I am very excited to begin our adventure as Mettagroup moves to our new location in Echo Park. We will be offering more day long retreats, more weekly series, and the intensive series in both The Meaningful Life and Meditation Interventions for the Addiction Process curriculums.
The Intensives will now be offered in three six-month modules. The first module will be on the informational side of attachment-focused meditation, and second and third modules on the practice side with mentoring and optional attachment-focused psychotherapy.
We will offer four Metta/Vipassana retreats a year, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall in New York and California.
The weekly Deepening Your Practice classes for intermediate and advanced meditators continue in Santa Monica and Echo Park. We will be adding beginners’ classes in both secular Buddhism and Mindfulness, and a monthly alumni class for people who have taken the intensives.
Here we go, here we go!
Love to you,
George
Meditation Interventions for the Addiction Process Overview (video)
Captured on Facebook Live, George gives a cohesive overview of the Meditation Interventions for the Addiction Process program. Read more about the program here.
Characteristics of Secure Attachment
CHARACTERISTICS OF SECURE ATTACHMENT
Followed by the correlating meditations that are suggested.
1. A coherent thinking process – Right View; Mindfulness
2. Thinking about thinking – Investigating Self-generated Emotion
3. Seeing the value of attachment – Right View
4. Ease with expressions of self – Investigating Self-generated Emotion; Equanimity Practice
5. Clear manifestation of self – Equanimity Practices; Heart Practices
6. Forgiveness of self and others – Forgiveness Practice
7. Compassion – Heart Practices; Equanimity Practice
8. Balance/sense of humor – Present Moment Awareness
9. Recognizing different views of same experience – Heart Practices
10. Recognizing the effects of conditioning – Right View; Mindfulness
11. Seeing clearly what happened without minimizing negative effects – Heart Practices; Mindfulness
12. Authentic – Heart Practices; Mindfulness
13. Flexible – Heart Practices; Mindfulness
14. Generous – Generosity Practice; Heart Practices
Meditate More
Begin to meditate all the time. Deepen your attunement. Focus and sync up to the human exchange that is happening.
"I Love You Keep Going" - The Inside Story (video)
George shares the surprising story behind his inspirational phrase, "I Love You Keep Going." Support our scholarship fund and get a bracelet with one of George's inspirational phrases here.
Temple in Burma (photo by George Haas)
Detail from a temple in Myanmar (Burma) (photo by George Haas)
George in Burma
George visiting an orphanage in Dalla, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). (photo by Janusz Welin)
Just sit more.
Every day, every week, every month, every year - just sit more!
Meditation in Action
Begin to meditate every day
Begin to meditate all the time. With others, deepen your attunement. Focus on their eyes, sync up to the human exchange that is happening.
George Haas describes his path to sobriety (video)
George discusses his own path to sobriety - a journey he began 38 years ago, which ultimately led to meditation. If you or somebody you care about is dealing with addiction, meditation is a valuable tool worth exploring.
Roll with the waves...
Roll with the waves, don’t let them bowl you over. Express yourself, feel secure in yourself. You'll be ok, even amid loss and transition.