Join Ghisly Garcia and Rachel Hammerman for a month of cultivating a heart as wide as the world using the Brahma Viharas in relational meditation practices.
Cultivating these four heart qualities (loving kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity) in relationship with other beings amplifies the deepening of meditative qualities and dhamma wisdom that frees the heart.
Each two hour session may include instruction, a guided meditation, a dharma talk, and relational meditation practices in pairs and small groups such as Insight Dialogue, partner check-ins, and partner RAIN.
Participants are encouraged to come to all four sessions in person at Seattle Insight Meditation Center, but there is no requirement to join all sessions. Please RSVP at the bottom of the page here to let the teachers know which dates you plan to attend.
Teacher Bios
Ghisly Garcia has a deep love for dharma practice that has grown steadily and all at once since her first retreat in 2013. She practices primarily in the Theravada tradition through the support of the Seattle Insight sangha, where she is a volunteer and Dharma Leader trainee, as well as retreat centers like Cloud Mountain, Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and Insight Retreat Center. She is a trained mindfulness educator through Inward Bound Mindfulness Education and the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Ghisly is passionate about making ancient mindfulness practices accessible to BIPOC youth.
Questions
For questions about this class, please email Ghisly at ghisly.garcia@seattleinsight.org
Dana
Donations to Seattle Insight Meditation can be made here. Thank you for your generosity.
Teacher dana to Ghisly can be offered here and to Rachel through Venmo @rachel-hammerman
