Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Date & Time:

Wednesday, Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Nov 25 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

In light of the coronavirus crisis, and the turmoil the world is experiencing due to shelter in place orders and the ensuing economic depression, our collective consciousness could not be more primed for changing the world. Armed with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, conversation framework that has proven to be multi-national and bipartisan in its success, our Golden Civilization Conversationalists can be agents for innovative and sustainable global change. Our goal? To bring greater levels of freedom to the world and create a true participative democracy!

This is a great opportunity to join a community of teachers and learn how to host conversations in your community and keep them going once you've started.

As a resource to those who are interested in starting their own Golden Civilization Conversations, but may feel overwhelmed by the idea of gathering a group or helping to motivate that group to continue to meet despite busy schedules and the global crisis, George Kinder, the founder of this grassroots conversation movement, will be hosting a recurring Golden Civilization Conversation via Zoom that will be open to the public.

The purpose of this recurring group will be to inspire and provide resources for participants interested in starting their own groups.

Designated time during each session will be spent on providing the framework, resources, and inspiration to help budding conversationalists lead their own recurring conversations and grow the movement. Mindfulness practice will also be incorporated into these meetings, in addition to the Golden Civilization Conversation itself, which has been proven to help activists renew the energy they commit to promoting change in their various political and social channels.

Providing a platform where the members of this bottom-up activism conversation movement inspired by George’s latest book, A Golden Civilization & The Map of Mindfulness, can share one space, these virtual conversations should foster an environment rich with the energy, motivation, innovative thinking, and commitment needed to bring about systemic change within a generation.

Facilitator: George Kinder, author, thought-leader, Golden Civilization Conversations founder, and Father of Life Planning

Register: Fill out this form.

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Nov 4, 2020 7a HST / 9a PST / 12p EST/ 5p GMT / 10:30p IST 

Timing: Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Oct 28 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Nov 25 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

In light of the coronavirus crisis, and the turmoil the world is experiencing due to shelter in place orders and the ensuing economic depression, our collective consciousness could not be more primed for changing the world. Armed with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, conversation framework that has proven to be multi-national and bipartisan in its success, our Golden Civilization Conversationalists can be agents for innovative and sustainable global change. Our goal? To bring greater levels of freedom to the world and create a true participative democracy!

This is a great opportunity to join a community of teachers and learn how to host conversations in your community and keep them going once you've started.

As a resource to those who are interested in starting their own Golden Civilization Conversations, but may feel overwhelmed by the idea of gathering a group or helping to motivate that group to continue to meet despite busy schedules and the global crisis, George Kinder, the founder of this grassroots conversation movement, will be hosting a recurring Golden Civilization Conversation via Zoom that will be open to the public.

The purpose of this recurring group will be to inspire and provide resources for participants interested in starting their own groups.

Designated time during each session will be spent on providing the framework, resources, and inspiration to help budding conversationalists lead their own recurring conversations and grow the movement. Mindfulness practice will also be incorporated into these meetings, in addition to the Golden Civilization Conversation itself, which has been proven to help activists renew the energy they commit to promoting change in their various political and social channels.

Providing a platform where the members of this bottom-up activism conversation movement inspired by George’s latest book, A Golden Civilization & The Map of Mindfulness, can share one space, these virtual conversations should foster an environment rich with the energy, motivation, innovative thinking, and commitment needed to bring about systemic change within a generation.

Facilitator: George Kinder, author, thought-leader, Golden Civilization Conversations founder, and Father of Life Planning

Register: Fill out this form.

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Oct 14, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Nov 4, 2020 7a HST / 9a PST / 12p EST/ 5p GMT / 10:30p IST 

Timing: Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

Imagine a thousand generations into the future there is a Golden Civilization. What does it look like? Feel like? How do people communicate and govern themselves? What does the economy look like? And what can we each do to move towards it right now?

You're invited to bring your wildest ideas and most personal values to a series of visioning exercises facilitated by international thought leader and author George Kinder. Inspired by his latest book, A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness, these structured conversations are designed to move us through much of the turmoil we find ourselves in by creating a positive vision of civilization’s future and the action steps to accomplish it in short order. Visit www.AGoldenCivilization.com for more information on the global grassroots conversation movement.

George Kinder will host a Golden Civilization Conversation at XYPN’s annual Conference, XYPNLIVE(ish) 2020.

Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Sep 30 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Oct 28 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Nov 25 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

IDEAL FOR: All Levels.

International thought leader and meditation teacher, George Kinder leads a three-part retreat focused on designing a life of freedom and how living into your authenticity positively impacts the world. The retreat begins Friday evening with a wide-ranging talk covering themes from his latest book, A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness, the Life Planning movement he founded, and their connection to the Buddha's Eightfold Path. On Saturday, experience a day of mindfulness practice as George leads meditation sessions and tai chi ending with a dharma talk in the evening. The retreat closes on Sunday with an interactive Golden Civilization Conversation. The visioning strategy challenges participants to go beyond the self or even the larger community, but consider the entirety of civilization and feel empowered to lead and develop the world they want to live in right now. Learn more about the global conversation movement at www.AGoldenCivilization.com.

