[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] This Week at Downtown Dharma: Facing Your Fears w/Glendora Meyers

HI everyone!

We will meet this Sunday, August 21 from 7-8:30pm at Yoga District at 1910 14th St. NW. You can also join via Zoom. We are excited to welcome our guest teacher, Glendora Meyers, who will be sharing a practical framework to help us understand and move through fear (see below for a summary from Glendora). Please note that due to their concerns about monkeypox, Yoga District is now asking attendees to please bring their own props if they can (e.g., cushion and/or blanket to sit on)

Attending In Person
If you are attending in person, you will need to do the following:

a) Register through the Yoga District sign-up link -- scroll way to the bottom for (14th street) Sunday 7pm.

b) Submit proof of boosted vaccination to yogadc@yogadistrict.com or present it in person at the studio.

c) Wear a mask.

d) Arrive 10 minutes early (6:50 pm) to check-in. (Since we staff these events ourselves, the doors will be locked at 7:10 pm and unfortunately, there will be no one at the desk to admit latecomers.)

 

We ask everyone to register and submit proof of boosted vaccination ahead of time to avoid delays. Class is held on the 3rd floor, up two flights of stairs. 

 

Attending Online

Click here to join the zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 466 237 117

Passcode: 546447

Join by phone: (646) 876 9923 US (New York)

Below is a longer summary of this week's theme from our guest teacher, Glendora Meyers:

  

Many of us have encountered so many issues and concerns in the last years, it's like an oppressive cloak of fear, dread and in some cases, hopelessness has descended upon us.  The causes are endless; FEAR, this fear is not trivial, and it may not be easily subdued.  Our democracy is at risk, white nationalists are emboldened, Black indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) are bracing for yet another round of fresh hate as well as an upheaval of their lives, some people fear their race will no longer exist, and let us not forget the people whose orientation is different from some people and they demand it's not right, shall I go on? 

Neuroscience tells us that uncertainty infiltrates our estimates of threat. So, it's not surprising that the uncertainty for some, in an ever-changing world, is leading many people to flirt with all consuming, paralyzing fear/panic. 

We hold fast to the world's oldest psychological teachings on transforming oppressive fear into something more productive.  Buddhists have been studying the human mind for thousands of years and clinical psychology is increasingly embracing and validating a variety of Buddhist strategies for dealing with the abundant suffering that comes with being human.  This week we'll explore Fear, unskillful fear and skillful fear.  I tell you what the world needs is people's non-fear.  

Join the Empress for a practical framework that seeks to help us understand and move through fear as we become intimate with fear, skillful and unskillful fear.  Learn how to face your fear and terror and become free and liberated through your practice. 

 

I hope to see you then!

 

Warmly,

Glendora Meyers, 

the Empress 

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