Course Description

Instructor: Ginger Dearwent, MDiv, CBCT® Certified

In 2005, Emory University began research to evaluate whether compassion training could be employed to address growing rates of depression in undergraduates. Emory professor Dr. Lobsang Negi developed CBCT, a model for secular compassion meditation practice drawn from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Studies showed an unequivocal correlation between the practice of compassion meditation and the prevention and reduction of depression levels in students. These promising results attracted the attention of leaders in education, medicine, and the Atlanta foster care system. CBCT has been found to be beneficial by educators, social workers, medical and mental health professionals, chaplains and those wishing to build resiliency, improve relationships, enhance interpersonal skills, and/or simply cultivate this universal human value of compassion. Appropriate for beginners as well as experienced contemplative practitioners.

This is a 8-week course.