January Karuna Live: Aspirations over Resolutions for the New Year With Melissa Moore Saturday, January 21, from 10 AM - 11 AM MT The New Year is a new beginning, and even if we are superstitious, we still have to pause at the threshold of the unknown. How to do that with grace and without […]
March Karuna Live: Navigating the Winds of Change With Melissa Moore Thursday, March 9 from 6PM - 7PM MT Free Change is inevitable, thank goodness! Without the dynamic nature of change, we would all become bored and uninspired. Yet, change is windy and unpredictable like March winds – and we all fall on a continuum […]
This Program is now occuring on March 17 - 19, 2023. New prices and faculty! In Person Karuna Refresh & Renew Retreat Maitri Space Awareness, Compassion, and Play - for KT Alums In-person Retreat at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma California All Karuna Training Basic graduates are heartily invited to this Karuna Refresh & Renew Retreat with […]
Karuna Live: Taking Space with Kindness With Melissa Moore PHD Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 10 - 11 am Mountain Time FREE - ONLINE We’ve learned the phrase ‘taking space,’ yet we often don’t know how to do so gracefully, especially with kindness toward ourselves and others. Can we hold space for others, meaning can […]
Rituals of Intrinsic Health: An Introductory Talk on Contemplative Psychology with Melissa Moore, Ph.D. & Steamboat's Minds in Motion Tuesday, September 12th from 7PM - 8:30PM MT Location: Bud Werner Memorial Library 1289 Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 FREE In-Person Event Melissa Moore has offered Contemplative Psychology (CP) training for over 30 years in […]
Karuna Live: Unraveling the Narrative with Melissa Moore, Ph.D. October 26th from 7 PM - 8 PM MT FREE - ONLINE “We tell ourselves stories to live.” - Joan Didion Stories are a core aspect of our psychological well-being and how we make sense in our families and communities. Stories make meaning and help us […]
Celebrating the Solstice with Sacred Ritual Thursday, December 21, 6:00 - 7:00 PM MT with Melissa Moore Online - FREE. Donations are greatly appreciated. “The solstice is the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go and becomes the future, the place of caught […]
Maitri Space Awareness (MSA) is a contemplative meditation practice introduced to people in the global West by Chögyam Trungpa in the early 70s as a healing practice for those struggling with mental health issues. MSA continues to be at the heart of training Naropa University Contemplative Therapists and has done so for 45 years. MSA […]
Discovering Strength Through Vulnerability: An Introduction to Karuna Training Saturday, July 27, 2024, 9 AM - 11:00 Moutain Standard Time With Melissa Moore, Ph.D. One of the many paradoxes we work with in Karuna Training is that our greatest heart strength naturally arises when we dare to open up to our most vulnerable emotions. How […]
Discovering Wisdom Amid Chaos: An Introduction to Contemplative Psychology With Melissa Moore & Carolyn Sykes Saturday, September 7th, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM In-Person Event at The Shambhala Center of Los Angeles Cost:$70 (sliding scale) 4 CEs available This one-day workshop will take a deep dive into the transformative power of the heart: a power […]
Celebrating the Solstice with Sacred Ritual Saturday, December 21 at 9:00 AM -10:30 AM MT Online - FREE. Donations are greatly appreciated. You're invited to come together in sacred ritual, in gratitude and evocation of the profundity and sanity of the world, to join in a like-minded, heart-based community to realign our nervous systems and join […]
SOLD OUT “If we learn to navigate the continual flow of transitions in our present life, we will be prepared for our death and whatever may follow, no matter what worldview we subscribe to.” Pema Chödren Seven 2-hour sessions every other week ONLINE Every Other Tuesday Evening, 6 PM - 8 PM MT, beginning January […]
