Moving Beyond Anxiety series

We need to learn what we can and cannot control. When we emphasize controlling our mind instead of just external things, we feel empowered. Anxiety principally occurs when we feel we cannot find happiness inside ourselves, and this can be worked on through training. ln this class series, we will explore how to accept the anxiety we are dealing with, and kindly work with ourselves and our mind to gradually reduce and eventually abandon it. In particular, we will see how we can use special, time-tested meditation techniques to accomplish this inner freedom.

May 3 — Anxiety?

May 10 — Learning to Refocus Beneficially 

May 17 — Protection from Anxiety

May 24 — Mindfulness & Alertness 

May 31 — Rewriting the Narrative
 

This 90-minute meditation class will be based on How to Understand the Mind by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Tuesday night is taught by Gen Kelsang Chokyi, Resident Teacher at KMC Bloomington and American Buddhist nun.