Techniques to be used:

-Deep listening skills

- Inspiration skills

-Building a common vision that leads to action

-Use of a Map of Mindfulness to guide practice and engagement

- Conversation structure to engage communities in creating a Golden Civilization

Skills to be developed:

-Mindfulness practice

-Walking, sitting, and eating meditation

- Listening skills that build empathy, emotional intelligence, and trust

-Inspired action through collective visioning

-Understanding of the present moment

Tuition: $250, plus accommodations

Register at www.copperbeechinstitute.org/upcoming-programs/life-planning-mindfulness-golden-civilization

In light of the coronavirus crisis, and the turmoil the world is experiencing due to shelter in place orders and the ensuing economic depression, our collective consciousness could not be more primed for changing the world. Armed with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, conversation framework that has proven to be multi-national and bipartisan in its success, our Golden Civilization Conversationalists can be agents for innovative and sustainable global change. Our goal? To bring greater levels of freedom to the world and create a true participative democracy!

This is a great opportunity to join a community of teachers and learn how to host conversations in your community and keep them going once you've started.

As a resource to those who are interested in starting their own Golden Civilization Conversations, but may feel overwhelmed by the idea of gathering a group or helping to motivate that group to continue to meet despite busy schedules and the global crisis, George Kinder, the founder of this grassroots conversation movement, will be hosting a recurring Golden Civilization Conversation via Zoom that will be open to the public.

The purpose of this recurring group will be to inspire and provide resources for participants interested in starting their own groups.

Designated time during each session will be spent on providing the framework, resources, and inspiration to help budding conversationalists lead their own recurring conversations and grow the movement. Mindfulness practice will also be incorporated into these meetings, in addition to the Golden Civilization Conversation itself, which has been proven to help activists renew the energy they commit to promoting change in their various political and social channels.

Providing a platform where the members of this bottom-up activism conversation movement inspired by George’s latest book, A Golden Civilization & The Map of Mindfulness, can share one space, these virtual conversations should foster an environment rich with the energy, motivation, innovative thinking, and commitment needed to bring about systemic change within a generation.

Facilitator: George Kinder, author, thought-leader, Golden Civilization Conversations founder, and Father of Life Planning

Register: Fill out this form.

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Sep 23, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Oct 14, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Nov 4, 2020 7a HST / 9a PST / 12p EST/ 5p GMT / 10:30p IST 

Timing: Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

George Kinder and Kathy Lubar teach on-going mindfulness meditation classes on Wednesday afternoon and evenings over Zoom. George has been a mindfulness teacher for 30 years and a practitioner for 50 years. Kathy Lubar has taught in various capacities for 30 years and has meditated for over 40 years.

Weekly classes will resume on September 16. The first class will be from from 1 - 2:30pm EDT to accommodate European interest, but those who prefer the evening time can still attend the original weekly class from 7 - 8pm EDT. 

To join either group, please email Kathy Lubar at kjlubar@gmail.com and she will share the Zoom call-in details.

Imagine a thousand generations into the future there is a Golden Civilization. What does it look like? Feel like? How do people communicate and govern themselves? What does the economy look like? And what can we each do to move towards it right now?

You're invited to bring your wildest ideas and most personal values to a series of visioning exercises facilitated by international thought leader and author George Kinder. Inspired by his latest book, A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness, these structured conversations are designed to move us through much of the turmoil we find ourselves in by creating a positive vision of civilization’s future and the action steps to accomplish it in short order. Visit www.AGoldenCivilization.com for more information on the global grassroots conversation movement.

George Kinder will host a Golden Civilization Conversation at the CISI Live Webinar.

In light of the coronavirus crisis, and the turmoil the world is experiencing due to shelter in place orders and the ensuing economic depression, our collective consciousness could not be more primed for changing the world. Armed with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, conversation framework that has proven to be multi-national and bipartisan in its success, our Golden Civilization Conversationalists can be agents for innovative and sustainable global change. Our goal? To bring greater levels of freedom to the world and create a true participative democracy!

This is a great opportunity to join a community of teachers and learn how to host conversations in your community and keep them going once you've started.

As a resource to those who are interested in starting their own Golden Civilization Conversations, but may feel overwhelmed by the idea of gathering a group or helping to motivate that group to continue to meet despite busy schedules and the global crisis, George Kinder, the founder of this grassroots conversation movement, will be hosting a recurring Golden Civilization Conversation via Zoom that will be open to the public.

The purpose of this recurring group will be to inspire and provide resources for participants interested in starting their own groups.

Designated time during each session will be spent on providing the framework, resources, and inspiration to help budding conversationalists lead their own recurring conversations and grow the movement. Mindfulness practice will also be incorporated into these meetings, in addition to the Golden Civilization Conversation itself, which has been proven to help activists renew the energy they commit to promoting change in their various political and social channels.

