You are invited to join us for a highly interactive, experiential and inspiring introductory workshop on Listening as Sanctuary, as practice that offer concrete skills for engaging with people we don’t agree with and for supporting people in our lives who may have experienced truama.

Grounded in Jesus’ teaching, this course links Christian contemplative practice with the global multi-faith compassion movement exemplified by the Charter for Compassion, Boundless Compassion, Compassionate Listening Project and the Compassionate Mind Foundation. This rich foundation, linked to Christian contemplative practice, offers the skills to listen with a different ear, to listen to the ‘thou’ in the others’ voice, to listen with the ‘ear of the heart.’.  It also highlights how, like meditation, Compassionate listening begins with silence, stillness and breath.  

 In this course, we will:

• Explore this profound model for conflict transformation,

• Be grounded in Christian contemplative practice as a foundational support for listening

• Discover compassion as an essential form of attentiveness for this time

• Practice core self-compassion and compassionate listening skills, and

• Learn how each of us has the capacity to contribute to a more compassionate world simply by listening with an open heart.

 The course will be held once a week for 6  - 2.5 hr sessions via Zoom. It will be held: Wednesday Jan 11 – Feb 15, 8 am – 10:30 am PST

The instructor is Kathleen Coyne, a Christian meditator who has studied and worked for many years in community development and social justice across Western Canada, researching, facilitating, teaching and learning with and about community and social justice.

For more information and to register, please email: Kathleen Coyne

Price: Sliding scale of $0 - $150 for course. To pay online, visit boundlesscompassion.org/donate and enter "Compassionate Listening class" in the note section. Proceeds will benefit Boundless Compassion.

Here is what some previous participants have said:

This is a ground breaking and transformative course, and putting it into practise is the most important thing to me.

I am grateful for all that is being shared, for the atmosphere Kathleen creates, of sacredness, of confidentiality, of safety.

It heightened my awareness to listening to others. And during this time, globally, I believe we need to listen to each other more and feel like we have been listened to.