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Saturday 07/26/2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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$45.00 Awakening the Heart: Training in Compassion with Jennifer O'Sullivan
Compassion practices are needed now more than ever if we're to stay connected, hopeful, and resolute. When the going gets rough, even really rough, an open-hearted presence will keep us engaged for the long haul.
This workshop will combine embodied movement, mindfulness meditation, contemplation, and inquiry for developing compassionate presence.
Founded by Sarah Powers, Insight Yoga combines yin and yang postures and mindful presence with the mood of loving-kindness. Our dharma exploration will center on the first aphorism of the Lojong, "Training in the Preliminaries." These Tibetan teachings remind us of what's most precious so we can turn our hearts and minds towards engaging in the world with awareness and purpose.
Jennifer O'Sullivan
For nearly 20 years, Jennifer has helped people reconnect to the wisdom of their body, cultivate attitudinal balance, develop better attunement with others, and bring forward compassionate presence with Yoga and Buddhist mindfulness classes, workshops, and professional courses. She also offers powerful self-inquiry facilitation using the evidence-based Internal Family Systems (IFS) Parts Work model.
Jennifer has studied with exemplary teachers from many disciplines. She is most influenced by Don & Amba Stapleton of the Nosara Yoga Institute (Kripalu lineage) and Sarah Powers. Her mind is rooted in Theravada Buddhism, and her Zen heart is held lovingly by the International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is a level 3-trained IFS Practitioner with a particular interest in how culture and other external forces shape how we see ourselves.