When we come home to equanimity, we embody a balanced and centered state of mind. We can be impartial and have a wise, informed understanding of life's conditions-remaining steady amidst the "eight worldly winds" and responding wisely rather than reacting impulsively.
Join guest teacher Anne Roise for this Weekly Meditation session on Coming Home to Equanimity.
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About Anne Roise:
Anne Roise has been a Zen practitioner since 1971, when she left Canada as a teenager to study with her first teacher, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She is lay-ordained in the Soto Zen tradition. Anne completed the Buddhist Chaplaincy program at the Sati Center and is a trained mindfulness facilitator through the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Anne has taught mindfulness to community organizations and educational institutions. She offers chaplaincy services to diverse groups and facilitates the Black Wisdom and Mindfulness Circle through the Insight Meditation Center. Her career has included leadership roles in initiatives to address systemic poverty, community and economic development, violence prevention, juvenile justice and racial and ethnic bias in court systems. Anne is the Director of Programs and Online Operations at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and serves on the boards of Mindful Schools and the San Francisco Zen Center. She holds a graduate degree in City Planning from MIT and is a Certified Life Coach.