Workshop Series

May 12, 19, June 2 and 9 |  6:30-8:00pm

Women’s Club of Albany | 725 Madison Avenue in Albany | Google map

With Kirsten Deleo and Pam Russell

A donation of $7 per session is requested.

Accredited for continuing education for nurses, social workers, chaplains and by NY Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselors (OASAS).

For more information contact us or call The Woman’s Club of Albany at 518-465-3626

This workshop series offers a unique opportunity to learn contemplative methods that can help us to be more skillful in responding to what life puts on our path and provide ways of transforming difficulties. Drawn from the Tibetan Buddhist meditation tradition, these methods can be practiced by anyone at all, regardless of cultural or spiritual backgrounds. They are extremely effective for bringing inner strength, peace, stability and confidence in any situation.

You may follow the whole series, or come to a session of your choosing. Each workshop presents a practice, gives first-hand experience in using it, and offers advice on integrating it into daily life.

Session 1: Joy and Well-Being in Everyday Life – Cultivating Mindfulness; May 12

Session 2: The Source of Happiness, Reconnecting with the Love within Us – The Practice of Loving Kindness; May 19

Session 3: Cultivating Compassion in a Competitive World – The Practice of “Equalizing” Ourselves and Others; June 2

Session 4: The Practice of Giving and Receiving: “Tonglen”; June 9

Faculty

Kirsten DeLeo, MA, International Training Manager and Senior Educator, Spiritual Care Education Program. Drawing from more than fifteen years' experience accompanying people in the last phase of life, Kirsten leads trainings for professionals and the public, and is faculty for Naropa University's 'Contemplative End of Life Care' training. She is a counselor specializing in spiritual care, and in supporting people living with illness. Kirsten completed a three-year meditation retreat under the guidance of Sogyal Rinpoche and is a Senior Meditation Instructor in Rigpa.

Pam Russell, LMSW, Senior Educator, Spiritual Care Education Program. Pamela is an end-of-life care social worker and bereavement counselor with over twenty years' experience in elder care in long-term care facilities. She is faculty for Naropa University's 'Contemplative End of Life Care' training, and a Rigpa meditation instructor.