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BEING A COMPASSIONATE COMPANION

Caring for people who are dying can be an intense, intimate, and deeply alive experience. It often challenges our most basic beliefs. It is a journey of continuous discovery, requiring courage and flexibility. We learn to open, take risks, and forgive constantly. Taken as a practice of awareness, it can reveal both our deep clinging and our capacity to embrace another person's suffering as our own.

This workshop presents a mindful and compassionate approach to addressing the practical, emotional, and spiritual issues which are inherent in this unique relationship. We will introduce traditional Buddhist mindfulness practices, exercises designed to explore impermanence and grief. Through group discussion we will discover our capacity for balance, empathy, and fearless receptivity. The workshop will assist participants in developing the skillful means necessary to accompany those facing death with openness and love.

This workshop is open to all (except as noted below) and may be of particular interest to professionals or those who anticipate caring for family members or friends facing life-threatening illness.

April 20 2008
Institute for Integral Studies Graduate School
San Francisco, CA

For more info and to register:
online: California Institute for Integral Studies
phone: 415.575.6175
address:   CIIS
Namaste Hall, 3rd Floor
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA

May 24-25 2008
Luce per la Vita
Turin, Italy

also Public Dialogue with Marie deHenzel on May 23, 2008

For more info and to register:
contact: Claudio Ritossa
phone: +39 0125 538809
email:   c.ritossa@libero.it
more info:   Programa Seminario (pdf)
Programa Sulla Soglia (pdf)
Scheda di Iscrizione (pdf)

October 11 2008
Sutter VNA & Hospice
San Francisco, CA

For more info and to register:
Only open to:   Sutter VNA & Hospice Volunteers
contact: Susan Barber

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