2024 Basic Training
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BASIC TRAINING PHASE 1
Karuna 1.1
Foundations in Contemplative Psychology
Residential Retreat
Ari Bhöd, Tehachapi, CA

Saturday, May 31 to Friday, June 6, 2025
Karuna 1.2
Abhidharma in Everyday Life		Online, Every 3rd Saturday: 3 hrs. 10 AM - 1 PM, MT

Saturday, July 19, 2025
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Karuna 1.3
Compassionate Exchange
Online, Every 3rd Saturday: 3 hrs. 10 AM - 1 PM, MTSaturday, October 18, 2025
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Saturday, January 17, 2026
BASIC TRAINING PHASE 2
Karuna 2.1
Maitri and Compassionate Exchange

Residential Retreat
Ari Bhöd, Tehachapi, CA		Saturday, May 23 - Friday, May 29, 2026
Karuna 2.2
Maitri in Everyday Life
Online, Seven, 3-hour sessions: every other week, 10 AM - 1 PM MT

Saturday, June 6, 2026
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Karuna 2.3
Compassionate Exchange Project		Online: Dates and Time TBD by Continuity Groups and MentorOngoing monthly meetings for 1.5 hours and 3 hours of individual mentoring - dates and times TBD by participant and mentor
Karuna 2.4
Entering the Bardos in Everyday Life

Online, Eight, 3-hr sessions
Every 3rd Saturday: 10 AM - 1 PM MT		Saturday, October 17, 2026
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Saturday, December 19, 2026
Saturday, January 16, 2027
Saturday, February 20, 2027
Saturday, March 20, 2027
Saturday, April 17, 2027
Karuna 2.5
Maitri Celebration

Residential Retreat
Ari Bhöd, Tehachapi, CA		May 15 - 21, 2027

97 CEUs available through CAMFT 262 hours of Training

Cost: $7,000.00 for the total training

If paid in full by August 15, 2024, the cost of the program is reduced to $6500.00

Costs for Ari Bhöd Retreats are additional:

Price for room and board for six nights and two half days:

Camping $600.00
 bring your own tent.

Glamping $675.00 if you use an Ari Bhöd tent (stand-up tent) and foam mattress - bath house)

Dormitory $700.00 shared units, bathhouse.

Single rooms. $900.00 single room in Sangha House with shared bath.

Karuna Training offers monthly payment plans without interest; however we do not offer the completion certificate until participant have fully paid.
Some scholarships are availabe on a needs basis.                            
Continuing Education Units are available or an additional cost of $150 for the entire program. Please register license number at registration.
Each applicant must go through a personal interview with Karuna faculty before being fully admitted into the program.
Karuna Training is an inclusive training. When we meet in-person, we honor the land and the people from whom it was taken and we honor the differences we each bring into community. 

We seek kind and skillful ways to address our unconscious biases and work toward a more compassionate exchange with not-knowing those whom we perceive as different.
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