Workshop series

Healing Through Practice: A Four-Part Workshop

with Dewaine Rester

Four Sundays in August · 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET · In-person and online

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About this workshop

This four-part workshop is a layperson-led Chan training on healing in the practice sense: reducing avoidable suffering, stabilizing attention, and strengthening wise conduct under stress — especially when life includes illness, pain, fear, grief, caregiving demands, or chronic uncertainty.

The emphasis is embodied awareness: using posture, breath, sensory contact, sitting meditation, slow walking, and guided relaxation to train cognition from the body up. The workshop returns repeatedly to three themes: responsibility (what I do next), diligence (consistent practice without self-violence), and curiosity (clear seeing without story inflation).

You are welcome to attend one session or all four. No prior chanting experience is required. Practices are accessible, with options for chairs and modified pacing.

Intended audience

This workshop welcomes experienced practitioners, newcomers, people dealing with illness or recovery, caregivers, and anyone working with anxiety, stress, or life transitions.

Core practices

• Seated meditation: “bright and non-interfering” return training
• Slow walking: feet contact and exhale anchoring
• Sensory drills: 8-form, self-massage, and the “2-Minute Return” protocol
• Loving-kindness: framed as disciplined attention, used as phrase-to-sensation practice

Note: Dewaine Rester is not a medical professional. This workshop is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and does not replace professional care.

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