Alumni 2020 Recordings: The Boundless Qualities of Heart
Alumni Mindfulness Recordings
The Alumni 2020 retreat focused on practicing and teaching the boundless qualities of heart: Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Spaciousness.
Mark and Martin explored contrasting and complementary approaches for deepening in personal practice, and a variety of skillful means for teaching others. Below are a few quotes from participants about how much they appreciated the teachings.
The recordings are now available to those who followed the retreat. For other alumni, you can purchase the recordings to follow the material yourself.
Available to download and view online:
8 videos. Series Runtime: 13h 27min
Syllabus PDF
Day 1 Session 1: Practicing Metta (1h 53min)
Day 1 Session 2: Teaching Metta (1h 22min)
Day 2 Session 1: Practicing Karuna (1h 38min)
Day 2 Session 2: Teaching Karuna (1h 41min)
Day 3 Session 1: Practicing Mudita (1h 26min)
Day 3 Session 2: Teaching Mudita (1h 32min)
Day 4 Session 1: Practicing Upekkha (1h 5min)
Day 4 Session 2: Teaching Upekkha (1h 30min)
Retreat Follow-up: Teaching Structure for Heart Qualities Practices (1h 20min)
Qualities of the Heart Class Syllabus (.pdf)
Mark and Martin provide trainees with the experiential learning, in-depth instruction and practical skills needed to teach with confidence and clarity. This training was one of the first to receive accreditation from the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA). Trainees are educated in both contemporary neuroscience research on mindfulness and its historical Buddhist context.
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US based training starts September 2022
US teacher training runs from September 2022 to June 2023 and is delivered via four, four-day-long in-person modules in Berkeley, California.