With Bill MacMillen and John McHarris

Dates:  October 5 - December 14
Registration Deadline:  September 21
Suitability
This Intensive for FCM members will benefit all levels of practitioners.

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Path: Mindful Living Path/Opening the Heart (Learn more about FCM's Three Paths)

Description

This 10-week intensive focuses on cultivating mindful awareness of thoughts and emotions, a vital skill for transforming the mind and reducing identification with mental content. Drawing on various teachings and practices from the Buddhist tradition, participants will explore how to observe, understand, and work with the mental processes shaping their experiences.

This Intensive offers practical tools to transform habitual patterns and deepen mindfulness of the mind, supporting the path of healing, transformation, and liberation. Participants will engage in Dharma talks, Q&A sessions, mentor-led group check-ins, weekly practice instructions, guided meditations, Dharma Buddy pairing and assigned readings. These supports will provide direct experience in mindfulness practices and guidance for integrating them into daily life.

Commitments

Specific readings, group assignments, and Zoom instructions will be announced once registration has been completed. 
Fees

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 - we do not want financial considerations to be a deterrent to participation.

You may pay on-line 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.Registration Procedures 

Please read the information below before you click to register.

Mentor Groups 
When you register, you will also be asked to indicate your preferences  for your bi-weekly Mentor Groups (small groups of 6-8 participants) offered through Zoom. You will be required to score each group as one of the following:

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. 

Mentor Group #1: Tuesdays 7:30-8:30am: Oct 13, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8

Mentor Group #2: Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm: Oct 13, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8

Mentor Group #3: Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 pm: Oct 14, Oct 28, Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 9

Mentor Group #4: Thursdays 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm: Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, Nov 26, Dec 10

Mentor Group #5: Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm: Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, Nov 26, Dec 10

Contacts for More Information
If you have any questions about this Intensive program or whether it is appropriate for you, please contact John McHarris at jmcharris2@gmail.com. If you have any questions about the logistics of this Intensive, please contact Donna at intensivecoordinator@floridamindfulness.org. 

With Fred Eppsteiner and assisted by Bryan Hindert and Dani Hall

Dates:  October 5 - December 17
Registration Deadline:  September 21
Suitability

Description

This 11-week Dharma Path/Wisdom Path Intensive for this fall continues the yearlong exploration of “The Seven Points of Mind Training,” begun in February. This is the third and final part of the Intensive, “Engaging Life with Wisdom and Compassion: The Study and Practice of Lojong”. Learning to think and act as an altruistic being is the subject of the text.

These mind trainings focus on how an awakening mind can beneficially manifest to give rise to lovingkindness, compassion and understanding in all the activities of our lives. This summer we learned how transforming seemingly adverse situations into the path of awakening is a unique focus of these mind trainings.

This fall, Fred with the assistance of Bryan and Dani, will continue to guide participants in understanding some of the remaining slogans and how to practice them in the context of each participant’s daily life. The required books are the same as Part 1 and 2. Bi-weekly group mentoring video-conference calls on Zoom will provide individual guidance and support. Six Dharma talks will be offered to participants via Zoom and will be recorded. Additionally, the Intensive Dharma Buddy program will be implemented for the Lojong Part 3 Intensive.

Commitments

Specific readings, group assignments, and Zoom instructions will be announced once registration has been completed. 
Fees

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 - we do not want financial considerations to be a deterrent to participation.

You may pay on-line 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.Registration Procedures 

Please read the information below before you click to register.

Mentor Groups 
When you register, you will also be asked to indicate your preferences  for your bi-weekly Mentor Groups (small groups of 6-8 participants) offered through Zoom. You will be required to score each group as one of the following:

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.  Due to the large enrollment of this Intensive, the Mentor Groups are split into A Mentor Groups and B Mentor Groups,meeting on alternate weeks.  Please have your calendar available when you register so that you can complete this part of the registration process accurately. 

Mentor Groups
Mentor Group #1: Tuesdays 7:30-8:30am

Mentor Group #2: Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm

Mentor Group #3: Wednesdays 7:30-8:30am

Mentor Group #4: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm

Mentor Group #5: Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm

Mentor Group #6: Thursdays 7:30-8:30am

Mentor Group #7: Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm 

Contacts for More Information
If you have any questions about this Intensive program or whether it is appropriate for you, please contact Bryan Hindert at bbhindert@gmail.com. If you have any questions about the logistics of this Intensive, please contact Donna at intensivecoordinator@floridamindfulness.org. 

With Brandy Kidd and Misti Oxford-Pickeral

Dates:  October 6 - December 15
Registration Deadline:  September 21
Suitability

This 10-week Mindful Living Path Intensive for this fall continues the yearlong exploration of emotional awareness and self-discovery. This intensive is open to FCM members who have participated in the 2026 Summer Emotional Awareness Self-discovery Intensive, Part 2.

Description

In Part 1 of this year’s Emotional Awareness Intensive, we strengthened our foundations of mindfulness, as well as strengthened our capacity to be fully awake and aware with experiences as they unfold. In Part 2, we learned to recognize habitual emotional patterns that have carried forward in unhelpful ways in our emotional lives. We started the process of disarming those maladaptive patterns and creating new, more beneficial patterns. We learned to investigate with kindness and compassion in order to benefit from the important information that emotions provide, without being overwhelmed by or suppressing them. 

In Part 3, we will continue our journey towards emotional wholeness by exploring teachings and practices that depersonalize our suffering, leading to greater and greater freedom. We will explore how our minds construct our experiences of reality, and with wisdom and compassion, how we can change the way we relate to our thoughts and perceptions, reducing the self-created suffering that arises when we believe the stories our mind creates.

Commitments

Specific readings, group assignments, and Zoom instructions will be announced once registration has been completed. 
Fees

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 - we do not want financial considerations to be a deterrent to participation.

You may pay on-line 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.Registration Procedures 

Please read the information below before you click to register.

Mentor Groups 
When you register, you will also be asked to indicate your preferences  for your bi-weekly Mentor Groups (small groups of 6-8 participants) offered through Zoom. You will be required to score each group as one of the following:

o   my first choice

o   my second choice

o   could do but not preferred

o   cannot do. 

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. 

Mentor Group #1: Tuesdays at 7:30-8:30 am: Oct 13, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8

Mentor Group #2: Tuesdays at 6:30-7:30 pm: Oct 13, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8

Mentor Group #3: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm: Oct 14, Oct 28, Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 9

Mentor Group #4: Thursdays at 7:30-8:30 am: Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, Nov 26, Dec 10

Mentor Group #5: Thursdays at 6:30-7:30 pm: Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, Nov 26, Dec 10

Contacts for More Information
If you have any questions about this Intensive program or whether it is appropriate for you, please contact Brandy at brandymkidd@gmail.com. If you have any questions about the logistics of this Intensive, please contact Donna at intensivecoordinator@floridamindfulness.org.