This program will be held online via Zoom. All registrants will receive the link to join the program in their Order Confirmation email. This program will not be recorded. Times are ET.
The momentum and force of our human conditioning is powerful and strong. Over and over again, we might find ourselves caught in a painful, exhausting grip of entrenched habits, distractions, worries, or compulsive thoughts and behaviors. Sometimes it seems we can't get out of our own way. In order to see our situation clearly and meet it with wisdom, we are invited to return to the refuge of our meditation practice.
One of the great gifts of a consistent and committed mindfulness practice is that we begin to have more choices. It can allow us to exercise agency and influence the course of our lives, building a foundation for a more empowering, expansive way to live. We practice and in time may find that the movement away from painful, habitual ways of being -- and towards an intentional, happier way of life -- develops its own momentum, leading us to greater peace.
This forward movement is called "onward leading" in the Buddhist canon. Over the course of three weeks, we will contemplate how to align our practice with an onward-leading momentum so that our thoughts, words, and actions are skillful and of benefit to ourselves and all beings.
This practice group is appropriate for first-time meditators as well as those with meditation experience. All are warmly welcome. We will meditate together, engage in peer learning and sharing, have opportunities for home practice, and for questions and reflections.
Full and partial scholarships are available. Please submit your requests to office@cambridgeinsight.org at least 72 hours prior to the start of the program.
Zeenat Potia teaches meditation in Buddhist and secular spaces. She has over 15 years of training, with extensive silent retreat experience in the early Buddhist tradition and advanced trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Zeenat incorporates her life experience — as a South Asian immigrant, as a mother, and as a strategic communications professional in higher education, non-profit, and publishing for over 20 years — into her teaching.
Her current work integrates mindfulness, 12-step recovery, and Internal Family Systems as a way to heal intergenerational trauma and transform structures of internal and external oppression. She is committed to sharing mindfulness with underserved and underrepresented populations. Zeenat has taught at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center since 2014, as well as teaching meditation in organizations and universities throughout the Boston area. Learn more at: zeenatpotia.com
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