The World Federation of Scientists has identified over fifty of what are known to be “Planetary Emergencies” that are affecting the world around us today. The Earth is facing soil erosion, decreasing amounts of forests, oceanic pollution, and more and more manufactured chemicals in our bodies. Protecting the environment has and continues to be a task to which we are all called to action.
Knowing this, how do we balance the life that we live with working to be a part of this great change? Some write letters to congress and the EPA, organizing events and action groups, setting up a green committee at your workplace, or even leading a large organization. Whatever you’re doing, you need to have deep inner reserves to continue your efforts with energy, confidence, and effectiveness.
‘Sustainability from Within’ is designed to give you the skills you need to start the day with grace, renew and recharge yourself throughout the day, and let go of stress at will. Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook of the Metta Center for Nonviolence will lead us in the practice of Passage Meditation and the many wonderful uses of a mantram. Stuart Moody, President of Green Sangha, will share a treasury of simple, rejuvenating exercises for tension release as well as settling into silence for deep meditation.
Sustainability from within means taking care of yourself, practicing the same personal stewardship that we all need to practice in regard to our common body, the Earth.
At the deepest level, practicing sustainability from within not only sets standards for our material well-being, but it also opens the door for spiritual progress – the restoration of our sense of oneness and expansion of the qualities of the heart. Friendliness, compassion, impartiality, and happiness are the fruits of inner development and are the fundamental interpersonal qualities at the basis of a culture of cooperation and peace. In this way, mindful practice lays the groundwork for a new earth community.
This workshop will focus on the following ideas and skills fundamental to awakened activism:
Somatic Awareness
-Greeting the day with energy and alertness.
-Simple movements for releasing tension and improving posture.
-Moving into stillness
Spiritual Development
-Calming the inner chatter
-Concentrating the mind
-Passing the time with purpose
Price: $30 ($20 for Green Sangha members)
To Register: Call us at (510) 532-6574 or email us at info@greensangha.org
Instructors: Michael Nagler, PhD, Stephanie Van Hook, MA, and Stuart Moody, MA
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Time: 2:00-5:30 pm
Address: United Church of Christ, 825 Middlefield Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952
“This is a gift to yourself. Leaders feel such heavy burdens with so much to accomplish and with such little time and money to do vital work. Mindfulness for leaders helps us go to our strong and calm center and let go of the burden. It nourishes the soul and frees the spirit.”
-
By: Metta Center
We provide educational resources on the safe and effective use of nonviolence, with the recognition that it’s not about putting the right person in power but awakening the right kind of power in people. We advance a higher image of humankind while empowering people to explore the question: How does nonviolence work, and how can I actively contribute to a happier, more peaceful society?
-
-
Nonviolence Lifeline
A Palestinian’s Journey to Nonviolence
2021 Certificate Program
Cosmic Peaceforce SpaceMeet
Nonviolence Radio April 9, 2021
