October 10 – December 19, 2022

Do you long to be happy, and enjoy ease and well-being in your life and relationships? Why do so many of us continue to struggle year after year with negative emotional reactivity and affliction? In spite of our best efforts, we so often suffer from dysfunctional patterns of emotionality. 

In this Intensive we will embark together on a journey of healing and transformation. The core aspects of the FCM Mindful Living Path of Practice involve stabilizing our minds through the practice of mindfulness and meditation, and then healing the psycho-emotional wounds that we’ve carried for many years. This Intensive will focus on concrete practices for understanding and transforming our deep-seated emotional afflictions, so we can free up energy from endless reactivity and learn to live each day with greater well-being and equanimity.

Grounded in practices of mindfulness, we can learn to be present and open to strong emotions (such as anger, fear and sadness) instead of our habitual patterns of pushing them away or being swept away by them. Holding these feelings in mindful awareness we can look deeply into their origins in our past conditioning. We recognize emotional patterns, identify the misperceptions that feed them, and see clearly their true nature of impermanence and insubstantiality.

The readings and other supports of this Intensive will present a clear and systematic path for developing the skills and competencies that enable us to take care of our emotional suffering, and lead to self-healing and personal transformation.

A solid foundation of mindfulness and meditation is essential to our healing and transformation. This Intensive is open to FCM members who are developing the foundational support of practice by having participated in one or more of the following:

Participants in this Intensive will be provided with a path of practice that will include specific readings, meditation practices, and daily life assignments. There will be bi-weekly Dharma Talks on Zoom, bi-weekly mentor group calls for individual guidance and support, and a Forum with our teacher, Fred.

Please note that FCM offers this Intensive approximately every two years. Even if you have taken this Intensive before you will reap the benefits of bringing a new level of maturity of practice to your process of healing and transformation.

This Intensive will be led by Betsy Arizu and Marilyn Warlick. Both are senior students of Fred's. If you have any questions about whether this Intensive is right for you, please contact Betsy at barizu@yahoo.com.  If you have any questions about the logistics of this Intensive, please contact Nancy Natilson at nnatilson@cs.com. 

The commitments for this Intensive are listed below. Before registering for the Intensive please read the commitments and reflect carefully on whether you will be able to keep them.

COMMITMENTS FOR EACH INTENSIVE PARTICIPANTS

Study & Practice:

Participate in Assigned Practice Groups:

The fee for this Intensive is $100. This is a suggested amount and participants are free to offer more or less depending on their individual financial situation. Please pay online or send your check made out to the Florida Community of Mindfulness (FCM) to Florida Community of Mindfulness, 6501 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa, FL 33604.

Please note that participation in this Intensive is only open to members of FCM. For information about membership, please access our website at www.floridamindfulness.org.

This Intensive will begin on October 10 and end on December 19. Readings, Zoom teleconference/phone call instructions, and other pertinent dates will be announced once registration has been completed.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Please read the information below before you click to register!

When you register, you will be asked to indicate your preferences for the mentoring groups offered through Zoom. The following six mentoring groups will be listed, and you will be required to indicate for each group one of the following: my first choice, my second choice, cannot do, or could do but not preferred. If there is more than one group that will work well for you, please mark all these as “my first choice.” This will provide us with added flexibility in making group assignments.  Please have your calendar available when you register so that you can complete this part of the registration process accurately. 

Registration will be open until October 4. Please register as soon as you can to support our efforts to have everything organized in a timely manner.