Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) - Online

CCT is a secular training designed to help individuals develop compassion and mindfulness

When

6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 21, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 28, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 4, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 11, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 18, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Dec. 2, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Dec. 9, 2020
6 to 8 p.m., Dec. 16, 2020

Where

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an 8-week course developed by a team of researchers and contemplatives at Stanford University designed to help develop compassion and resilience. Through group discussions, lectures, in class practice, and homework, the cohort based experience supports us to develop the skills of mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassion for others. CCT has been shown to increase emotional regulation, happiness, caring for self and others, and decrease stress, mind-wandering, and anxiety. A way to learn how to cultivate the critical skill and trait of compassion.

Week 1: Steadying & calming the mind
Week 2: Compassion & loving-kindness for a loved one
Week 3: Compassion & loving-kindness for oneself
Week 4: Compassion & loving-kindness for oneself
Week 5: Common humanity & appreciation for others
Week 6: Compassion for others
Week 7: Active compassion
Week 8: Integrated daily compassion

Attendance for all 8 sessions is required, please plan to commit to the full program when you apply. This program will take place online via the Zoom platform.

Registration is Closed

Registration: No Charge (Normally $395, however, it is being offered as a support due to COVID)

About the Instructor:

Miles Bukiet, M.A.P.P. is a meditation facilitator with five years of full-time meditation training, including two years at monasteries and practice centers in Myanmar, Thailand and China, two years of solitary retreat in New Mexico under the guidance of Alan Wallace, Ph.D. and Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D and one year working with Soryu Forall at the Monastic Academy in Vermont. In 2018 Miles earned a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently working toward a Master of Social Work degree at Columbia University. He teaches meditation at universities, non-profits, and companies across the country and is currently interning at the University of Arizona’s Center for Compassion Studies.