Metta meditation

• May I experience Happiness and its causes

• May I be free from Suffering and its causes

• May I be Well in body, mind and spirit

• May I be Peaceful

How would you like to feel these ways more often?

That's Metta Meditation in a nutshell.

It's what the practice will bring you. 

Research in psychology proves it.

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WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE:

• Veterinarians wanting to increase their capacity to navigate stress with more peace

• Veterinarians wanting to develop their ability to experience positive emotions more often

• Veterinarians curious about how meditation can help them

• Veterinarians already familiar with Metta Meditation who want to explore the method and teachings more deeply

• Veterinarians wanting to connect with a community of like-minded peers in an intimate course where we will have the opportunity to support each other and nurture meaningful relationships 

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COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Understanding Stress and the benefits of Metta Meditation

• Overview of physiological and psychological impacts of stress

  • What is stressHow does stress affect wellbeing

  • Benefits of managing stress

• Metta Meditation Overview

  • What is Metta Meditation/ Loving Kindness Meditation

  • Overview of research on Metta Meditation

  • How to do Metta Meditation

  • Benefits of Metta Meditation

• H.E.A.L. Method Overview

  • How the mind learns

  • How the H.E.A.L. method works on the nervous system and emotional system based on concepts from modern psychology

  • Steps to the H.E.A.L.method

Week 2: Metta: Developing Loving Kindness toward yourself and others

• The foundational yogic principles of Metta Meditation

  • Loving Kindness

  • Compassion

  • Joyful Wellbeing

  • Equanimity/Peace

• Metta: Loving Kindness

  • Understanding Loving Kindness

  • How does the practice of Loving Kindness increase wellness

• Live Guided Meditation: Metta, build the internal resource of self-kindness

Week 3: Developing Compassion toward yourself and others

• Developing Healthy Compassion

  • Overview of Compassion

  • What compassion is and isn’t

  • The stages of compassion development

  • How compassion benefits wellness

  • Compassion versus empathy

  • Compassion fatigue and emotional burnout

  • Addressing obstacles to healthy compassion

• Live Guided Meditation: Karuna, build the internal resource of self-compassion

Week 4: Integration Week: Self-Study

• Motivation and Will Power

  • Article: Understanding limits to willpower how to develop new healthy habits

• Realizations about Happiness

  • Article: Reflecting on your views about personal happiness

• Self-Assessment: Mindset and Beliefs

Week 5: Cultivating Joy and Wellbeing

• Overview of Wellbeing and the importance of Joy

  • What joyfulness is and how it differs from happiness

  • How joyfulness benefits wellness

  • How joy is related to developing generosity

  • Addressing obstacles to joy and wellbeing

• Live Guided Meditation: Mudita, build the internal resources of joy & wellbeing

Week 6: Cultivating Peace and Equanimity

• Equanimity for a Peaceful Life

  • Overview of Equanimity

  • What is equanimity

  • How equanimity benefits wellness

  • Addressing obstacles to equanimity

• Live Guided Meditation: Upeksha, build the internal resource of peace

Week 7: The Complete Metta Meditation practice

• Bringing it all together

  • The five Stages of Metta Meditation

  • The rewards of developing Loving Kindness through Metta Meditation

• Live Guided Meditation: The Complete Metta Meditation practice

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MettaPets Veterinarian Wellness Network

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MettaPets Veterinarian Wellness Network offers Wellness MasterClass Trainings and other Wellness Events, by Veterinarians for Veterinarians, in a Veterinarian-exclusive Community.
 

MettaPets Veterinarian Wellness Network is a community of veterinarians looking to share and receive positive heart-centered support to empower ourselves to create greater emotional, physical, mental and spiritual well-being so that we can experience greater life and career satisfaction. Here we acknowledge the important interaction and interdependence of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness in experiencing wholeness, authenticity, deep healing, happiness and personal thriving. Our spiritual "Self" is beyond any religion, creed or belief and informs our experience of life. When we bring these four aspects of "Self" into harmony, our efforts to optimize our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual wellness will realize their full potential.

I've built MettaPets Veterinarian Wellness Network to bring together veterinarians who are seeking to improve their well-being and are interested in/curious about spiritual development to engage in a journey of Self-discovery and Self-mastery based on empowering and time-tested principles from ancient yogic traditions, buddhist mind training techniques, ancient mystery school perspectives and modern psychology research in a supportive community of compassionate peers so that we can develop life-skills for creating greater happiness in our lives, make better decisions for our wellness, experience greater self-acceptance, improve our sense of self-worth and purpose, contribute in positive ways to the health of our profession and, together, create a thriving personal and professional life.
 

If you are a veterinarian who is interested in creating positive connections with a diverse community of veterinary professionals who embody a variety of  views about life and healing, who is open to new ways of thinking about life and the world, who values the acknowledgement of spiritual and soul development as part of a comprehensive path to "whole-self wellness" and who is dedicated to treating others with unwavering respect, consideration and kindness in order to create a supportive community for healing, improved well-being and thriving by exploring tools such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga, eastern philosophy, buddhist mind-training techniques and mind-body-spirit integration practices, this is your place! I invite you to join us.

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• Join a Community of Peers Interested in offering and receiving Kindness and Support

• Connect with colleagues who share the same struggles and goals that you have

• Share your Challenges and Triumphs to help each other grow

• Enroll in MasterClasses focused on Topics Relevant to Your Wellness & Thriving

• Participate in Workshops and Events to support your Wellness

• Master Mindfulness, Meditation and Growth Attitudes important to Your Happiness

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