The Louisville Vipassana (Insight Meditation) Community presents…

Donald Rothberg

Day-long Retreat in Louisville, KY

"Working with Judgments"

October 8, 2011

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location TBA

Judgments of a reactive and compulsive nature are very strong in most of our lives, and in the dominant culture. They can distort our perceptions, make relationships with others difficult and undermine our work in the world. In this daylong, we will examine what judgments are and how to work with them, using mindfulness and lovingkindness practices (and a number of periods of silent practice), inquiry, dyad work, and role play. These will help us to transform the energy of judgments--preserving the intelligence and discernment often found in judgments, while working through the destructive and compulsive aspects of judgments. To reserve a space, please email us at louisville.vipassana@gmail.com.

Same Weekend: Day-long Retreat in Lexington on October 9, 2011:

Cultivating Wise Speech: Becoming More Skillful in Your Speech Practice, Including in Difficult Situations. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Connecting our meditation practice with our speech and communication is one of the main ways to bring spiritual values into our everyday lives and our action in the world, and can help enliven and energize our practice, since we have so many chances for practice! This daylong retreat will integrate periods of sitting and walking meditation with talks, discussion, and interactive exercises. It will cover three main areas. In the morning, we will focus on (1) the basic teachings of the Buddha on wise speech and (2) foundational mindfulness practices for our speech. In the afternoon, we will apply these perspectives and tools to (3) learning how to practice wise speech in difficult conditions (when there are difficult emotions, when there is conflict, etc.). Location: Lexington Shambhala Center, 315 W. Maxwell. For further information, visit the Lexington Shambhala Center.

Donald Rothberg, Ph.D., a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council in the San Francisco Bay area, has practiced mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation since 1976, and also has a background in Tibetan practice and the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy. He has guided several 6 to 24 month training programs in socially engaged spirituality and is the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World. He has been co-teaching a one-week retreat at Spirit Rock on "Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication" for the last five years.

Visit us online at: http://www.louisville-vipassana-community.org/