Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life. An Introduction To The Online Course

Welcome to our 2nd spring online meditation retreat offering: Heartfelt Awareness: A Fearless Embrace Of Life.

In this 12 week course participants will take a deep dive into the practice of mindfulness. Not only will we be drawing on meditation practices from numerous traditions worldwide, but we will also be exploring techniques which will allow us to enter into a fearless embrace of the present moment while not meditating....in other words...a fearless embrace of life itself.

Heartfelt Awareness is mindfulness with an emphasis on the heart. But why should one practice Heartfelt Awareness, Or Mindfulness?

Mindfulness has been shown to help with pain management, pain relief, stress reduction, it helps with emotional intelligence and regulation, it has shown to boost our happiness index, and most of all, mindfulness can strengthen our present moment awareness, so we can be present and connected to our experience of life.

The retreat will open on Saturday, April 8th and close on Saturday, July 1st. There will be a week off on May 20th.

Each session is offered live every Saturday from 9am-11:30am EST.

Sessions will include guided meditations, Q n A, breakout groups, optional one to one private sessions with Chris, and interactive discussions with the fellow retreat participants.

The fee for the complete eight week offering is $119.00 USD. There are scholarships and financial assistance available, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Spaces are limited.

If you would like to participate, but find these times or cost limiting, please feel free to message Chris here on Facebook or through the website: www.suchsweetthunder.org

The online sessions will be recorded and available to participants. This is made available to allow participants to miss sessions, if necessary, while keeping up with the pace of the retreat.

Chris Luard has been practicing meditation for 37 years and has been successfully teaching meditation worldwide since 2009, giving talks, facilitating retreats, and have authored two books.

Chris has received formal training in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, and Vedanta Hinduism as well as MBSR, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and Buddhist Psychology.

For more information please visit www.suchsweetthunder.org

Signing up for this special offering in advance is recommended. To do so, message Chris directly here on FB, [email protected] or through www.suchsweetthunder.org