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:: Centers*Depending on the teacher, self-compassion is integrated into meditation training to varying degrees. Before you take instruction or go on a retreat, please research your teacher carefully to determine whether his or her teaching style is compatible with your needs.
• Meditation centers and communities in your area.
• A broad listing of Buddhist meditation centers around the world.
The following meditation centers are likely to have teaching and meditation programs that are compatible with the material presented in The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion.
USA |
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| Non-Buddhist | |
| Center
for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health, and Society 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, MA 01655 |
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| Insight Meditation Tradition | |
| Barre
Center for Buddhist Studies 149 Lockwood Road Barre, MA 01005 |
Bhavana
Society Rt. 1, Box 218-3 High View, WV 26808 |
| Cambridge
Insight Meditation Center 331 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 |
InsightLA 2633 Lincoln Blvd, #206 Santa Monica, CA 90405-2005 |
| Insight
Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. P.O. Box 212 Garrett Park, MD 20896 |
Insight
Meditation Society 1230 Pleasant Street Barre, MA 01005 |
| Metta
Forest Monastery P.O. Box 1419 Valley Center, CA 92082 |
Mid-America
Dharma 455 East 80th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64131 |
| New
York Insight Meditation Center 28 West 27th Street, 10th floor New York, New York 10001 |
Spirit
Rock Meditation Center P.O. Box 909 Woodacre, CA 94973 |
| Zen Tradition | |
| Blue
Cliff Monastery 3 Mindfulness Road Pine Bush, NY 12566 |
Boundless
Way Zen 297 Lowell Avenue Newton, MA 02460-1826 |
| Deer
Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane Escondido, CA 92026 |
Upaya
Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 |
| Village
Zendo 588 Broadway, Suite 1108 New York, NY 10012-5238 |
Zen
Center of San Diego 2047 Feldspar Street San Diego, CA 92109-3551 |
| Tibetan Buddhist Tradition | |
| Dzogchen
Foundation Teaching and retreat schedule. |
Naropa
University 2130 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO 80302 |
| Shambhala
Mountain Center 4921 Country Road 68C Red Feather lakes, CO 80545 |
Tenzin
Gyatso Institute for Wisdom and Compassion P.O. Box 239 Berne, NY 12023 |
CANADA |
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| Gampo
Abbey Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia Canada BOE 2PO |
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| Other Canadian meditation centers. | |
EUROPE |
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| Non-Buddhist | |
| Centre
for Mindfulness Research and Practice Institute for Medical and Social Care Research University of Wales, Bangor Bangor, LL57 1UT UK |
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| Insight Meditation Tradition | |
| Meditationszentrum
Beatenberg Waldegg CH-3803 Beatenberg Switzerland |
Gaia
House West Ogwell, Newton Abbot Devon, TQ12 6EN England |
| Kalyana
Centre Glenahoe Castlegregory Co Kerry Ireland |
Seminarhaus
Engl Engl 1 84339 Unterdietfurt Bavaria Germany |
| Other European centers. | |
| Tibetan Buddhist Tradition | |
Shambhala
Europe Shambhala centers worldwide. |
Sanctuary
of Enlightened Action Lerab Ling 34650 Roquerdonde France |
| Kagyu
Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre Eskdalemuir Langholm Dumfriesshire, DG13 0QL, Scotland United Kingdom |
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| Zen Tradition | |
| Plum
Village Practice Center 13 Martineau 33580 Dieulivol France |
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Australia/New Zealand |
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| Insight Meditation Tradition | |
| Santi
Forest Monastery Lot 6 Coalmines Road Bundanoon, NSW, 2578 Australia |
Bodhinyanarama
Monastery 17 Rakau Grove, Stokes Valley Lower Hutt 5019 New Zealand |
| Other Australian insight meditation centers. Buddhist Society Australian Insight Meditation Network |
Other New Zealand insight meditation centers. |
| Tibetan Buddhist Tradition | |
| Shambhala
Meditation Centre Auckland 35 Scarborough Terrace Auckland |
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| Zen Tradition | |
| Zen centers in Australia. |
Zen centers in New Zealand. |
*Germer, C. (2009). The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself From Destructive Thoughts and Emotions. New York: Guilford Press. Reprinted by permission from Guilford Press.