Compassion Institute Training: SP2

Please note this is a (2) part training. Attendees are expected to attend both sessions. The second session will take place on Tuesday, November 19th from 9:00am-1:00pm. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for attendees. Seating is limited and will be conducted on a first come first serve basis with a wait list being utilized. This event is for students and faculty members.

Join Compassion Institute for a two-part workshop, Coming Together as a University Community in Challenging Times. Connect with fellow students and faculty to increase individual compassion skills and build community through experiential learning. Sessions will include small and large group activities and skill-building exercises with practical take-aways. Content will blend elements from contemplative traditions as well as current research in psychology and neuroscience.

The first session will focus on foundational knowledge and skills in compassion and common humanity, including group discussion about the rationale for centering compassion as the basis for bridging differences and building community. The second session will focus on deepening these skills and exploring practical applications for coming together as a community in challenging times.

Key Learning Objectives

1. Apply the concept of common humanity to enable constructive dialogue between groups with significantly different values, priorities, and/or points of viewer

2. Understand the key components of compassion and how to utilize tools that can better cultivate this skill

3. Recognize the basic components of mindful awareness and grounding

4. Apply the practice of generous listening

5. Apply the practice of setting intentions

6. Differentiate between empathy, compassion, and empathic distress

7. Understand the value of self-compassion for ourselves and in sustaining compassion for others

8. Apply the practice of Tonglen or other active compassion practices

Join us on October 22 and November 19 from 9am to 1pm each day to participate in Coming Together as a University Community in Challenging Times

Host or Publisher Annenberg School for Communications