Where to Find Ethan in 2013
Monday Nights at Interdependence Project
Weekly Course: Spiritual Awakening, NOT Spiritual Bypassing – The Interdependence Project
Co-taught with Dr. Jeffrey Rubin and Dr. Miles Neale
(These classes also available as an online course for those outside NYC area)
From the White House to Wall Street, from celebrity yoga teachers to professional athletes, it seems no one is immune to the Icarus syndrome. Overlooking our human limitations in an attempt to reach spiritual perfection can have dire consequences. As a culture we have lost touch with how to live meaningfully, choosing to satisfy our grandiose ambitions, egocentric desires, and primal urges rather than cultivate integrity and moral accountability. Buddhism offers contemplative maps and methods to achieve transcendence while psychotherapy monitors and greets our humanness; together we hope to forge a comprehensive and integrative model. Through meditations, readings, and clinical examples, we hope to reframe the work of spiritual practice as an opportunity to accept and transform all that we are.
Like all IDP offerings, this class is designed for both drop-in participation and registration for the entire six week course. Students enrolled in the entire series should plan for weekly reading assignments, short daily meditation practice throughout the week, and contemplative exercises.
Mondays, 7-9pm
March 4th – April 8th
Weekly Course: A Tantric Approach To Meditation, Ethics and Emotions – The Interdependence Project
(These classes also available as an online course for those outside NYC area)
Join Shastri Ethan Nichtern for a six-week course that introduces the Tantric Path and practices. The course will cover the view of Vajrayana in relationship to the meditation practices we are each working with, the Ethics of knowing what to do in everyday life situation, and a way to work directly with emotions.We will explore how as well as how Tantra speaks directly to modern life in a globalized and virtual world in 2012. Specific topics will include: The View of Tantra, Working with Emotions, Knowing What To Do In A Crazy World,Reimagining the World through Visualization, What Happens When We Die, and Working with a Teacher.
Like all IDP offerings, this class is designed for both drop-in participation and registration for the entire six week course. Students enrolled in the entire series should plan for weekly reading assignments, short daily meditation practice throughout the week, and contemplative exercises.
Mondays, 7-9pm
April 22nd – June 3rd (no class May 27 – Memorial Day)
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Weekly Course: Contentment in Everyday Life: Entering the Path
Co-taught with Lodro Rinzler
Contentment in Everyday Life is a 5-week course offering an experiential training in contentment, as well as an exploration of the obstacles or challenges to experiencing simplicity, gentleness and mindfulness in everyday life. The course responds with practical suggestions to the question “How can I bring the contentment of meditation into my everyday life?”
Thursdays, 7 – 9 pm
March 21st – April 25th
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Tuesday Nights at Shambhala NYC – Weekly Dharma Gathering
Open meditation class and talk on Buddhist philosophy and psychology
Every Tuesday, 7 – 8:45pm
$10 suggested donation ($5 students/unemployed)
Ethan’s Upcoming Talks: April 9 and May 14
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Public Talk at Shambhala Austin
Dharma talk open to the public.
June 6, 7 – 9 PM
$10
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Half-Dathün Retreat – March 2014
Co-taught with Suzann Duquette
Additional info will be posted soon!
