Description
Dr. Susan Pollak has been meditating since elementary school, studying Sufism, Vipassana, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, and participating in long retreats since high school. She did graduate work in Comparative Religion and Clinical Psychology at Harvard, and has written and contributed to many books, including “Sitting Together”, “Self Compassion for Parents” and the new (2025) “Grounding Psychotherapy in Self-Compassion”. She also writes for Psychology Today and Ten Percent Happier. Susan was President of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010 to 2020 and is a co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School. She loves being a substitute teacher for Daily Dharma in Daily Life.
No registration is necessary. You are welcome to attend just the sit, just the talk, or both. Please note that the doors to the meditation hall will be closed at 6:35 pm for the Evening Sit and at 7:35 pm for the Dharma talk.
Schedule
- 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm: Evening Sit
- 7:15 pm – 7:30 pm: Mindful Break
- 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm: Dharma Talk