With Bill Mac Millen and Denise "DiDi" Dorsey
Date
August 23
Registration Deadline: August 21
Suitability
Anyone wishing to better understand and more skillfully work with anger. This workshop is open to both members and non-members and is offered in person.

Description
Irritated? Tense? Trouble sleeping? Mad at yourself for forgetting an important birthday? Small annoyances build on each other. Suddenly you discover you’ve made a cutting comment to your closest loved one or started an argument about who takes out the trash. You may have realized that when your sibling got a promotion, you weren’t happy for him or her and felt guilty. You’ve been thinking, “What’s wrong with these people?” What’s going on?
It’s not road rage or violent, but it’s disturbing your peace of mind, your ability to concentrate and to live the life of loving acceptance that you aspire to live. It’s low-level anger that you haven’t acknowledged or learned how to address.
We have each acquired our own personal emotional patterns from our conditioning in life. We certainly don’t consciously choose to be irritable, resentful or angry. We can be gentle and understanding of ourselves as we are, while at the same time knowing that with mindfulness we can create new conditions that will help to uproot unhealthy emotions and bring more joy into our lives and the lives of others.
Buddhist psychology offers much wisdom for working skillfully to transform anger through the practices of mindfulness and the cultivation of understanding and patience. The workshop will include instruction, reflections and practice opportunities through interactive exercises.
Mind Your Anger Class Objectives
- What is anger?
- The destructiveness of anger and how it has manifested in our lives
- The sources and causes of anger
- Is anger ever useful?
- Using understanding to unknot anger and cultivate patience
- What to do when anger has already arisen in the mind
Course Instructors
Bill Mac Millen has been a practitioner with the Florida Community of Mindfulness and a student of FCM's teacher Fred Eppsteiner since 2013. Aspiring to be of service to the community, he is on the Leadership Council overseeing the area of Center Care, a member of Thich Nhat Hahn's Order of Interbeing (OI), and assists in leading a number of FCM offerings to both members and guests.
Denise "DiDi" Dorsey has been a member of the Florida Community of Mindfulness (FCM) since 2020. Her impetus to join was to become part of a community that meditated together and followed a path of loving kindness and service. DiDi's community work includes being part of the Flower Team, the Kitchen Team, and the AV Team.
Fees
This workshop is presented by the Florida Community of Mindfulness at our Practice Center, 6501 N. Nebraska Ave in Tampa. The fee for this workshop is $75. A reduced rate of $40 is available for individuals needing financial support.
Please bring your own vegetarian lunch. Water and tea will be provided.

Contacts for More Information
If you have any questions about this class, please e-mail us at info@floridamindfulness.org or call 813-237-0746.