Creating Dharma Events and Teachings: The Class Series by the participants of CDL5 Summer 2016 CDL5—Summer 2016 Creating a Class Series 1 Table of Contents The Assignment ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Four Foundations of Mindfulness by Andrew Chapman ............................................................................ 7 INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS SERIES by Cornelia Santschi ...................... 20 Course Outline for a Five-Week Course on the Brahma Viharas by Amy Selzer and Helen Kim ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 5-Week Series: Opening the Heart-Mind: A Meditation Course on the Heavenly Abodes (Brahma Viharas) by Bill Scheinman & Allison Shore ..................................................... 29 Development and Realization of a 5 week Introduction to Mindfulness course in Baraga County, Michigan by Wendy Eisner .......................................................................................... 31 EARTH, WIND, FIRE and WATER: Mindfulness of the 4 Elements by Nicholas Joyner, Beth Shoyer, Jan Rosamond ......................................................................................................................... 37 The Four Noble Truths by Kathy Simpson, Priscilla Szneke, and Peg Meyer .................................... 41 Introduction to Insight Meditation Class by Sashi Kimball and Carolyn Kelley ............................... 53 Buddhist Ethics Amidst Colonization, Police Brutality, and Media Lies: Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood for Collective Liberation with Katie Loncke and Dawn Haney ........................................................................................................................................................ 54 Class Series on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness by Mary Davis & Tara Mulay ..................... 64 Mindfulness for Athletes by Karen Williams and Robin Boudette ......................................................... 73 Mindfulness for Everyone Class Series by Michael Malotte ...................................................................... 79 Navigating our Troubled World: Wise View in Action by Janka Livoncova and Yong Oh ................................................................................................................................................................. 81 Hindrances by Ronya Banks ................................................................................................................................... 84 Introduction to Insight Meditation by Bruce Pardoe .................................................................................. 111 4 WEEK INTODUCTION TO METTA COURSE by Eileen Spillane ............................................................ 130 A Karuna Immersion : 4 Week Introductory Course on Compassion by Valentin Melendez and Thomas Davis ....................................................................................................................... 131 Beginner’s Meditation Course by Shakthi Ganeshan, MD, MPH, Yogini and Stephanie Tate ................................................................................................................................................... 145 An introduction to Insight Meditation by Justin Michelson ...................................................................... 147 CDL5—Summer 2016 Creating a Class Series 2 INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION, based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness by Alice Robison, Jacqueline Nelson, Kristin Barker , Mark Pugsley , Suzanne Colon .............. 150 Introduction to Mindfulness—The Satipatthana Suta by Pauletta Chanco & Victoria Cary ....................................................................................................................................................... 165 A PATH BEYOND: Transforming Wounds, Transcending Violence: a 5-Week Course for Prison Inmates, Deputies and Staff by Syra Smith and Andrew Chaikin .......................... 167 Mindfulness Meditation -Middle School Course Outline: Introduction to Mindful Fitness by Paula Simon .................................................................................................................................. 179 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation class offered by Kathey Ferland and Carolyn Kelly ...................................................................................................................................................... 180 Embodying Metta Through the Practice of Authentic Movement by Sean Feit Oakes & Sara Oakes ....................................................................................................................................................... 186 Six-week introductory class by Steve Wilhelm .............................................................................................. 187 Awakening Into Life: Our Interpersonal Enlightenment Project by Gina LaRoche, Brian Simmons and Janusz Welin .............................................................................................................. 192 6 Week Beginning Meditation Course by Gary Hill and Alice Robison ................................................ 199 The Heavenly Abodes: 6-week Course Outline by Imee Contreras ....................................................... 201 Teaching on the Four Qualities (brahma-viharas) by Phoenix Soleil, Whitney Steward Reed, and Pam Peirce ................................................................................................................... 205 Opening the Heart and Mind by Helen Vantine .............................................................................................. 226 Creating a Strategic Vision for Your Dharma Organization by Bob Agoglia ...................................... 228 Touching the Earth: Mindfulness in the Natural by Mary Haberman and Dalila Bothwell .................................................................................................................................................. 229 Waking Up to Whiteness: Dharma and Racism Study Curriculum submitted by Max Airborne, Crystal Johnson, Dawn Haney, Bob Agoglia, Kristin Barker, and Janusz Weilin ...................................................................................................................................................... 234 self, sexuality, and sangha: 4 night class series practicing with aspects of interconnection with Fresh! White, Kitty Costello and lulu cook ................................................ 256 Introduction to Insight Meditation by Margaret Smith .............................................................................. 259 CDL5—Summer 2016 Creating a Class Series 3 Class Series for Loved Ones of People with Mental Illness: The Brahma Viharas by Huda Jadallah and Omar Jadallah-Karraa .............................................................................................. 264 Six-week class series on the Seven Factors of Awakening by Emily Carpenter ............................... 266 CDL5—Summer 2016 Creating a Class Series 4 Theme: Bringing Dharma Leadership Into Your Community Homework for the next two months will continue the Practicum (that is, an application of your skills) and resources for teaching and leadership. We would like you to start planning courses or class series for beginning practitioners and students or your Dharma communities. We would like that you collaborate with others to put an outline together for a 4 to 6 week beginners meditation course or study course series. You may work with your Dharma Group or any other configuration of colleagues—with one other person or more. But we strongly recommend that you do the exercise as part of a collaborative team. Team and collaborative teaching is an important skill to develop and experience. Our intention is again to collect these and put them together in a manual that you will all have as a reference and beginning point in planning future teachings. For example, you may plan a 6-week beginners’ meditation course based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. The outline might cover an introductory evening; 4 evenings with practice based on each of the four foundations; and a closing evening. The outline would fill out what will be covered, including references, quotes, etc. and as much detail as possible. Alternatively, you may create an outline for a 4 or 6-week course on the Four Noble Truths, the Brahma Viharas, any other of the Buddhist lists, or a topic that interests you. Be creative in your content so that we end up with a wide array of subjects covered and approaches to the material. For those of you who are not planning on formal teaching, if you feel this might be more supportive, you may design classes or workshops that relate to building various community skills that your organizations or groups might need, such as: • Volunteer training and cultivation • Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (this was done at EBMC) • Leadership training for Board/Staff/Teachers • Undoing Racism or Unconscious Bias Training • Communication skills development • Teacher development (for example, NYI conducted improvisation training for teachers) To invite both CDL participants interested in teaching and also other forms of leadership to participate and create a