Providing a platform where the members of this bottom-up activism conversation movement inspired by George’s latest book, A Golden Civilization & The Map of Mindfulness, can share one space, these virtual conversations should foster an environment rich with the energy, motivation, innovative thinking, and commitment needed to bring about systemic change within a generation.

Facilitator: George Kinder, author, thought-leader, Golden Civilization Conversations founder, and Father of Life Planning

Register: Fill out this form.

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Sep 2, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Sep 23, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Oct 14, 2020 6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST

• Nov 4, 2020 7a HST / 9a PST / 12p EST/ 5p GMT / 10:30p IST 

Timing: Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Sept 2 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Sep 30 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Oct 28 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Nov 25 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.

Life Planners spend 1.5 - 2 hours with the Father of Life Planning, George Kinder, as a follow-up to the Kinder Institute EVOKE® experience. Time is spent with audience members sharing how they've been implementing the EVOKE® process into their practice and their life as part of a round of introductions. George will discuss his notion of fiduciary being at the heart of our life planning work. and share his latest thinking around life planning, mindfulness, and A Golden Civilization, and open the discussion to your questions and insights. The meeting will conclude with an interactive exercise: a mini Golden Civilization Conversation!

Life Planners spend 1.5 - 2 hours with the Father of Life Planning, George Kinder, as a follow-up to the Kinder Institute EVOKE® experience. Time is spent with audience members sharing how they've been implementing the EVOKE® process into their practice and their life as part of a round of introductions. George will discuss his notion of fiduciary being at the heart of our life planning work. and share his latest thinking around life planning, mindfulness, and A Golden Civilization, and open the discussion to your questions and insights. The meeting will conclude with an interactive exercise: a mini Golden Civilization Conversation!

Life Planners spend 1.5 - 2 hours with the Father of Life Planning, George Kinder, as a follow-up to the Kinder Institute EVOKE® experience. Time is spent with audience members sharing how they've been implementing the EVOKE® process into their practice and their life as part of a round of introductions. George will discuss his notion of fiduciary being at the heart of our life planning work. and share his latest thinking around life planning, mindfulness, and A Golden Civilization, and open the discussion to your questions and insights. The meeting will conclude with an interactive exercise: a mini Golden Civilization Conversation!

George Kinder will be presenting his signature talk, "Life Planning, Mindfulness, and A Golden Civilization" to close Garrett Planning Network's 20th Anniversary Virtual "Preparedness" Conference.

This virtual conference for Garrett Planning Network members has programs running from Wednesday August 5th - Saturday, August 8th. What a great opportunity to connect with other members! Annual Conference attendance is included as a membership benefit for the members of the Network.

Register for the conference at: https://www.garrettplanningnetwork.com/about/2020conference/

Join Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder for an interactive mindfulness support group for social activists throughout 2020.

Mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, and equanimity are a powerful and needed medicine for the challenging times we are living in. These qualities of heart help us meet our difficult mind states and emotions in a balanced way, allowing us to hold all we are experiencing without attachment, with kindness and without judgment. These practices also provide support to engage wisely and compassionately with the suffering of the world, strengthening our resilience as we work for justice, peace, and a sustainable future.

Many of us will need mindfulness practice as we engage in political or social action throughout 2020. To help us meet our experience skillfully and engage in wise action in this period, Hugh Byrne, Kaira Jewel Lingo, and George Kinder are partnering on a series of monthly online group meetings with the following intentions:

• To deepen skills and practices to respond to all that is arising within us and in the world in these times;

• To support our active engagement in working for justice, peace, and a more compassionate and sustainable world—for example, through engagement in the 2020 U.S. electoral process, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities under attack, working for compassionate immigration policies, racial justice, gun safety, a sustainable planet, climate justice, democratic freedoms, ending corruption, poverty and war, and other forms of engagement.

• To provide a venue for community to be together to support one another and break down the illusion of separation that can easily arise in difficult times.

Facilitators: Hugh Byrne, meditation teacher and expert in habit change; Kaira Jewel Lingo, mindfulness teacher and spiritual mentor; George Kinder, meditation teacher and Golden Civilization Conversations founder

Dates & Times: Wednesdays,

• Jul 29 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Aug 26 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Sep 30 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 5p BST / 9:30p IST)

• Oct 28 (6a HST / 9a PDT / 12p EDT/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Nov 25 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

• Dec 30 (6a HST / 8a PST / 11a EST/ 4p GMT / 9:30p IST)

Timing:

Each session is 1.5 hours. Start times vary based on time zone and time of year. Click the date to check the start time in your area.

Register:

Follow the links for the dates you plan to attend or to receive the video recording

Donation:

The webinar is offered in a spirit of generosity and everyone is welcome to participate regardless of their finances; for those who can, we invite you to offer a donation ($10-25 suggested) to support the facilitators; give here via PayPal or with Venmo (@Kinder-Institute).

All webinars are recorded using Zoom and shared with those who register.