“Burnout and self-sacrifice, the paradigm of the lone hero who takes nothing for herself and gives everything to others, injure all of us who are trying to bring the dharma into everyday lay life through communities of transformative well-being, where the exchange of self for other is re-envisioned as the care of self in service to the community. The longer we live, the healthier we are; the happier we feel, the more we can gain the experience and wisdom needed to contribute toward a collective reimagining of relationships, education, work, and play.”
–Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Interbeing Sangha of Kingston presents a free, live screening of Mindful Resistance: How to Resist Without Burning Out at Unitarian Place, 206 Concession Street, Thursday, September 21st, 2017 at 2:00 pm.
Two social justice activists and dharma teachers in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Kaira Jewel Lingo and Mushim Patricia Ikeda, will lead this live webinar on cultivating self-care.
Learn to sustain yourself and your loved ones while advocating for social and environmental justice, including:
• the special importance of self-care during these troubling times
• concrete practices for self-care
• how to mentor others, including children, on practicing self-care
“Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you. Your feelings need you… go home and be there for all these things.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
SPEAKERS
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Kaira Jewel Lingo teaches Buddhist meditation, mindfulness, and compassion internationally. An ordained nun of 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, she is now a lay Dharma teacher based in Washington, D.C. She also practices and teaches in the Insight tradition, and is an affiliate teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC.
Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Mushim Ikeda is a Buddhist teacher, social justice activist, writer, mother, and diversity and inclusion consultant based in Oakland, California. Her article, “I Vow Not to Burn Out” was the most read piece of writing in Buddhadharma magazine in 2016. Mushim has proofread most of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books over the past 25 years, and has been deeply influenced by Thay’s teachings.
REGISTRATION
We will be live streaming the event on the big screen in the sanctuary at Kingston Unitarian Fellowship. This is a free event; registration is requested to help us know how many participants to expect (but is not required to attend – all are welcome).
Registrants can also choose to register with Parallax Press, to receive a 30% off discount coupon for a special selection of eight Parallax titles. Also, five people who participate in the webcast (worldwide) will be randomly chosen to receive a free copy of Thich Nhat Hanh’s new book, How to Fight.