Meditation for Liberation
Meditation for Liberation is a series of free workshops I offer to community organizations and organizers. There are different curriculums to choose from all of which start with teaching basic mindfulness meditation techniques, before moving on to deeper exploration and discussion.
If you represent an organization, I can bring the workshop of your choosing to your members. If you're an individual organizer, I can help you connect with an organization that is already hosting one, or I can let you know when I host one of these workshops for the public.
These workshops are offered free of charge to organizations and organizers engaging in liberatory work. I don't have a specific definition for what that means, I leave that for you to decide.
Workshops run between 4 and 8 weeks depending on the curriculum, and the duration of each session is 60 - 90 minutes. Both in-person (Bay Area) and online options are available.
Curriculum Options
Gentleness, Precision, and Letting Go
Exploring the foundations of a sustainable meditation practice.
4 weeks / 6 weeks
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Based on Pema Chödrön's The Wisdom of No Escape, this curriculum introduces three core qualities of a sustainable meditation practice, which also applies to cultivating a healthy relationship with the self. Participants learn to approach their practice and their daily life with gentleness rather than self-criticism, precision rather than vagueness, and the ability to let go rather than clinging to outcomes.
World as Lover, World as Self
Unlearning philosophical, ecological, and spiritual dualism.
4 weeks / 6 weeks
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Based on Joanna Macy's book World as Lover, World as Self, this curriculum encourages participants to challenge black-and-white thinking, to reflect critically on our individuality, and to explore what it means to be an integral part of the living Earth. Changing your perspective from one of individuality, alienation, and separateness to one of community, interdependence, and belonging can transform burnout and despair into grounded, sustainable action.
The core idea explored is what Macy identifies as the four views through which we see the world: the limiting views — World as Battlefield, World as Trap, and the liberating views — World as Lover, World as Self.
We Are the Earth Defending Itself
Falling in love with the Earth is a political act.
6 weeks / 8 weeks
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This is my favorite workshop to teach.
Drawing from Joanna Macy's book (mentioned above) and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass, I will do my best to make you fall in love with the Earth.
Capitalism tries to convince us that we are individuals — separate and alone — entities that exist above and outside of the natural world. I believe that a meditation practice can dissolve the barriers that make us forget our interdependence with each other. When we remember our connection to all living beings, we may find that we have much more to fight for.