Living with Loss:

February 14, 2025

Love, Loss, and the Practice of Being Fully Alive

A SIX-MONTH CONTEMPLATIVE EXPLORATION

Living With Loss: Love, Loss, and the Practice of being Fully Alive

ONLINE  |  Wednesdays  |  December 2, 2026 – May 10, 2027

6:30–8:00 p.m. Eastern Time  •  Limited to 16 participants

Offered at no cost

Loss is woven into the fabric of being alive.

We lose people we love. We lose relationships, health, physical capacities, roles, communities, homes, possibilities, assumptions about the future, and earlier versions of ourselves.

Some losses arrive suddenly. Others unfold almost imperceptibly over years.

Buddhist teachings begin with a recognition that everything we cherish is subject to change. Yet knowing this intellectually does not necessarily prepare us for the experience of loss.

This program offers a place to explore what it means to live—and love—in a world in which nothing can be held onto forever.

Drawing upon Buddhist teachings, contemporary understandings of grief, meditation, poetry, nature, creative reflection, and the wisdom of the group, participants will explore ways of being present to loss without requiring themselves or one another to fix, transcend, or explain it.

The central question accompanying us throughout the program is:

How do we continue to love when everything we love is impermanent?

❋ Time- Limited, small group format

This 24 week course is really a contemplative journey—one that supports a continuity necessary for the development of trust while allowing people to enter with very different kinds of loss. Participants are committing to the full arc of the course.

❋ Monthly themes

The course is organized into six four-week movements. Buddhist teachings are present throughout, but lightly held: not as doctrine, and not as an explanation for suffering, but as practices and perspectives participants can investigate for themselves. Below are the monthly themes.

1: Entering the Landscape of Loss

What happens to us when something or someone we love is gone?

2: Impermanence

How do we live when everything we love changes?

3: The Many Faces of Grief

Can we make room for grief rather than trying to resolve it?

4: Love, Attachment & Continuing Bonds

What happens to love when its object changes or disappears?

5: Compassion, Meaning & Transformation

How might suffering deepen rather than diminish our humanity?

6: Living With Mortality

Knowing that life ends, how do we want to live?

❋  Structure of each session

10 minutes arriving and settling;

15–20 minutes of teaching or a reading;

15 minutes of meditation or contemplative practice;

30 minutes of facilitated sharing, dyads, or small groups;

10–15 minutes for integration, closing practice and a voluntary invitation for the coming week.

❋ Nutrient-Focused Catering

Meals feature balanced macronutrients, locally sourced produce, and allergen-conscious options.

This itinerary embodies our expertise, aligning each session with measurable outcomes that optimize engagement, facilitate collaboration, and sustain momentum for continuous improvement.
Day One

Orientation and Goal Setting

We establish shared objectives, outline solutions, and set performance metrics that frame the comprehensive experience ahead.

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Group Activity

11:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Creative Workshop

2:00pm

Dinner

6:30pm

Day Two

Core Skills Workshop

We implement interactive modules that demonstrate essential techniques, optimize retention, and embed practical competences through guided practice.

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Group Activity

11:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Creative Workshop

2:00pm

Dinner

6:30pm

Day Two

Core Skills Workshop

Industry leaders present emerging trends, facilitating critical discourse on future challenges and collaborative opportunities.

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Group Activity

11:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Creative Workshop

2:00pm

Dinner

6:30pm

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Our methodology unites scientific instructional design with operational precision, delivering measurable return on participation.

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  • Multimodal content accommodates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic preferences.

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