EASING PAIN, CALMING MIND: THE EASY MINDFULNESS METHODS OF THICH NHAT HANH

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10/8/2025-11/12/2025
1:30 PM-3:00 PM EDT on Wed
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$50.00

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EASING PAIN, CALMING MIND: THE EASY MINDFULNESS METHODS OF THICH NHAT HANH

Course | Available (Membership Required)

EASING PAIN, CALMING MIND: THE EASY MINDFULNESS METHODS OF THICH NHAT HANH (Zoom)

Wednesdays, 1:30-3:00pm, October 8, 15, 22, 28, November 5, 12

We are living during a time of stress for many. This is an introduction (or a refresher) course on an easy, simple way to ease stress and improve the oxygen levels in our bodies, as a way to diminish pain and increase the ability to sense joy. These methods have worked for prisoners awaiting torture as well as for many living more normal lives.

1.Introductions and goals: reports on mono tasking efforts (Read Chapter one) 2. Miracle: to walk on earth (chapter 2) 3. A day of mindfulness (chapter 3) 4. The pebble (chapter 4) 5. One is all, all one (chapter 5) 6. Concluding session: sharing what we have experienced and learned

Text: Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness

Leader: Margaret Pearson earned her PhD in Asian History from the University of Washington (Seattle). She taught Buddhism as part of her courses on Chinese and Japanese History at Skidmore College, SUNY Albany, the New School for Social Research, and Pace University (White Plains). She has taught this course before at ALL, and welcomes returning students with the hope that they will share their strategies and struggles with new students.