Online Class Series

Dharma Institute

Heart-Opening Practices to Release Trauma Responses and Nurture Resilience

During our brief time on this blue planet, the small and large stressors and traumas of our life build up and take their toll on our psyche. We start to grapple with the profound fact that everything is impermanent, ungraspable, and not fully knowable. We naturally turn inwards to find rejuvenation and healing in the Dharma. This is the time to draw from the deep well of the brahmavihāras or Heavenly Abodes of lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. These life-transforming practices can heal and open our heart, soothe our anxious mind, and calm our inner critic. In our daily life, as we nurture ourselves with love and kindness, we shift away from our habitual fight, flight, and freeze reactions and become our own best friend. In turn, this makes us more present for our friends, family and community with a greater sense of connection, ease and belonging.

Continuing Education: 7.5 CE Credits

$75

This program offers 7.5 CE Credits Continuing Education (CE) credits for $75 for , and may be applicable for other licenses. Please review our CEC information page for full provider information.

To be eligible for Continuing Education Credits (CECs), you must:

  • Register and pay for CECs by 4:30 p.m. PT, the business day before the program. After the program begins, no retroactive CECs will be given and the CEC fee is non-refundable.
  • Attend in full and fulfill all attendance requirements and next steps. No exceptions. Please review the CEC information page for attendance requirements.

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Additional notes

  • For full provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our CEC information page.
  • Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905, for 7.5 contact hours.
  • Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
  • For those with a different license or with a license from a different licensing board, please contact your licensing board directly to ask if CE credit from the above-approved sponsors is accepted. Spirit Rock does not confirm applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed above.

Teaching Team

Pawan Bareja, PhD

Pawan Bareja, PhD

Teacher

Pawan Bareja, PhD has practiced Vipassana meditation since 2001. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Teacher Training, a Buddhist Ritual Minister and a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock. In her private practice as Trauma Resolution Practitioner, Pawan works with a diverse population of clients using mindfulness practices.

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