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Taking Refuge
in Your Body
Hosted by Cyndi Lee
The latest online course from Lion’s Roar features insight meditation practitioner and teacher JoAnna Hardy.
The Buddhist word metta is often translated into English as “Loving-Kindness”, this course explores the practice of metta that offers an opportunity to develop inner calm and focus. This centuries-old meditation technique can be a tool for those struggling with the suffering of the world. It is a way to make sense of the helplessness and turn it into action. It is a powerful tool for reflection and action in situations where you may feel helpless.
Learn how to cultivate more compassion and kindness – towards yourself and the world – in this new online course from Lion’s Roar.
Imagine a World with More Love
…It Begins with You.
How to Cultivate a Loving Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Metta is taught by JoAnna Hardy, meditation practitioner and teacher. Together with Lion’s Roar, she guides you through all you need to know to begin and deepen the practice of loving-kindness meditation.
Learn the tools to face life’s challenges
with resilience and inner peace
“Impermanence is not only to be overcome and conquered. It is also to be lived and appreciated.”
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—Norman Fischer
Taking Refuge
in Your Body
Hosted by Cyndi Lee
Over the course of this free 4-day event, you will learn from some of today’s most respected Buddhist teachers and compassionate caregivers how to move through discomforting change and stressful times with an awakened heart.
CYNDI LEE
Author of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind and May I Be Happy
ANYEN RINPOCHE
Founder and Spiritual Director of Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma Center
ALLISON CHOYING ZANGMO
Co-author, with Anyen Rinpoche, of 5 books, including Dying with Confidence
NORMAN FISCHER
Zen teacher, author, and founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation
RACHEL NEUMANN
Author of Not Quite Nirvana, a Best Buddhist Writing selection
DR. PEGGY ROWE WARD
Lotus Institute co-founder; dharma teacher empowered by Thich Nhat Hanh
ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX
Abbot of Upaya Institute and Zen Center, and author of Standing at the Edge
DIANA WINSTON
Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA, and author of The Little Book of Being
TONI BERNHARD
Author of How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
JOANNA HARDY
Teacher in the Theravada Insight tradition
LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS
Staff Chaplain for NYC Department of Corrections. Co-founder of Bhumisparsha
TRUDY GOODMAN
Founder and guiding teacher of InsightLA
SENSEI KOSHIN PALEY ELLISON
Co-founder, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care; author of Wholehearted
SENSEI ROBERT CHODO CAMPBELL
Co-founder and Guiding Teacher, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
JUDY LIEF
Buddhist teacher and author of Making Friends with Death
DR. LARRY WARD
Lotus Institute co-founder; dharma teacher empowered by Thich Nhat Hanh
SYLVIA BOORSTEIN
Psychologist, author, and leading teacher of Insight Meditation
GUO GU
Sheng Yen Associate Professor of Chinese Buddhism at FSU and founder of Tallahassee Chan Center
SYLVIA BOORSTEIN
LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS
SENSEI KOSHIN PALEY ELLISON
TRUDY GOODMAN
DR. PEGGY ROWE WARD
DR. LARRY WARD
SENSEI ROBERT CHODO CAMPBELL
GUO GU
TONI BERNHARD
RACHEL NEUMAN
DIANE WINSTON
JUDY LIEF
NORMAN FISCHER
ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX
ALLISON CHOYING ZANGMO
ANYEN RINPOCHE
JOANNA HARDY
CYNDI LEE
You can view the summit for free from June 13–16.
When does the Summit start and finish?
We think you’ll love this course, so we don’t want anything holding you back from enrolling. We’re therefore offering an unconditional 30-day guarantee: If you decide that this program isn’t right for you, we’ll give you a full refund within the first 30 days of the scheduled start date.
“Impermanence is not only to be overcome and conquered. It is also to be lived and appreciated.”
Register Now for the FREE
Embrace Change Summit
$399
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4 days of empowering insights
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19 inspiring spiritual talks
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15 guided meditations
Embrace Change offers you profound and practical Buddhist teachings for living with impermanence. Life’s greatest challenges involve loss, aging, illness, and dying. We all experience these unsettling changes—they’re simply unavoidable.
Cultivating resilience and inner peace begins with an open-hearted awareness of suffering and its causes. The Buddhist tradition teaches that, together, recognizing and opening to our experiences of suffering are the very path to wisdom and personal freedom. By compassionately attending to our own discomforts and fears, we also strengthen our ability to witness and help alleviate the suffering of others.
Change is a given. Suffering is not.
