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Nine simple mindfulness practices anyone can use to generate compassion--toward oneself, others, and the world--and to live from that place of intelligent kindness in the face of life's difficulties.Compassion is the urge to understand and alleviate the suffering of another being. And if that being happens to be you, then the technique called self-compassion can be the greatest of blessings - for the compassion you learn to apply to yourself naturally extends to all the other people in your life. With the nine simple mindfulness practices she presents here, Radhule Weininger provides a step-by-step course in self-compassion. Using stories drawn from her own life and those of others she shows that, with the right intention and practice, we can all deepen our capacity to respond skillfully to our own suffering and thus to that of others and our world.
About the Author
Radhule Weininger, clinical psychologist, German-trained medical doctor, and teacher of Buddhist meditation and Buddhist psychology, is the founder and guiding teacher of the One Dharma Sangha as well as the resident teacher of mindfulness practice at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center in Santa Barbara, California. Her forthcoming book Heartwork: Practicing Self-compassion, with a forward by Jack Kornfield, will be published in July of 2017 by Shambala Publications.
Since 2003, Radhule has presented at numerous national conferences and seminars, including the Contemplative Care Conference organized by the New York Zen Center at the Garrison Institute, the UCSF Palliative Care team, as well as internationally, in Ireland, Canada, Austria, and Japan. Known for her work in bridging Buddhist and Western psychology, she continues to receive invitations to speak at conferences worldwide. In the coming year, she will speak at conferences in Japan, India, and Spain.
After completing medical school in Münster, Germany, Radhule went on to earn a PhD in clinical psychology in 1990 from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. She has completed extensive training in Gestalt, Psychodynamic and Jungian psychotherapy, as well as Embodied Imagination and Dream Tending.
While pursuing her educational degrees, Radhule dedicated herself to a rich spiritual path. From 1980-81, she studied Buddhist meditation practice at Black Rock Hermitage, Sri Lanka. For the following two years, she lived and practiced at the Center of Unity "Schweibenalb" in Switzerland. Since 2011 she has spent each summer in Dharamsala, India, studying the connecting points between Buddhist and Western psychology.
In 2010 Radhule completed a six-week training on Cultivating Emotional Balance in Thailand with Buddhist scholar Dr. Alan Wallace and eminent researcher on emotions Dr. Paul Ekman. For the past twelve years she has been mentored by meditation teacher and psychologist Jack Kornfield (A Path with Heart) who has guided her Buddhist practice and development as Dharma teacher.
Radhule has a flourishing psychotherapy practice, combining Buddhist and Western psychology. She teaches three meditation groups per week in Santa Barbara. At La Casa de Maria Retreat Center she teaches monthly Sunday retreats, frequent weekend retreats and the annual "Cultivating Emotional Balance" and the "Awakening Bodhichitta" trainings. Radhule is currently also teaching a one year mindfulness and compassion facilitator training at UCSB.
Photos by Benjamin Weininger
