Yogic Philosophy I

Equanimity for Challenging Times
december 21, 2025
Sharon Salzberg
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Friday, December 21: 3:00 - 7:00 pm

Through guided meditations, talks about the Buddha’s teachings that are applicable to our own lives, and Q&A periods, this workshop will explore the practice of upekkha, usually translated from the Pali language as equanimity.

Equanimity can be described as balance: a spacious stillness that allows us to see things as they are. The power of this balance is that it allows us to avoid both apathy and indifference on the one hand, and acute reactivity on the other. This can be most helpful when we are facing challenging times in our lives, especially the challenges that we are deeply invested in.

Often though, such moments in life also tend to be the ones where equanimity is most out of reach.

Sharon Salzberg offers practical and empowering tools to cultivate equanimity when it is most needed, as we learn how to cultivate clarity and compassion through different mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation techniques. When true equanimity is present, it is the ground out of which resilience is strengthened so that sustained transformation can occur.

$75, registration required

instructor

Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture 50 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Sharon’s podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed seven million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. www.sharonsalzberg.com