Join us for 4 days of wisdom at the FREE Embrace Change summit
Get the tools to face life’s challenges with resilience and peace
Join us for 4 days of wisdom at the FREE Embrace Change summit
Get the tools to face life’s challenges with resilience and peace
Get Lifetime Access to All the Embrace Change Summit Sessions + Bonuses
Downloadable audio collection of 14 guided meditations
Downloadable MP3s of all 15 spiritual talks
Lifetime access to
10+ hours of teachings
1-year subscription to our acclaimed magazine, Lion’s Roar
BONUS #1
PLUS, Get Three Valuable Bonus Gifts
How to Cultivate a Loving Heart, an online course with JoAnna Hardy
BONUS #2
4 Downloadable digital collections of related content carefully curated by Lion’s Roar’s editors
BONUS #3
Order the Resource Package for Only $297
Full transcripts of all summit sessions
Get Lifetime Access to All the Embrace Change Summit Sessions + Bonuses
Lifetime access to 10+ hours of teachings
Downloadable audio collection of 14 guided meditations
Full transcripts of all summit sessions
PLUS, Get Three Valuable Bonus Gifts
How can we meet life’s challenges with an open heart?
Embrace Change brings you more than 10 hours of encouragement and inspiration. Additionally, each event Day includes guided meditations, to help you integrate the contemplative teachings.
• Make peace with life’s inevitable changes
• See difficulties as fuel for transformation
• Relax the body with gentle movement
• Connect more deeply with others
• Relate to dying as an essential part of life
Register Now for the FREE Embrace Change Summit
4 days of empowering insights
15 inspiring spiritual talks
14 guided meditations
4 days of empowering insights
15 inspiring spiritual talks
14 guided meditations
Register Now for the FREE Embrace Change Summit
Join Us for a FREE Online Event
June 13-16
4 days of empowering insights
15 inspiring spiritual talks
14 guided meditations
Explore your power to transform suffering into wisdom and discover true happiness.
In this free online event you’ll receive insightful teachings and practical guidance to help you:
DAY 1
Suffering & the End of Suffering
What is the truth of suffering, and how do Buddhism’s four noble truths steer us through it? Find out in talks by Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, and Guo Gu, along with an introductory video from Lion’s Roar.
Suffering & the End of Suffering
What is the truth of suffering, and how do Buddhism’s four noble truths steer us through it? Find out in talks by Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, and Guo Gu, along with an introductory video from Lion’s Roar.
DAY 2
How to Live a Good Life, Even With Its Toughest Challenges
Suffering is a part of the spiritual path—as are compassion and self-care. Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo, Cyndi Lee, Toni Bernhard, Diana Winston, and Roshi Joan Halifax will lead the heart-opening talks on Day 2.
How to Live a Good Life, Even With Its Toughest Challenges
Suffering is a part of the spiritual path—as are compassion and self-care. Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo, Cyndi Lee, Toni Bernhard, Diana Winston, and Roshi Joan Halifax will lead the heart-opening talks on Day 2.
DAY 3
Breaking Through the Barrier of Suffering
Listening, being fully present, and accepting change are the building blocks of connection. Receive sound guidance from Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward and Dr. Larry Ward, Rachel Neumann, JoAnna Hardy, and Lama Justin Von Bujdoss.
Breaking Through the Barrier of Suffering
Listening, being fully present, and accepting change are the building blocks of connection. Receive sound guidance from Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward and Dr. Larry Ward, Rachel Neumann, JoAnna Hardy, and Lama Justin Von Bujdoss.
DAY 4
How to Die a Good Death / What Comes Next?
Living wholeheartedly, in wise relationship with impermanence, is vital to spiritual growth. Gain new understandings on death in talks by Trudy Goodman, Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison and Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell, and Judy Lief.
How to Die a Good Death / What Comes Next?
Listening, being fully present, and accepting change are the building blocks of connection. Receive sound guidance from Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward and Dr. Larry Ward, Rachel Neumann, JoAnna Hardy, and Lama Justin Von Bujdoss.
How do I access the Summit sessions?
Once you register, we’ll send you a reminder email with a link to access the sessions each day. The summit will broadcast daily at 6:00 am PT | 9:00 am ET. The sessions for each day will be available 24 hours.
Can I re-watch the presentations?
When you upgrade to purchase the Resource Package you get lifetime access to all the sessions, guided meditations, plus special event bonuses. You can pre-order the Resource Package at any time. Learn more below.
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Learn the tools to face life’s challenges with resilience and inner peace
Explore your power to transform suffering into wisdom and discover true happiness.
Change is a given. Suffering is not.
In this free online event you’ll receive insightful teachings and practical guidance to help you:
• Make peace with life’s inevitable changes
• See difficulties as fuel for transformation
• Relax the body with gentle movement
• Connect more deeply with others
• Relate to dying as an essential part of life
How can we meet life’s challenges with an open heart?
Embrace Change brings you more than 10 hours of encouragement and inspiration. Additionally, each event Day includes guided meditations, to help you integrate the contemplative teachings.
When does the Summit start and finish?
How do I access the Summit sessions?
Can I re-watch the presentations?