introduction for new practitioners and the merely curious, as well as an opportunity for experienced (or lapsed ;) […]

  • Reclaiming Your Power

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    Click to save your spot: reclaiming-your-power.eventbrite.com    If life has you feeling like a pinball -- getting thrown in every direction -- it's time to take back control. And it's easy to get started. We have tremendous power, but we don't even see it. Why? Because we're looking in the places where we THINK it […]

  • Don’t Worry? Be Happy? Is That a Thing?

    Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St, Watertown, MA, United States

    Happiness. What is it really? Is it worth seeking? If so, how? In this session, we'll look at these questions surrounding this ever-present issue. As usual, we'll open with a short talk on the topic, sit for about 30 minutes, and then have a Q+A period. **LOCATION**We'll be meeting at the Lucia Mastrangelo Meeting Room […]

  • “If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going”

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    Many insights from my early mindfulness training showed me the way through my darkest days, and they still form the foundation for my practice today. In this session, I'll share some of these; as usual, we'll follow with a sitting for about 30 minutes, and then have a Q+A period. This event will take place […]

  • How To Be Damn Sure Your Practice Went Off The Rails

    Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St, Watertown, MA, United States

    I read a fairly mind-blowing article recently that I feel compelled to share and discuss. Frankly, I'm still sorting out how to approach this topic, so I'll refrain from elaborating further here. This session will follow our standard format: a short talk followed by a 30 minute sit and a Q+A period. **LOCATION**We'll be meeting […]

  • Mindfulness for the Professionally Anxious

    Watertown Center for Healing Arts 22 Mount Auburn St, Watertown, ma, us

    Limited tickets available; click here to save your spot    Do you feel like everything will be ok if you "just get that one last thing done?" (And then the next "last thing" ... and the next ...) In "Mindfulness for the Professionally Anxious," you'll learn: The source of obsessive thinking, how it causes anxiety, […]