This 3rd and last part of the Being with Suffering series is on acting with principled compassion and embodied integrity. It builds on prior 2 Being with Suffering retreats (you may enroll even if not in BWS 1 or 2). To act with principled compassion is possible even in the midst of a complex political and clinical reality if one has the capacity to tap in to the resources of a stable mind and conservation of what will serve. Best suited for clinicians and health care providers.

Average Cost: $ - $$$$    Online by donation.

Pre-registration with a donation is required to receive the Zoom link which will be sent 24 hours in advance.

A generous donation will make an enormous difference in the ability of Upaya to continue to offer such important learning and practice experiences.
Donation: There is no set fee for this retreat. It is either free or strictly donation only - you donate only what you can afford.

Gay Friendly: Yes!

Restrictions: No Alcohol, No Drugs, No Smoking

Environmentally Sustainable: Yes!
• Upaya preserves our natural resources and emphasizes recycled, organic and biodegradable in purchased products.
• Produce is grown in our garden or purchased from local growers and organic growing methods when possible. The dining room gives compost and gray water to our gardens.
• Upaya uses high efficiency CFLs, skylights and a passive heat sources.
• Emphasis is placed on water conservation. A windmill draws our well water. Cisterns collect our rainwater.

Language: English

Start Date: 1/31/2021

End Date: 1/31/2021

Event Length: 1 days

Event Leaders: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Anthony Back, MD, Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Training/Lineage: Dr. Halifax is a Zen Buddhist Priest, anthropologist and author. She has developed this powerful new model of compassion, where compassion is seen to be an emergent process fostered by attention and affect, intention and insight, and embodiment and somatic sensitivity.
Dr. Back is Director of Palliative Care at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Professor of Medicine/Oncology at the University of Washington. His academic research focuses on improved patient-clinician communication.
Dr. Rushton is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics and Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University and the Berman Institute of Bioethics. Her work focuses on clinical ethics, palliative and end-of-life care.