Mondays (October 20 – December 15, no class on December 8), 7:00pm-8:30pm PST
In-Person at Nyingma Institute and Online via Zoom
Just as a river naturally purifies itself when we stop polluting it, our minds have an innate capacity to heal and find balance when we learn to work skillfully with disturbances. Discover how the five poisons of Buddhist psychology—attachment, aversion, ignorance, pride, and jealousy—manifest through direct observation of your own lived patterns, and learn practical approaches to transform your relationship with these universal human experiences.
Each week, we will explore one emotion and its antidote, discovering how awareness itself becomes the medicine. Rather than fighting or suppressing difficult states, we’ll learn to meet them with curiosity and presence, allowing them to become teachers rather than tormentors.
Throughout this series, we will cultivate a foundation of calm and clarity through meditation, gentle movement, and contemplative practices that support our capacity to observe the heart and mind with wisdom and compassion.
This course may be taken as a prerequisite for the 9-month Knowledge of Freedom program starting in February 2026.
Instructors: Laurie Hopman and Pauline Yu.
