Online Compassion Cultivation Training with David Midgley
English
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CCT is a multi-week personal and professional development course designed at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and taught around the world by Certified Facilitators. The program includes practical tools and exercises designed to enhance your awareness, compassion, and resilience.
CCT will support you to improve your relationships with friends, family, clients, patients, staff, and coworkers.
You’ll walk away from each CCT class with tools and practices you can immediately put to work. CCT will help you:
- Improve awareness
- Increase connection to others
- Decrease the distress you may feel in difficult situations
CCT is a two-hour weekly class that includes:
- Large and small group discussions to share learning experiences
- Guided meditation to improve awareness
- Listening and communication exercises to build compassionate interactions
You’ll also have daily homework of one guided meditation per day and informal practices to try as you go about your day.
David Midgley
I am a social and environmental activist and a teacher of Buddhist philosophy and meditation. In 1996 I founded Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds, and taught regularly at the Centre for 25 years. Recently I have focussed on more secular approaches including Compassion Cultivation Training and Eco-Dharma, also the work of Mind and Life Institute. I am currently studying the FPMT Masters Programme in Buddhist Studies at Nalanda Monastery in France.